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06-25-2015, 05:31 AM( This post was last modified: 06-25-2015, 05:35 AM by peter )
If the zoo's head vet says Ivan was 550 in his prime, one has to assume the tiger was actually weighed. Good enough for the table, but a biologist seeing your table and reading the reports you posted would most probably distinguish between an assumption (the weight was quite rounded) and an established fact. He would want to know a bit more and my guess is he would like to hear it from the head vet. In writing, if possible. Maybe you can locate Sikarskie? He apparently still works at the zoo.
The other tiger has less points. What is " ... our current male tiger ... "? Amur? Sumatran? What does'" ... closer to 375 ... " mean? Was he actually weighed? By a vet? Was he adult when he was weighed? Things like that.
But you did your best to find out a few things. Effort definitely appreciated.