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GuateGojira\ dateline='\'1428894918' Wrote: To be sincere, I think that the email of Dr Jhala is not giving "average" figures but "maximum" figures known by him. After all, I heavily doubt that modern Indian lions average 180 kg or male tigers average 240 kg (the same for females). For me, all the figures look like maximum figures.
Other important thing, remember that some tigers were weighed in Kanha? Two of them were large adult males, among them the famous Konda (T-7). It is possible that this weight of 240 kg (unbaited) could belong to this famous male (T-7), or to the other male captured (Punchkatta - T-6)?
If Dr Jhala could clarified this, it would be great.
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I think Dr.Bilal estimated Gabbar's weight aswell as Choti Tara's. 185kg and 85kg were the numbers he gave to Pckts in his email reply and now that i think about it. there is no way Gabbar ever had 100 kilograms on Choti Tara ever. Impossible.