Skulls, Skeletons, Canines & Claws

[Spalea]

@GrizzlyClaws :

About #2191: you told " For the modern lion, a supersized overlord should have 13 cm upper fangs that weigh 100-110g each. "

OK, that puts into perspective the difference between alpha male cave lion and alpha male extant lion. I didn't know that modern lion's upper fang could reach and even exceed 100 grams. With the 110 grams weight, we recognize the "traditionnal" 25% difference we are agreeing between extant and cave lions.

So in your four fangs set of 266 grams (see #2185) with the 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 formula, we deduce the upper fangs weigh 80 grams and the lower fangs 63 grams.

As concerns the cave male lion's upper fangs of 140 grams, we deduce the lower fangs weighing around 93 grams each, thus the four fangs set would be approximately 466-468 grams.

And as concerns the extant super male alpha lion with the upper fang weighing 100-110 grams, the four fangs set would reach 332-368 grams.

Very interesting. An alpha male extant lion is an apex predator, no contest. But what about an alpha male cave lion sharing its environment with large pride of grey wolves and hyenas, cave bears (and perhaps tigers too) ? Perhaps not the only one apex predator. Thus a harder life to suffer...

I will look at among your posts some other fangs and claws of extinct lions (cave and atrox). Just to notice the extreme weights. Same things as concerns extinct and extant tigers. Reply