How heavy is 0.961 hundredweight?
It's about as heavy as a Toilet
The weight of a Toilet is about 0.9610 hundredweight.
(KOHLER Round front sitting flush toilet, model #K-11471-0)
The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 0.9610 hundredweight. The Indian town of Musiri in Tamil Nadu state features the world's only paying toilet, which rewards its users up to 10¢ Indian (10 paisas) per visit and uses the waste for compost and fertilizer.
It's about nine-tenths as heavy as an Octopus
The weight of an Octopus is about 1.10 hundredweight.
(for Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus) (Adult, average)
The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 1.10 hundredweight. It is the largest octopus species and is known for its considerable intelligence, including the ability to open jars, solve mazes, and mimic other octopuses.
It's about one-and-a-half times as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 0.650 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 0.650 hundredweight. The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
It's about three-fifths as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 1.6050 hundredweight.
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 1.6050 hundredweight when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about half as heavy as a Kangaroo
The weight of a Kangaroo is about 1.90 hundredweight.
(for red kangaroo, Macropus rufus) (adult, male)
An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 1.90 hundredweight. Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.
It's about three-tenths as heavy as a Panda Bear
The weight of a Panda Bear is about 3.30 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca)(Adult, male)
An adult, male Giant Panda weighs up to 3.30 hundredweight. Despite having the digestive system of a carnivore, the panda eats only bamboo and must eat up to 0.140 hundredweight of it per day to compensate for the limited energy the plant provides.
It's about three-and-a-half times as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 0.27428571430 hundredweight.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 0.27428571430 hundredweight. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 5.5115565550 hundredweight.
It's about one-fourth as heavy as a Reindeer
The weight of a Reindeer is about 3.650 hundredweight.
(for Rangifer tarandus granti, adult, bull) (a.k.a. Caribou) ()Rangifer tarandus)
An adult, male reindeer weighs between 3.650 hundredweight. Reindeer undertake a lengthy annual migration, with some herds traveling up to 5,000 km.
To all those observing, Merry Christmas from the Measure of Things.
To all those observing, Merry Christmas from the Measure of Things.
It's about one-fifth as heavy as The Heart of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Heart of a Blue Whale is about 4.40 hundredweight.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
(for a 2014 specimen)
The heart of a blue whale weighs about 4.40 hundredweight. These hearts pump an estimated 7,100 L (1,875 gal) of blood through the whale's massive body.
The heart of a blue whale weighs about 4.40 hundredweight. These hearts pump an estimated 7,100 L (1,875 gal) of blood through the whale's massive body.
It's about five times as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 0.20 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 0.20 hundredweight. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about one-fifth as heavy as a cubic meter of Snow
The weight of a cubic meter of Snow is about 5.10 hundredweight.
(Freshly fallen, standard conditions; measurements taken in Norway, 1965-68)
One cubic meter of freshly fallen snow under standard conditions weighs an average of 5.10 hundredweight. Assembled in 2008, the world record largest snowman was constructed of 130,000 hundredweight of snow and stood 37.21 m (122.1 ft) tall.
It's about one-fifth as heavy as a Pig
The weight of a Pig is about 5.50 hundredweight.
(Domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, a.k.a. S. domesticus) (adult)
Domestic pigs weigh between 5.50 hundredweight. The titular character "Babe the pig" in the 1995 family film was played by 48 different American Yorkshire piglets due to the length of filming and the rate at which piglets reach adulthood.
It's about six-and-a-half times as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 0.150 hundredweight.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 0.110 hundredweight, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 0.150 hundredweight. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 0.1102311310 hundredweight will float in water.
It's about nine times as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 0.10 hundredweight.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 0.10 hundredweight. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Horse
The weight of a Horse is about 9.30 hundredweight.
(Equus ferus caballus) (Arabian, adult)
n Arabian riding horse (or similar breed) weighs between 9.30 hundredweight. During races, horses must carry jockeys and their equipment, which in the Kentucky Derby, for example, can weigh up to 1.20 hundredweight.