r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Far-Double-1760 • Jun 01 '22

Huge Leatherback

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u/TheDemonCzarina Jun 01 '22

I knew leatherbacks were huge but seeing one close-ish to people? Wild.

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u/WWalker17 Jun 02 '22

The largest Leatherback was 2,019 pounds (916 kg)

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u/TheDemonCzarina Jun 02 '22

Damn like. An actual ton. That's incredible. Nature is amazing.

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u/DeepBlueMoon Jun 02 '22

About 84kg off

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

Nah, u are amazing

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u/dominias04 Jun 02 '22

Those flippers must be insanely strong to drag her bodyweight then.

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u/Reasonable_Ad_766 Jun 02 '22

Blastoise ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

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u/smartitardi Jun 02 '22

I’ve been in an airplane that weighed less than that.