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(09-24-2020, 08:01 PM)Yusuf Wrote: Hello, thanks for the picture.
He estimated his lion OVER 500 lbs which could mean everything. Anyways he said estimates arent reliable.
So in his other book he said the total Length was 10ft 4inch. , In the book 10ft 7 inch. and if we add Body and Tail the length is 10ft 1 inch.
Its a bit weird..... I add 10ft 7 , 10ft 4 and 10ft 1 and devide it by 3 and i got exactly 10ft 4 (315cm). Therefore its fair in my opinion.
Estimations are just that, so they are not reliable. Even then he says "over 500 lb", that do not means that he believed that will reach the 600 lb, probably about 550 lb at the most.
Now, about the total length you must check that the 10 ft 7 in is the length "over the curves", so definitelly the figure of 10 ft 4 in "between pegs" seems impossible. Now, the best explanation is that the figure of 4 in is a typo and should be 1 in, that will explain the error. So, the biggest lion that I ever saw (218 cm in head-body) had a total length of 307 cm "between pegs" (10 ft 1 in) and 323 cm "over curves" (10 ft 7 in), in any case it had a very short tail, just like the tiger of Brander.