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ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - B - THE LION (Panthera leo)

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ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - B - THE LION (Panthera leo)

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10-27-2018, 01:58 PM

What I can say here is that if predators like lions and tigers resort to eating large animals like buffaloes and domestic cattle, then one can expect them to weigh above average estimates, and a case to demonstrate for this is the 388.7 kg (857 lbs) north Indian tiger shot by David Hassinger in 1967 That figure was obtained after it ate a buffalo calf: 

The Smithosonian (https://archive.is/20130202094033/http:/...nov95.html): "But one thing is certain: this 857-pound tiger was not hungry when Hasinger dispatched him. Earlier that day the Bengal had dragged off a buffalo calf and the 80-pound rock to which it was tethered, leaving footprints "as large as dinner plates."

And I have found something similarly extraordinary for 2 Tanzanian lions that had killed a whopping 244 cattle, besides some donkeys, in January 1963: https://books.google.com/books?id=i_JPAQ...sc=y&hl=en
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RE: ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - B - THE LION (Panthera leo) - BorneanTiger - 10-27-2018, 01:58 PM
Panthera leo in Europe - brotherbear - 04-28-2017, 07:16 PM
RE: Panthera leo in Europe? - Polar - 04-28-2017, 09:54 PM
RE: Panthera leo in Europe? - GrizzlyClaws - 04-29-2017, 01:13 AM
RE: Panthera leo in Europe? - brotherbear - 04-29-2017, 02:31 AM
RE: Panthera leo in Europe? - GrizzlyClaws - 04-29-2017, 02:47 AM
RE: Panthera leo in Europe? - GrizzlyClaws - 04-29-2017, 02:59 AM
RE: Panthera leo in Europe? - brotherbear - 05-20-2017, 03:45 PM
RE: Vintage - Ngala - 01-02-2018, 02:52 PM
Lion Population Numbers - jordi6927 - 04-09-2018, 03:15 PM
RE: Lion Population Numbers - Rishi - 04-09-2018, 04:43 PM



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