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(5 hours ago)sik94 Wrote: The Mara and Serengeti has around 5% infection rate of TB for lions and the Kruger has around 33-54% from the numbers I see on google. This might be why a lot more of the Mara lions have those big muscular builds while you don't see those super bulky builds as much in the Kruger, that doesn't mean they aren't wild.
I think the same.
Obviously we dont know how they actually compare in size, but to me, on average, Mara lions look bigger, especially on muscular/bulk spectrum.
Kruger has more diseases than Mara, but climate, diet and ofc genetics have their role aswell.
Thats on average, but "top" specimens of Kruger and Mara are prob around same sizes, you can find "monster" looking specimens on both sides.
