How heavy is 120 pounds?
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Polar Bear
The weight of a Polar Bear is about 1,140 pounds.
(Ursus maritimus) (adult, male)
An adult, male polar bear weighs between 1,140 pounds. Polar bears are so heavily insulated by their 9.9 cm (3.9 in) layer of blubber that they are often difficult to detect using infrared photography sensors.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Grizzly Bear
The weight of a Grizzly Bear is about 1,150 pounds.
(a.k.a. brown bear, a.k.a. silver bear, Ursus arctos horribilis) (Adult, male, coastal area population average)
An adult, male grizzly bear from a coastal area (where food is plentiful) can weigh up to 1,150 pounds. In spite of their tremendous size, grizzly bears can run at speeds of up to 55 kph (34 mph).
It's about ten times as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 10 pounds.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 10 pounds. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about ten times as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 10 pounds.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Cow
The weight of a Cow is about 1,500 pounds.
(for Holstein, a.k.a. Holstein Friesian, a.k.a. Friesian, Bos primigenius) (adult, heifer)
A mature Holstein cow (the well-known black-and-white, spotted breed of cow) typically weighs 1,500 pounds. President William Howard Taft (1909 - 1913) kept a Holstein cow named Pauline Wayne on the White House grounds — a gift from a Wisconsin senator and the source of the First Family's milk.
It's about nineteen times as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 6.40 pounds.
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 6.40 pounds. The steeple of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut, Germany is said to be the tallest brick tower in the world at a height of 130.6 m (428.5 ft) and was constructed using an estimated 650,000 bricks.
It's about twenty times as heavy as a Chihuahua
The weight of a Chihuahua is about 4.960 pounds.
(a.k.a. Chihuahue(o) (FCI standard)
The F&d&ration Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Chihuahuas to weigh about 4.960 pounds. Relative to their body sizes, Chihuahuas have the largest brain size of any dog breed.
It's about one-thirtieth as heavy as a Car
The weight of a Car is about 3,642 pounds.
(for 2009 Ford Taurus) (curb weight)
A 2009 Ford Taurus weighs 3,642 pounds. The first mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — introduced in 1901 — weighed just 851 pounds.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 4,250 pounds.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 4,250 pounds. Reaching 5.5 m (18 ft) in height by adulthood, giraffe calves can grow as much as 3 cm (1 in) per day.
It's about one-fortieth as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 4,600 pounds.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 4,600 pounds. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about 40 times as heavy as a Human Brain
The weight of a Human Brain is about 2.980 pounds.
(adult)
The average weight of an adult human brain is between 2.980 pounds. In humans and primates, sight and vision utilize about 30 different parts of the brain which together account for about half of the brain's size.
It's about one-fiftieth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 6,000 pounds.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 6,000 pounds. Despite their tremendous size, blue whales feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill and cannot swallow anything much larger than a beach ball.
It's about 55 times as heavy as a liter of Water
The weight of a liter of Water is about 2.2046840 pounds.
(fresh; 4° C / 39.2° F; maximum density)
Contrary to popular belief, 1 liter (0.0.264172052358148 gal) of water at 4° C / 39.2° F (its point of maximum density) weighs 2.2046840 pounds rather than 1 kg exactly. The total volume of water on the planet Earth is about
13,590,000,000,000,000,000 (13.59 quntillion) L (3,590,000,000,000,000,000 gallons).
It's about one-seventieth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 8,400 pounds.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 8,300 pounds. Appearances to the contrary, adult hippos cannot swim or float in water; they actually move by leaping and walking across lake bottoms at about 8 kph (5 mph).
It's about 85 times as heavy as a Basketball
The weight of a Basketball is about 1.3750 pounds.
(NBA official ball standards, Size 7)
A regulation NBA basketball, manufactured by Spalding, is known as a Size 7 ball and weighs 1.3750 pounds. These balls have 4,118 pebbles each with a diameter of 2.5 mm