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On the right cougar skull from Guárico state, Venezuela. On the left jaguar skull from los Llanos in Venezuela too. Both males.
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  (06-03-2020, 10:08 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote: On the right cougar skull from Guárico state, Venezuela. On the left jaguar skull from los Llanos in Venezuela too. Both males. The cougar skull actually belongs to a female according to @epaiva; he posted this in the 'Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars' thread (link): "Jaguar and Puma Skull from the same Region Estado Cojedes in the Venezuelan Llanos, Puma Skull measures 17,5 cm long 12,5 cm wide, female. Museo de Zoologia de Facultad de Ciencias de la UCV, Caracas, Venezuela"  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
(06-04-2020, 12:12 AM)Luipaard Wrote:(06-03-2020, 10:08 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote: On the right cougar skull from Guárico state, Venezuela. On the left jaguar skull from los Llanos in Venezuela too. Both males. The source I got it from who is Epaiva himself said it was a male and judging by its size that's most likely the case.  *This image is copyright of its original author "Skull of a jaguar from the Llanos region of Venezuela and skull of a cougar from Guarico state, huge difference in size, both were males"
TOP: 117kg Cerrado male jaguar ( Tiago male ).
BOTTOM: 134kg Pantanal male.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Purussaurus vs Spinosaurus, max vs max (UFAC 1403 vs NMC 41852).
Purussaurus is scaled to 10.3 meters TL and is 6.2 tonnes, while Spinosaurus is scaled to 75 cm humerus and is at least 11.7 tonnes. Skeletals by Randomdinos and SpinoInWonderland.  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (06-03-2020, 10:41 PM)Dark Jaguar Wrote:They are not as big as Pumas from others parts, very few weight over 60 kilograms(06-03-2020, 10:08 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote: On the right cougar skull from Guárico state, Venezuela. On the left jaguar skull from los Llanos in Venezuela too. Both males. (06-04-2020, 05:37 PM)epaiva Wrote:(06-03-2020, 10:41 PM)Dark Jaguar Wrote:They are not as big as Pumas from others parts, very few weight over 60 kilograms(06-03-2020, 10:08 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote: On the right cougar skull from Guárico state, Venezuela. On the left jaguar skull from los Llanos in Venezuela too. Both males. Hi Epaiva, would you be kind enough to confirm the sex of the cougar skull? (06-04-2020, 05:37 PM)epaiva Wrote:(06-03-2020, 10:41 PM)Dark Jaguar Wrote:They are not as big as Pumas from others parts, very few weight over 60 kilograms(06-03-2020, 10:08 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote: On the right cougar skull from Guárico state, Venezuela. On the left jaguar skull from los Llanos in Venezuela too. Both males. Interesting, They got impressive skulls though. (06-04-2020, 05:59 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote:Yes it comes from a male(06-04-2020, 05:37 PM)epaiva Wrote:(06-03-2020, 10:41 PM)Dark Jaguar Wrote:They are not as big as Pumas from others parts, very few weight over 60 kilograms(06-03-2020, 10:08 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote: On the right cougar skull from Guárico state, Venezuela. On the left jaguar skull from los Llanos in Venezuela too. Both males. 
I had to share this photo here. Because many times people see photos and videos about big cats on hind legs and then there is often a female zookeeper feeding it and big cat looks gigantic and people start to comment "wow, that is HUGE and it has to be at least 300 kg and some go over the top with 400 kg". This is often the case when someone who likes a lot of tigers or lions share photos or short video clips on youtube channels and try to "explain" to viewers how HUUUGE some big cat is.
I remember for instance one such clip in which zookeeper is feeding a tiger and she says, that she is herself 150-155 cm tall (I don´t remember exactly, but between those numbers anyway). So naturally big cat was looking very big in comparison. So I decided to put some photos to remind, that when looking at some videos and photos it´s good to keep in mind, that it should be understood and known what is compared to what. Results in photos and videos can look very different depending on it, what is seen there. It´s no miracle, that a 200 kg big cat looks like a true giant in comparison with short people. Then again if we would put there some tall man also weighing around 200 kg, it could and would look quite different. Even though biggest big cats are still very big. When looking at this first photo it´s good to remember, that we humans are more slender when seen from side, while big cats show from same perspective themselves as wide as their body can be. So to be more comparable, this man should be facing camera. Or then we should have big cat seen from behind, when they are quite slender when compared to side view. Anyway, this man, Olivier Richters is 218 cm tall, so he is very comparable with average tiger on hind legs. Also look at their hands, another good example, that when looking at paws of some animal, it´s good to remember that to what it´s compared. Richters weight is told to be 150 kg.  *This image is copyright of its original author Some photos to compare with:  *This image is copyright of its original author In this man is told to be 6 ft 4, so 193 cm.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author And some photos to show, that we should always know to what we are comparing:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Capybara, white tailed deer, and cattle grazing side by side at los Llanos
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Palaeoloxodon namadicus vs Alamosaurus, max vs max (lost femur fragment vs SMP-VP 1850).
Palaeoloxodon namadicus is scaled to 500 cm SH and is 22 tonnes, while Alamosaurus is scaled to 2.7 meter femur and is 93.3 tonnes. Skeletals by Asier Larramendi and Scott Hartman.  *This image is copyright of its original author
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