An African elephant weighs 5 to 6 tons. One ton is 2,000 lbs, so they weight 10,000 to 12,000 lbs. Each pound is 16 ounces, so an African elephant weighs 160,000 to 192,000 oz.
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The fish that can weigh twice as much as an African Elephant and is the largest fish in the world is the Whale Shark. It is a slow-moving filter-feeding carpet shark and also the largest extant fish species. Whale Sharks can grow up to lengths of about 40 feet and can weigh as much as 20.6 tons.
Elephants can weigh between 2,200 and 6,600 pounds, depending on the species. The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and can weigh up to 13,000 pounds.
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the biggest shark and the biggest fish in the sea. It is NOT a whale. Whale sharks measure up to 20 m long and weigh up t0 34,000 kg. source: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=47
The biggest animal on land is the African bush elephant, which can reach heights of over 13 feet and weigh up to 14,000 pounds.
The African savanna, or bush elephant , of sub-Saharan Africa, is the largest living land animal, weighing up to 16,500 lbs (8 and1/4 tons) and standing 10 - 13 ft (3 - 4 m) tall at the shoulder.A bull African as much as 5 tonnes, female 3 1/2. Asian elephants about a tonne or more lighter.The average weight for an adult Asian elephant is 3 tons.The average weight for an adult African forest elephant is 3 tons.The average weight for an adult African bush elephant is 6-1/2 tons.