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11-17-2015, 02:06 AM( This post was last modified: 11-17-2015, 02:13 AM by Pckts )
The lioness with the camera man is the perfect example, show the video and you really get the idea of the lioness' size. In a single shot image its deceiving, you can see her shoulders are just about the same height as the tire, she is not even up to his waist and she is still in front of him or closer to the camera so she could be smaller. He also doesn't look to be a tall man by any means as well.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT saying he is a small lion, he isn't, but I would wager that he isn't as impressive as the photo suggests.
None of this is used to discredit a lions size just as an example of a single photograph being very tough to really judge size off of. Even the video comparing the male to the females, as we know, females come in many shapes and sizes, ages are undetermined, etc.
Comparing Jai to the Female we just saw in the recent video, we would of said with out a doubt he was 280kg male, now knowing that he weighed 238kg before scale adjustment, its becoming clear that comparing a males size when with a female is tough.