Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

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(03-28-2022, 08:20 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(03-28-2022, 02:38 PM)LoveAnimals Wrote: I wanted to ask a question regarding the two tigers of the terai that have bottomed the 272 kg scale. 

I've seen your estimate of around 10-11kg of stomach contents and your estimate of 261kg. But I have a question, is it true that this estimate of 261 kg is based on the only information of the weight we have of them (272 kg) and that if we actually really knew their weight, such as idk as example something between 276 - 281 kg would we have respectively 265 - 270 kg as a result of the type estimate?

Let me see if I understand your question. So you are proposing that if we knew the real weight of these two Nepalese males, the real empty weight will be about 265-270? Well been honest the figure of 260-261 kg is the minimum posible based in the facts, and this is also assuming that they ate about 17 kg in the night, which seems high based in the data gatered by Sunquist (also remember that he says that none of this captured tigers were full or gorged). 

However, been honest, as we don't know the real weight of those large tigers, the real empty weight could be more than our estimations, and this seems the case with several tigers captured by Scientist in modern times.

@GuateGojira @"LoveAnimals" You can also add the fact that animals were not always baited after first capture. M105 was captured multiple times so he perfectly fits the criteria to be not baited and tracked using collar. 

Also all the weighing equipment argument goes down the drain since they didnt use iron platforms to weigh the tigers. They rolled them onto a tarpaulin net and hung it from the hook of the scale. Such tarpaulin net would weigh 2-3 kg at most. Reply