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@Pckts   I could very well be wrong that you are roflcopters, but the both of you are very similar in your posts. I apologize if i`m wrong. However, moving on, WaveRider made some interesting points, such as on the Chitwan tigers actually not being measured between pegs, like Sunquist stated to me through email. A tiger can be straightened as much as possible during measuring, but using a cloth tape to measure the length, going along the spine, is a comparatively straight measurement, but definitely not between pegs, and it would definitely add a few inches to the total, actual length.

Also, Guate is right that Richard Kock did not verify the 272 kg lion, but then, he wasn`t the one who published the figure. He states if the published documents was sourced from the original reports (which still exists), then it is reliable. The KWS reported that weight, indicating that they have those records. It was reported here:

http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.2982/0012-8317%282001%2990%5B1:TSOMAL%5D2.0.CO;2

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