How heavy is 24 stones?
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Car
The weight of a Car is about 260.10 stones.
(for 2009 Ford Taurus) (curb weight)
A 2009 Ford Taurus weighs 260.10 stones. The first mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — introduced in 1901 — weighed just 60.780 stones.
It's about twelve-and-a-half times as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 1.9591836730 stones.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 1.9591836730 stones. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 39.36826110 stones.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 304 stones.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 304 stones. 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-fifteenth as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 330 stones.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 330 stones. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 430 stones.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 430 stones. 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 twenty times as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 1 stones.
(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 1 stones. 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 twenty times as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 1.07142857 stones.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 0.7857142860 stones, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 1.07142857 stones. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 0.7873652220 stones will float in water.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 600 stones.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 590 stones. 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 thirty times as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 0.80 stones.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 0.80 stones. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 0.70 stones.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 0.70 stones. 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-fortieth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 950 stones.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 960 stones. 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 630 stones
It's about 55 times as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 0.460 stones.
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 0.460 stones. 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 one-sixtieth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 1,390 stones.
(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 1,390 stones 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 70 times as heavy as a Chihuahua
The weight of a Chihuahua is about 0.3540 stones.
(a.k.a. Chihuahue(o) (FCI standard)
The F&d&ration Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Chihuahuas to weigh about 0.3540 stones. Relative to their body sizes, Chihuahuas have the largest brain size of any dog breed.
It's about one-seventy-fifth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 1,780 stones.
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 1,780 stones. 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."