BODY SIZE AND MASS OF NGORONGORO CRATER LIONS

[WaveRiders]

GuateGojira
 
 
Could you please read again my post where I wrote
 
 
“The equation provided by U. S. Seal to Packer for males differs to the one provided for females.”
 
 
It means the male and female equations have been provided to Packer and colleagues by U. S. Seal. So Packer “don’t participated” in the formula. And? Have you got an idea how a scientific paper is written when there are many contributors? Probably not. I do know it as I have written quite a number of them either with one or more contributors other then me and alone. I am not willing to explain it to you as it takes time I am not going to spend.
 
Because of the typo in the male lion paper and because it was not Packer who extracted the equations, you therefore discard the estimate of 212 kg? I can of course accept that you reject any estimate in principle (any, even those fantasy estimates of 300 kg tigers based on pictures). In the case of Ngorongoro Crater lions there is not much to offer other then weight estimates. Why you should be so worried that Ngorongoro Crater adult male lions can actually average over 200 kg, perhaps even more then 212 kg, perhaps even at empty stomach, as suggested by the actual chest girth data range provided by Packer?
 
 
By the way, do you know about any individual weight of lions from Ngorongoro Crater?
 
 
                                  WaveRiders
 

 

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