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Even a sphere with the diameter of a corgi would be 80% denser than tungsten. Oh I missed the baby part. I went with 8000 lb for the low end of an elephant.
They need to be more specific if referring to an Asian or African baby elephant. According to Mr Internet, a newborn African elephant is about 165 kg (364 lb.) and a newborn Asian elephant is about 91 kg (200 lb.).
How many baby elephants equal an adult elephant?
And where will they get the trenchcoat?
Until your post, I thought the description was pretty good. I can visualize a Corgi. I can visualize 4 elephants. I can visualize the mass of those 4 elephants in a Corgi shape. It gets a general idea of magnitude across and it's a neat mental picture.
Four Baby elephants, though? I have a really hard time with that. Why 4 of them? Is that like 1 adult? I can't visualize a baby elephant relative to a Corgi, let alone to an adult elephant. It's all complicated.
I think they had a good idea but they fucked up the execution.
I think the article author or maybe editor (whoever makes the titles) just got tunnel vision on trying for a relatable animal based comparison and nobody told them to stop.