(03-21-2017, 09:59 PM)Pantherinae Wrote: @Pckts haha yes I just fell flat for that guy! I have even started planning a 14 days trip down to Kanha to try spot him, next year! I talked to some one who said male lions would look like kittens compared to him (he had seen both).. So this guy sure is a big guy! Thanks for sharing btw!

(03-21-2017, 11:15 PM)Pckts Wrote: It's all about angles, when they both are facing eachother, Uma male looks like the more muscular and larger tiger with the bigger head.
If you watch the beginning of the video, Uma Male is in closer to the camera, he looks like the larger tiger to me.

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Then when the rear up, Uma looks taller or as tall as KF

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I hate to agree with Min, but KF was a big belly tiger, he's got a lower hanging gut while uma is a more muscular tiger. All were huge cats, that's obvious, trying to say one is larger than the other without putting them on a scale is impossible, we can only speculate. 
And I thought in the Bheema/Uma video, Uma looked larger as well, both come in at different distances so again, it's hard to tell. (btw the video doesn't work for me)


On a side note, these are just opinions, so lets not get too caught up defending them either way.

Cool shot of KF after the fight,
Naren Malik‎
Kingfisher male with a nasty injury, he was in a fight with umarpani male. But Kudos to forest department they gave him medical assistance immediately and a few days later wound appeared entirely healed!

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this was as it got worse.

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(03-22-2017, 12:06 AM)Pantherinae Wrote: I can't see the Uma v Bheema video, but several people have told me that Uma was bigger than Bheema, and I agree with @Pckts  Uma seems a "better" buildt tiger, they are really close in size and some says Uma and others say KF was the biggest. Maybe in weight KF was just as heavy maybe even heavier, but Uma imo is a much more impressive specimen, more solid while kingfisher is a fatter tiger, I think he was a serious cattle killer (if I remember correctly), so he probably was quite a lazy boy, but both are/ where magnificent and huge tigers.. So no point in arguing about their size we sadly will never know who weighed the most... But after hearing the weight of the smaller/ equal sized Bheema at the age of 2,5 years was 220 kg, we can only speculate how big their weight might be 260kg?, 280kg?, 300kg? Or maybe even more who knows...sad!

Any chance people have a place where I can see the Video of Bheema and Uma?

(03-21-2017, 10:43 PM)PPckts Wrote:

(03-21-2017, 09:59 PM)Pantherinae Wrote: @Pckts haha yes I just fell flat for that guy! I have even started planning a 14 days trip down to Kanha to try spot him, next year! I talked to some one who said male lions would look like kittens compared to him (he had seen both).. So this guy sure is a big guy! Thanks for sharing btw!

I've definitely heard he and other Kahna males are huge, one of the main reasons I had to go to Kahna next month. I booked before the violent eruption and was sad to see the loss of Bheema and Kf, two more huge males, I feared my chances of seeing a big male in kahna decreased significantly after that. But I've been glad to see Munna, and Khari ghatti male along with bheemas brother, Bajrang, Uma and Link 7. But Link 7 and Uma are now in conflict with Link 7 suffering a good gashing at the hands of the latter, but he seems to have healed but I read that they are still going at it which has caused the females to leave, so Mukki still seems to be in state of unrest.
That's why I tried to fit in as many reserves as possible (Tadoba, Pench and Kahna) in my short 10 day trip, I wanted to try and see any and all tigers as I can, but I really feel good about Pench, but you never know till you're there.

(03-22-2017, 12:24 AM)st147zar Wrote:

(03-21-2017, 11:15 PM)Pckts Wrote: It's all about angles, when they both are facing eachother, Uma male looks like the more muscular and larger tiger with the bigger head.
If you watch the beginning of the video, Uma Male is in closer to the camera, he looks like the larger tiger to me.

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Then when the rear up, Uma looks taller or as tall as KF

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I hate to agree with Min, but KF was a big belly tiger, he's got a lower hanging gut while uma is a more muscular tiger. All were huge cats, that's obvious, trying to say one is larger than the other without putting them on a scale is impossible, we can only speculate. 
And I thought in the Bheema/Uma video, Uma looked larger as well, both come in at different distances so again, it's hard to tell. (btw the video doesn't work for me)


On a side note, these are just opinions, so lets not get too caught up defending them either way.

Cool shot of KF after the fight,
Naren Malik‎
Kingfisher male with a nasty injury, he was in a fight with umarpani male. But Kudos to forest department they gave him medical assistance immediately and a few days later wound appeared entirely healed!

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this was as it got worse.

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Fanatic child i feel sad for you. Kingfisher was bigger FOR SURE, smaller head? rly? omfg.

(03-22-2017, 12:26 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(03-22-2017, 12:06 AM)Pantherinae Wrote: I can't see the Uma v Bheema video, but several people have told me that Uma was bigger than Bheema, and I agree with @Pckts  Uma seems a "better" buildt tiger, they are really close in size and some says Uma and others say KF was the biggest. Maybe in weight KF was just as heavy maybe even heavier, but Uma imo is a much more impressive specimen, more solid while kingfisher is a fatter tiger, I think he was a serious cattle killer (if I remember correctly), so he probably was quite a lazy boy, but both are/ where magnificent and huge tigers.. So no point in arguing about their size we sadly will never know who weighed the most... But after hearing the weight of the smaller/ equal sized Bheema at the age of 2,5 years was 220 kg, we can only speculate how big their weight might be 260kg?, 280kg?, 300kg? Or maybe even more who knows...sad!

Any chance people have a place where I can see the Video of Bheema and Uma?

I lost track of the video unfortunately, I'm sure it will pop up again.
They must have weighed KF when he was treated for his nose injury, I wish we could get info on that.
I'd guess all are in the 230-272kg category, I'd also throw Kharai Ghati male and Prime Munna in that category as well but I heard that Kharai Ghati is thick but not as tall/long as the others mentioned. Even Link 7 looks bigger and bigger every time I see him.

@st147zar
Why don't you have a discussion like an adult, instead of calling me a "child" or "fanatic"
Considering the points I made and the images are with in the same vein. I guess you're calling all the other eye witnesses who've seen both and agree, fanatic children as well?

(03-22-2017, 12:54 AM)Pckts Wrote: @Pantherinae
The "violent eruption"  I was talking about was the loss of Bheema and KF with in a few months.

This was posted by @Apollo a while back, but this was on Bheema's death and Bheema in general. This is all posted in the C.I. Tigers thread but since we're having the discussion, may as well post it here as well.                        

http://naturesafariindia.com/blog/author/admin/


My guide for my trip just got back from Tadoba, he got to spend some time with Matsukar male, said he was huge! He's sighted quite often as well, not a lot of other males are sighted that often in Tadoba at the moment, so that worries me, but we'll be there for a few days so I'll have ample time to give it try. I know pench is tougher to spot, but the reward is massive I think, so keep those fingers crossed for me.


One of his images

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He hasn't posted the video on FB but I suggest going to his IG "blueplanetwild" and checking out the video of this guy, he's a big boy as well.