There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
(07-29-2014, 09:55 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: "In fact, I am 100% sure that all these giants are no heavier than 260 kg"
Ok, so you are wrong?
2ndly,
''Those naturalist have the same sickness that affected Dr Vratislav Mazak, they are biased toward they favorite animal, in they case, the Bengal tiger."
This is unfounded, as many of these naturalist take pictures of many tigers from different areas. As well as taking pictures of much more than just Tigers, they take amazing bird photos, primate, water, etc. They spend hours and hours searching for more than just tigers, I suggest you take a look at the photos they post. Back to Tigers, they share and discuss them, most importantly, they have more of a right to say anything in regard to sizes of tigers compared to others than any of us could ever hope for. You, I, and everybody else on this forum has never seen a prime bengal male or lion male for that matter in the wild. These guys see them every day, I chose to take their words over yours my friend. Thats like you trying to tell me about war because you have seen WW11 documentories compared to a WW11 Veteran telling me about war. You have no idea until you see it for yourself. That is fact.
Pckts, I clearly said that those males of Kanha, that your “friends” say that weight 270 or 300 or even 320 kg, are the ones that DON’T weight over 260 kg. I repeat it, I clarified it, but still, you don’t understand.
The defense of opinions of people that take photographs is useless and although I clearly say that they opinions about the ecology of the tigers are important, I also clearly say that we CAN’T know the weight of an un-weighed specimen. Peter say that, Apollo agree with that, Tigerluver prove it with science, so, why is this stubbornness of proving that those tigers are “exceptionally” large, when probably they are not.
My statements about the biased points of view of those photographers are not unfounded, it is only the simple truth, and you are my best example now. This guys have saw those tigers in the wild, that is true, but I ask, which are they credentials? At least, here WE have studied tigers through several scientific documents and have collected the largest database in the web about records of sizes, but these guys are only taking pictures and even they observations in the wild, although valuable, are just “qualitative” and not “quantitative”, which at the best, can be classified as “anecdotal” and no more relevant than the old reports of Naturalists in the Journal of the Bombay of Natural History Society, in the years 1800 and 1900.
Again, READ MY WORDS, I am not saying that those reports are “unreliable”, put a good eye with this, I am just stating that they are appreciated but most be proved trough scientific test and repetitive observations until we can take them as “facts”. Qualitative evidence can be exceptions to the norm and can be also random events. Quantitative evidence is based in the scientific method and can be tested and quoted as facts.
We have seen live captive specimens of several sizes and in several places of the world. So, we are not ignorant in the issue. A large male tiger looks good in a picture, but how we can take an estimation of its size if we have nothing to compare it? Most of those “naturalist” that you quote are no more educated than most of us here. They only advantage are that they live in the place and have good cameras.
For example, I can also talk about the size of the wild jaguars in El Petén, Guatemala, as I have saw some huge specimens of c.130 kg, from MY point of view, but I will never say that this figure is true, especially when scientists have captured jaguars in Belize and they weight no more than 70 kg in the area.
Numbers are first; they can be collected, quantified and analyzed. The “opinion” of a photograph is valuable, but most be tested first with evidence. Witness can be deceived by the eyes, they heart or they personal interests.
The point here is why are you so mad with this issue? I mean, all this is irrelevant, but you are still stuck in this. The same happen with the white tiger issue, you were arrogant and against all the evidence, but at the end, several posters showed to you that white tigers were a reality in the wild. Is this theme the cause that you are now against me? If that is the case, sorry for making you feel bad. But if is not, then, why are you stuck with this issue?
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