BODY SIZE AND MASS OF NGORONGORO CRATER LIONS

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(02-17-2015, 11:39 PM)'Amnon242' Wrote: but your posts above are huge like crater lions :-)
I dont know where it is, but I found nothing like Hugo Valley in the crater. BTW Ndutu area is at the border with Serengeti.

...btw photos and videos of young tom are again one nice example of how misleading they are - because young tom looks like quite robust felid...and 146 kg is not much for a lion of that age. But perhaps he was in bad shape when weighted (injured) and the photos and videos are taken later...

 

 

There you go [img]images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
You can actually see his size when captured as well.
The lodge is on the border but that is not where he was found, that is who was called to check on it.
http://www.panthera.org/blog/young-tom-t...and-rescue
Scroll through to see him during capture, sedation and release. He doesn't look skinny during capture that is for sure, especially the image of him with the female vet in front. He has some nice sized limbs on him.
146 kg is a decent size for a Tom of 4 years of age, nothing special by any means but he could still put on another 50+kg of size in the next 4-6 years.

He is from the Masek Pride, so I will look up where they are inside the NCA.

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