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Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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05-11-2018, 09:23 PM ( This post was last modified: 12-06-2018, 08:49 AM by Rishi )

Right.. I'd forgotten all about the ladies. Thank you @Spalea, the lionesses in your video reminded me!

I'd asked a few who frequent Gir but have visited to Tiger Reserves as well, about size of the lionesses there. Got reply that it's similar to the tigresses which i took with a pinch of salt for obvious reasons.

But then, this study conducted across several zoos all over India was shared by @Betty ( Download link) once, before @peter did.
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Apparently the lionesses in captivity have almost same weight-range as the males & average above 150kg!

In the wild, it's not uncommon for males (not bigger ones) to be seen with similarly sized, sometimes even larger, females either.


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@Wolverine Think of it this way instead... Weight of Bengal tiger today is higher by almost 50lbs. Could this have happened as hunting stopped? ..or because numbers shot up in small protected enclaves, thus bolstering natural selection?
Maybe the change, if any, in weight of modern Asiatic lions vis-a-vis pre1950 ones would shed some light.

It's a crime to not be curious!
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Rishi - 05-11-2018, 09:23 PM
RE: Photographs of wild lions - Apollo - 04-22-2014, 08:03 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - sanjay - 07-12-2014, 10:41 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Apollo - 11-27-2014, 07:35 PM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Pantherinae - 12-19-2014, 02:14 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Pantherinae - 06-04-2015, 04:43 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Rishi - 03-24-2017, 08:59 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Rishi - 04-12-2017, 09:06 AM
RE: Best Manes - Rishi - 02-23-2019, 04:23 PM
RE: Bigcats News - Rishi - 10-17-2019, 08:28 AM



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