Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

[tigerluver]

One, the 270 kg was not via baiting, he was tracked. Two, where does your over curves assumption come from? With all due respect, one cannot say their data and their sources are infallible, and then not mention where the info was collected from. In other words, transparency is needed. Next, we have conflicting data, as males around Sauraha's length have hovered in the 270-320 kg range. What are your sources that you consider reliable? From your last estimate of 205 kg, you're implying the specimen ate 32%-50% of its body weight before weighing in a short period of time at his last weighing. That's essentially impossible. Of course, if you're using Amur data for your estimations your numbers make more sense. Finally, Dinerstein published of another 270+ kg male, and there were two more males at the turn of the century attaining that size as well. Would you say professionals were wrong 4 times in a row instead of Nepal actually harboring males of that size? These are professionals who perfected their craft, critique has its place everywhere but one cannot critique methods to adjust them to their assumptions. Reply