Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Lions

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(10-19-2020, 11:40 AM)Khan85 Wrote: Hey @Pckts can you post the scans from Smuts's book here as well? Only approved accounts can view it on carnivora...

Smuts captured and weighed 344 Lions, of the culled lions he was able to obtain stomach content and slightly more than half were empty. For the remaining Lions, he estimated stomach content based off of the average weight of the baited animal then estimated how much meat had been eaten off of it before capture. The 30kg mark was based on an impala carcass. Lions in Kruger actually prey on impala the most but because of Giraffe size, they contribute the most meat to a Lions diet. Buffalo make up very little prey for Kruger Lions.
The largest lion he weighed of the 388 was 225kg empty. He also mentioned a 214, 218 and 192kg specimens as well. 

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Kruger pride distribution 

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