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What Is As Heavy As Samson?

 

   Our biggest tortoise, Samson tops the scales at 200kg (200,000g). Just for fun, what would he be as heavy as? Let us know any suggestions and they can be added to the list.

 

1 Silver Back Gorilla

 

5 Adult Male German Shepherd Dogs

 

8 Bags Of Cement

 

134 Darth Vader Masks

 

200 Bags of Sugar

 

332 Pairs Of Court Shoes

 

352 Basketballs

 

1000  Vinyl Reconds

 

1,332 Guadeloupean Bananas

 

2,000 Blueberry Muffins

 

2,352 Tarantula

 

2,910 I-pads

 

4,000 Darts

 

6,666 Bunches Or Roses

 

10,000 Sushi’s

 

20,000 Newborn Baby Herman Tortoise Hatchlings

 

64,000 Teabags

 

74,076 Table Tennis Balls

 

153,848 Ballons

 

2,564,102 Bees

 

4,000,000 Waterdrops

 

66 Billion Grains of sand (who counted them all!!)

 

It would take 3 Samson’s to equal the heart of a blue whale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joke!

Why did the tortoise cross the road?

A: He didnt, there was a lot of traffic that day so he thought better of it!