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

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(02-08-2015, 09:26 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: I was not aware that, "the period between the kill of the bait and the capture was less than 10 hours (they were revisited before the 6:00 am)." Therefore, say a tiger got to the bait immediately and ate during those 10 hrs, from the average intake reported of 14 kg/24 hr (disregarding portions of bait no actually eaten by the tiger), would have eaten 5.8 kg. Likely, most tigers did not reach the bait that early, and even if they did, 5.8 kg of food mass would not be the mass in stomach at weighing due to metabolism. All in all, from the average figure and the reported timings, the average tiger would only have 3 kg of stomach content from the bait as weighing.

The complex situation on food correction as presented in all this information is another reason why it may be superfluous in most cases. There was already metabolism and competition intricating the equation, and Guate has pointed out time as another factor. All these factors and yet there is a poor grasp of what these parameters were for each specimen, thus food content estimations would be just as poor.


 

Very good point.
As the tigers were said to eat 14 to 19 Kg in 24hrs undisturbed, then for 10hrs it comes down to 5.8 to 7.9 Kg.

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As mentioned before the consumed mass wont be the same as the mass available in the stomach due to digestion and metabolism.
We know tigers have a higher metabolic rate compared to other bigcats, which results in more energy (calories) burnt.
Remember that very large percentage of meat is nothing but water (around 70% and above) which will be used and excreted out of the body much faster than say protiens and fat.

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