Skulls, Skeletons, Canines & Claws

[GrizzlyClaws]

I haven't measured any wild/captive skull by myself, but it is quite possible that the captive big cats under pressure tend to develop some sort of hypogenesis.

According to peter's aforementioned observation, the skulls of the captive big cats usually tend to show some deformities at some degree. Because the lack of the adaption on the artificial environment behind the bars, they didn't get any chance to fully develop the robustness of their skull and canine teeth.

That's why I tend to agree with peter that most of those robust skull and canine teeth should belong to the well-developed and well-nourished wild specimens. Reply