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(01-28-2022, 02:39 AM)Pckts Wrote: 10 cm over the curve is possible but we have 100s of claws posted and none have exceeded 8.5cm in a straight line so I would have serious doubts about 10 cm, especially a multitude of them.
I don't have doubts, after all, Vratislav Mazák is a serious reference and a great investigator. He had the oportunity to measure some of the biggest tigers on record, even if they were captive, and I seriously doubt that any of your 100s claws posted in this topic belonged to any animal close in the size tothose large Amur tigers that Mazák had the oportunity to measure.
So, I take the word and work of Mazák on this.
The 10 cm Amur tiger claw referred by Dr. Mazák was also measured over the curve.
Maybe around the same league with the 8.5 cm Amur tiger claw in straight line.