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(07-01-2014, 04:06 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: http://www.tigerawareness.co.uk/wp-conte...n_2010.pdf

They talked about B2 (rest in peace [img]images/smilies/sad.gif[/img]). From there you can reference Bamera by what people say about him.

Wagdoh is indeed a monster and as I said before probably the largest tiger in India. This is probably not going to happen, but do you know of any eye-witnesses of both Wagdoh and Madla or Hairyfoot? That's the best reference point for us. Madla probably weighed around 270 kg. From reliable hunting records 320 kg is the max for Bengals in my opinion. It's interesting that captive Bengal tigers struggle to get past the 250 kg mark.

 

 

I wish!!!
But from the tigers that come out of Panna and Assam, I would assume that Madla/Hairyfoot are probably just as large as Waghdoh.

Captive bengals are notoriously less spectacular in Captivity compared to Amurs who are notoriously larger in captivity.
Very strange indeed, but some of the Captive pure bred bengals in India and others are actually pretty large and close to the average size of their wild counterparts. But all in all, no captive cat will ever match a wild one. They may weigh more, but it is a combanation of muscle and fat, their body dimensions are no larger I believe. But you will always tell the difference between a wild 250kg Tiger or Lion and a captive one.

I would be curious as to Panterinae's input.
He works with Aslyan a 255kg Lion and has seen the a lion in which he thought was every bit as big as Aslyan. He will have more input on body differences between wild and captive cats.


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