Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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(12-21-2019, 08:26 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(12-21-2019, 03:57 PM)Shadow Wrote: I got reply again concerning this possible "very big tiger", but this expert said that he simply don´t know about this case (possibly 345 kg tiger). At least not yet. He mentioned, that with full belly a tiger can have up to 40 kg extra weight. I mention this because there seem to be some different kind of opinions about it. I assume that this number is for very big male tigers, while estimations about 30 kg or so are for smaller/average individuals.

Some things stayed unclear, because this person has been busy, but he told that he checks his data sheets and then tells about that biggest tiger he had darted and weighed. I will put that information then here, that tiger is from Kanha tiger reserve.

One thing about big cats when gorged, I noticed one excellent photo to demonstrate it and why it´s quite relevant to know if weighed big cat has been in "normal" condition or just eaten all he/she is able to. Or even "half gorged"... I present now Osahabu (often hanging around with famous Earless) after zebra kill, there you can see a lion who is truly enjoying life 

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No surprise there, Kanha Tigers are very large.
In regards to gorged or not, he nor anyone else can make that assumption since they weren't there nor is it likely that any cat is captured directly after gorging themself unless a bait was used. 

So no actual weight was given by him or individual Tiger?

He didn´t make assumptions, he just mentioned how much a tiger can have stomach content. He didn´t actually use the word gorged but full stomach. What comes to this case which started discussion he didn´t say anything, just that if true this tiger would be really huge even if full stomach, which is obvious. But at this point this person is unable to say anything because he had no information whatsoever about this case before I wrote and asked. 

He said, that he checks his data sheets and then give exact weight etc. I will write more right away when I get more information and what I can quote from his emails. This might feel like unnecessary cautious, but since this is public forum I want to be sure, that it´s ok to quote and he wrote about other things too, not only about some weights. Reply