Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

And You Thought You Had A Weight Problem

When Carolyn and I were at the National Zoo in D.C. last Friday, we watched three different elephants walk across their massive scale. A little elephant went across it, followed by a larger elephant, followed by a massive, 9,000-pound hulk of an animal.

Nine thousand pounds!

Dag.

Here’s a little help to put that in perspective. This 9,000-pound elephant is the equivalent of:

  • Two and a quarter of my cars, which is a 1999 Chevy Malibu.
  • 1.68 times the entire starting lineup (both offense and defense) for the Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts.
  • 1,200 Baby Mallorys (Mallory is one of our new church babies).
  • Over 30 Pastor Daryls.
  • About 9 or 10 of this guy:

real fat guy

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Nathan Hyde

I’m a Christ follower in Ocean Pines, Maryland. After God, my wife, and daughter, my favorite things are my students, Mexican food, reading, and Orioles baseball.

5 responses to “And You Thought You Had A Weight Problem”

  1. Ty

    Elephants can eliminate around 155kg of dung in a 24 hour period –at intervals of around 1.4 hours.
    1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds
    341.72 pounds of dung a day

  2. john

    A whole lot of dunging goin on

  3. Nathan Hyde

    Ty, that makes me wonder how you can live so close to the zoo!

  4. john

    i see runnung shoes i think, is he running with the bulls?

  5. Nathan Hyde

    Dude, that’s funny! Actually, he’s doing a belly flop. He’s a favorite in belly flop contests.

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