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(02-25-2022, 03:56 AM)Khan85 Wrote: I think 143 cm chest circumference is a typo. I had contacted him many months ago and he told me this -
Quote:¨...If you've set up the formula correctly, a heart girth of 134 cm should give you 265 kg. The formula is based on Bertram's weights and measures from the Serengeti, and most Serengeti females are around 95-107 cm (86-121 kg) while most Serengeti males are 118-125 cm (167-204 kg).
That unusually large male was from the Crater, and he struck us at the time as being abnormally squat, so he may have had an extra layer of fat, which would have meant he weighed less than predicted by the equation, as fat is lighter than muscle and bone.¨
Also -
Quote:¨I do think they (crater lions) are likely the largest, but we’d to weigh them properly to know for sure!¨
Very interesting, so Packer says that the formula is based in Serengeti lions, that could be the reason why a girth of only 134 cm gives a weight of 265 kg, is inflating the weights, as males from Southern region had larger chest girts and lower weights, about 240 - 250 kg at the most. But also the point of the fat is interesting, fat weight less than muscle.
They worked with those lions so many years, sad that they never managed to weight some of them at least.