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How heavy is 3,000,000 carats?

It's about seven times as heavy as a Kangaroo
The weight of a Kangaroo is about 410,000 carats.
(for red kangaroo, Macropus rufus) (adult, male)
An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 410,000 carats. Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.
It's about eight-and-a-half times as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 354,800 carats.
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 354,800 carats when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 29,000,000 carats.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 30,000,000 carats. Among African elephants, both males and females have tusks (whereas female Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, do not have tusks) which can grow to 3 m (10 ft) and typically weigh about 19,000,000 carats
It's about twelve times as heavy as an Octopus
The weight of an Octopus is about 240,000 carats.
(for Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus) (Adult, average)
The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 240,000 carats. 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 fourteen times as heavy as a Toilet
The weight of a Toilet is about 212,000 carats.
(KOHLER Round front sitting flush toilet, model #K-11471-0)
The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 212,000 carats. 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 one-fifteenth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 42,900,000 carats.
(for FMNH PR 2081, a.k.a. "Sue") (a.k.a. Tyrannosaurus, a.k.a. T-Rex) (estimated live weight)
The notable Tyrannosaurus specimen housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, "Sue," is estimated to have weighed about 42,900,000 carats while alive. A renowned predator in popular culture, the teeth of tyrannosaurus rex were up to 33.02 cm (13 in) long.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 55,100,000 carats.
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 55,100,000 carats. The anchor of the QE2 now sits in front of the Holyrood Church in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, along a pedestrian tourist route known as "the QE2 mile."
It's about 21 times as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 144,000 carats.
(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 144,000 carats. 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 50 times as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 60,631.578950 carats.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 60,631.578950 carats. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 1,218,344.08 carats.
It's about 70 times as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 40,000 carats.
(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 40,000 carats. 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 90 times as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 33,157.89470 carats.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 24,315.78950 carats, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 33,157.89470 carats. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 24,366.88160 carats will float in water.
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 20,000 carats.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 20,000 carats. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 20,000 carats.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 20,000 carats. Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about one-one-hundredth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 350,000,000 carats.
(for Endeavour, a.k.a. OV-105, a.k.a. Orbiter Vehicle-105) (empty weight, excluding main engines)
When empty, the space shuttle Endeavour weighs 350,000,000 carats. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 96,000,000 carats.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 509,000,000 carats.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 509,000,000 carats. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 4.870 carats each.
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