>>47152572>Rhydon weighs like 250 freedom poundsweight is irrelevant though. what matters is density per cubic cm compared to water.
so, we know water is 1g/cm3. an average, fully grown male rhinoceros weighs about 2,300kg and is 1.7-2.1m tall. conveniently, rhydon is exactly 1.9m tall, so it's safe to assume it weighs AT LEAST 2,300kg.
wrong, rhydon's dex entry states that it weighs a surprisingly low 120kg. this seems very unrealistic, considering it is stated to have a very tough, rock-like hide, and has been observed to topple buildings with a single hit of its tail. but we'll roll with it because that's what the dex states.
so, first we need to work out the volume of rhydon. we are faced with a problem as we only know the height of it. BUT taking into account the similarity between rhydon and an earth rhinoceros, we can make some safe assumptions here.
since rhydon's height is the median of the average rhinoceros' height, we can assume it is also the median of the average rhinoceros' length (3.4-4.2m). this would be 3.8m.
there wasn't any information for the width of a rhinoceros but i did some quick measurements and this would come out as 1.5m.
so we are assuming rhydon's bodily dimensions in a cube is: 1.9m x 3.8m x 1.5m. therefore, we can work out that rhydon's volume is 10.8m rounded to 1 decimal place.
NOW we can work out rhydon's density. the formula is: mass / volume.
>m = 120kg>v = 10.8m3120 / 10.8 = 11.1 (rounded to 1 dp).
rhydon's kg/m3 is 11.1. converted to g/cm3 it's 0.0111 (to 1d p).
>rhydon's density is 0.0111g/cm3.so yes, rhydon can swim.
