Predation of Adult Rhino By Kaziranga Tigers: WII Expert Rabin Sharma’s Documentation

[Pckts]

(11-15-2019, 11:25 AM)Rishi Wrote:

(11-15-2019, 09:44 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(11-15-2019, 09:39 AM)Rishi Wrote:

(11-15-2019, 09:18 AM)Pckts Wrote: That bottom image is not close to a 600kg animal.

How do you know? But you could be right. 

It's a bit older than the 600kg captive calf aged 1 year. But it was rescued from floods, so isn't in best health.

Because i know what a 200kg animal looks like and that Rhino calf may be more robust but its definitely smaller in frame and probably not much more robust overall. I'd say that youngster is in the 200kg mark at best. 

If you see a 600kg bovine, its massive and you're not mistaking it for a youngster of any animal. A good example is that cape bull that bowls over the elephant youngster.

A rhino is not a bovine. They're of much more stout build with short legs & much larger volume. 200kg bovine would be much larger than a 200 kg rhino calf. 
And between 1ton water-buffalo/gaur bull & a 2ton cow-rhino the difference in height & length dimensions aren't that drastic... while a 1ton rhino probably wouldn't have reached puberty yet, being smaller than the smallest cows of 1.2-1.3ton.

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I get what you're saying, but I think it's too much of apples & oranges in this case.

Also we have no reason to doubt the multiple values states by the zoo, especially when both numbers make sense when compared age wise.

I'm well aware the difference in girth between the two but when you see a large bovine compared to a young rhino of that size you dont mistake it.

Also the claim of that young one behind its mother of being 230kg seems unlikely when comparing it to these 2 below

Heres a 289lb Rhino actually being weighed.

And a larger one at 179kgs

and one more at 284kg

But who knows..

My point was that a 600kg carcass wouldn't be what I consider a calf and the fact that the carcass is quite a bit devoured means it's most likely much larger than that.
I'm not saying its a adult or anything else, just not a calf in my book. Reply