Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

[AndresVida]

@Pckts @Luipaard @Twico5 @GuateGojira 

THE LARGEST PERSIAN LEOPARD ON RECORD

I have interesting news! I think I've finally come to the moment where we can clear up all confusion surrounding the Persian record leopard.

I finally contacted Iman Memarian, whom I highly thank for being available to answer me and here I have his voice messages,I recorded the screen and shared all of it on YouTube on my private channel

Before continuing the read of this post, watch the video completely :

https://youtu.be/6prYBjd7Dag


-The exceptional weight-

As far as we can see, the fact that that leopard weighed 115 kg is the truth! But was that on an empty stomach? Well no. 
Iman told me in the last message as you can see that the leopard had initially been captured on a carcass and was full when initially weighed, that's why this big male weighed almost 120 kg (115 kg).
Finally we know the cause of this very high weight, I guess that no-one who ever contacted Iman was able to get this particular but important detail. 


The real weight? 

However he told me that this leopard the day of the euthanasia, after days in very bad conditions and not eating (He was shot in his spine, couldn't walk, refused to eat after the capture, was overstressed and even started eating its own limbs! ), weighed about 98 kg, but before he even mentioned 105 kg in the voice message so I don't know if when it was 105 kg it was still with stomach content ... Maybe yes maybe not. 


^^What do you guys think about this part mentioning 105 kg? Let me know. 

At the end of the day, to be safe, I would say that 95-98 kg would be a fair estimate of the weight of this huge male, being the largest verified Persian leopard in history. @ "Guategojira" it would be interesting now if you updated your sample and finally added this 95- 98 kg male (mean: 96.5 kg) in the sample to see how the averages fairs up now. 

The official veterinary record stated his weight as 95 kg, which is the vet record shown to Dr. Farhadina

Probably the change will be minimal, but remember that even just 1 or 1.5 kg more could change something important, for a simple reason I'll list in the future.

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To conclude, here is a photo of the poor soul during euthanasia, the day he was said to have weighed 95 - 98 kg.

Look at the eyes of this poor little creature, just imagine surviving several rifle shots to fight anyway even when completely paralyzed, entering a state of stress so high that you start eating your own limbs.
Many people speak of peace in the world and of coexisting all while still bringing respect towards others but never in life will I ever accept to endure the existence of people who cause this pain and stress to animals (I mean who shot the leopard in this case).

So whatever happens in the future, I officially declare the state of "war" and hostility between me and all the kinds of people that fall in these categories : poachers, trophy hunters or anyone who practices these barbarisms illegally.

As long as you're able, clean the world from the vermin. Reply