SortStack #672 — 2028-04-11
By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.
- A AA alkaline battery 24 g
Billions of AA cells are produced worldwide every year, making it the planet's most popular battery size.
- An average adult domestic cat 4.2 kg
Cats purr at frequencies between 25 and 150 Hz — a range some studies suggest can promote bone and tissue healing.
- A Tesla Model 3 1.8 t
Around a quarter of the car's entire mass is its battery pack, mounted in the floor for a racing-car center of gravity.
- A southern elephant seal bull 3 t
Bulls can outweigh females several times over — among the most extreme size gaps of any mammal — and dive 1,500 m deep.
- An adult male sperm whale 45 t
Its clicks reach about 230 decibels — the loudest animal sound on Earth — and a third of its body is one giant sonar-focusing nose.
- A Boeing 777-300ER airliner at maximum takeoff weight 351.5 t
Each of its GE90 engines is so wide that a Boeing 737 fuselage could very nearly fit inside the cowling.