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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.
It’s not a matter of taking the word or not but understanding if it’s over the curves or not, this is very important. The odds of none of the captive Amurs used not being close to the same size as Mazaks Tigers are slim, the data base is quite large.
The largest captive Amurs on record would be Gamin and Kistora, I wonder if Craig has their claw measurements.