Amur Tigers

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(03-06-2015, 03:29 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: Is the male a bit closer to the camera, is he exceptionally big, or the female exceptionally small? I extropolated pixel ratios from that picture and compared to the female, his chest diameter is 30% greater and his body length 16% greater. That's a big difference, thus I ask whether the camera is playing tricks. 

 

I would not think so and my reasoning is simple,

All big cats place their hind foot exactly where their front foot stepped, for two reasons:
1.Stealth when hunting prey
2.Because their paw has already dug out a trail in rough terrain

So that being said, in deep snow, its only safe to assume that a tiger would prefer to trek in prints that have already dug out a path in rough terrain.
I think he compares nicely to a large male next to a normal sized female. Its always impossible to know for sure, because females have quite a bit of difference between them just as males do.


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