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I've got something that is quite related to Sabi Sands. This was a while ago that we got this information.
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couple of things: 1- when he says "it's really hard to say wether the gut was completely empty" we can assume from this that the Lion had minimal meat contents,because if it he had noticeable content or was full,the vet wouldn't have said "it's really hard to say wether the gut was **completely** empty" implying that the Lion may have ha minimal content (5kg?).
2- When the vet says "other male lions had weighed up to 320kg" he's referring to captive specimens that he weighed,I won't show those messages to keep it short and neat as possible.
The question remains,wich Sabi Sands Lion could've weighed 275-280kg on an empty stomach? Maybe Hairy belly? Ginger? Guess we won't know,or maybe it was a lesser known lion that migrated into Sabi sands shortly from kruger and was a big boy.
But it's really cool that We have a confirmed weight of a legit monster from this area from a veterinarian,thought you guys would really appreciate it and now we know Sabi sands lions get to massive sizes as well.