Amur Tigers

[AndresVida]

(05-06-2021, 04:31 PM)Khan85 Wrote: This is from Slaght et al. 2005 - Tigers in Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik: Ecology and Conservation Page 5 and 10/11 

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Thank you! I am really interested in knowing how they were disproven, I mean I understand why they would consider unreliable any 380-400 lg tiger but why as example some 280 or some 300 kg ones? If the largest bengal weighed 322 empty after eating a Buffalo how can't amurs reach 280 - 300 kgs... There are some captive HEALTHY males weighing 276-282 kg with one being 4'4 feet tall so if exemplars of this size exist in captivity I'm totally sure they could exist in the wild when there was much more prey to catch

(05-06-2021, 04:31 PM)Khan85 Wrote: This was also the source of the erroneous average figure of 176.4 kg for amur tigers after 1970s, mainly because the sample included unhealthy animals too which dropped the numbers.

Really? Is the 176 kg average for Amur tigers just the result from weighing unhealthy males? That's great news I am extra tored of hearing that as the average weight of the Amurs.
The average now is 196-203 kg I guess? Reply