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Why captive Bengals are smaller than Wild Bengals?

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Why captive Bengals are smaller than Wild Bengals?

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11-09-2019, 05:27 AM

(11-08-2019, 04:25 PM)Hello Wrote: From my personal observation on many captive Bengals.Most of them were 380-400 lbs and 90-95 cm at shoulder height.We know that Wild Bengals are much larger on average and maximum than wild Siberians in shoulder height, total length,weight, Skull width and skull weight while captive Bengals are smaller than wild in every dimension.Why?

The observation you have made may strictly be a result of the conditions of captivity in third world countries.

Many countries in Asia can't afford the same type of medical care or nutritional supplementation that you will see in western zoos. So the size disparity can be a result of that.

I've seen reports of lions too from zoos in Asia, and a lot of the lions too aren't very big in those zoos either
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