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It is suggested that a member of the Otodus shark family would require about 100,000 kilocalories per day to survive.
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2025
The living animal required around 100,000 kilocalories per day.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Elevating the core temperature of an average size male one degree requires adding about 60 kilocalories of heat.
—Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Although each gram of protein provides 4 kilocalories, your body does not use protein as a primary energy source.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
Low-grade import coal with 3,800 kilocalories per kilogram, compared to the 5,500kcal Qinhuangdao product, is currently trading at its lowest levels in 3½ years — a strong indicator that a domestic market awash in poor quality coal doesn’t need to bring any more of it from overseas.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
That means that each 1-gram piece of Newton Nougat Crunch is 2 kilocalories.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The national currency lost almost one-fourth of its value, leading the minimum wage value to drop from $260 to almost $70 per month, while the cost of a food basket of 2,100 kilocalories almost tripled.
—Hadi Kahalzadeh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2025
The living animal required around 100,000 kilocalories per day.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Elevating the core temperature of an average size male one degree requires adding about 60 kilocalories of heat.
—Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Although each gram of protein provides 4 kilocalories, your body does not use protein as a primary energy source.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
Low-grade import coal with 3,800 kilocalories per kilogram, compared to the 5,500kcal Qinhuangdao product, is currently trading at its lowest levels in 3½ years — a strong indicator that a domestic market awash in poor quality coal doesn’t need to bring any more of it from overseas.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
That means that each 1-gram piece of Newton Nougat Crunch is 2 kilocalories.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The national currency lost almost one-fourth of its value, leading the minimum wage value to drop from $260 to almost $70 per month, while the cost of a food basket of 2,100 kilocalories almost tripled.
—Hadi Kahalzadeh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021
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“Kilocalorie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilocalorie. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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kilocalorie
noun
ki·lo·cal·o·rie
ˈkē-lə-ˌkal-(ə-)rē 
ˈkil-ə-
Medical Definition
kilocalorie
noun
ki·lo·cal·o·rie
-ˌkal-(ə-)rē
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