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(08-19-2014, 02:13 AM)'Pantherinae' Wrote: Zambia is pretty close to The delta and they averaged at 202 kg. I think
Well Maybe The lionesses are not as big framewhise, but they are very muscular and The females can weigh as much as an normal male else where. The shoulders these lionesses has are very impressive! Also They are targeting calves and females and can eat buffalo almost The whole year, and that's not The Botswana Lions just and only The duba plains lion. And they can probably have an unusual big size. I think it would be amazing to have some weights from duba plains!
Also The duba boys a coallition of two male Lions where actually quite small, Maybe because they lived there before The island got separated, their son Junior is just huge. And he is by far The most impressive lion I have ever seen, if You think that these Lionesses are massive and still he is so big compared to them! Here is a video of Junior chasing his son!
He looks to be large, but comparing him to females is not fool proof. Like I stated, females come in all shapes and sizes. Even from different areas, they still range in sizes.
Here is a example, it is for Tigers but still can be applied with the lions
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If you notices, Sariska has the lowest weight for Male tigers but the highest weight for female tigers, in this limited # of individuals.
Also Kruger Lions had the 3rd highest average weight for Males and Females yet it had the largest weight measured for any male.
Its just too hard to look at a female compared to a male and judge his size unless we have previous eye witness knowledge or data on the female.
I just usually assume a female is between 120kg-180kg and judge the male that way.