Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Kingtheropod]

(09-12-2018, 01:35 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: Check this comparison:

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Here we have the tiger "Eliah" from the Wokutakula Wildlife Rescue Centre in South Africa. There are no measurements available from this specimen but I scaled the images in base of the humans. As the human with the tiger Sauraha is from Nepal, he may be slightly little than the man with the tiger Eliah, which is from South Africa, so I scaled them in this form BUT I may be wrong, so no offense to anyone, ok?   

From my perspective, these two tigers are about the same body size. However the white tiger weighed 299 kg! This means that some tigers don't need to be so long/tall to get a high weight. As we know, Sauraha weighed at least 260 kg "adjusted", but may have weighed more.

For those that want to see this tiger been weighed, check this post (No. 244): https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-captive...ts?page=17

For pictures check this post (No. 257): https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-captive...ts?page=18

I think this proves that Sauraha male very likely could have weighed more then 260 kg (adjusted). We know he exceeded scale of 270 kg, we just don't know exactly. However, based on this comparison, I don't think it is fantasy to believe these two cats could be of comparable weights. Reply