Freak Specimens

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(11-28-2019, 10:53 PM)Shadow Wrote:

Quote:I actually asked a bit about Simba and Nick Nyoka. It is unclear, where it has been weighed, but it was said to be 826 lbs, which is about 375 kg. At time it was also in Guinness Book of Records as the largest lion in the world, shoulder height was 111 cm. So it is assumed, that maybe it has been weighed also by people of Guinness, but that is just assumption. I was told, that history of Simba is actually very sketchy.

Staff from zoo of Colchester, where Simba and Nyoka visited 1970 said, that Simba was clearly obese. I got also a link to rare, but quite good quality video footage, where it can be clearly seen. That belly swinging there sideways looks like to have some fat inside. Simba can be seen from 2:18 forward.

http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/222789

I contacted Colchester zoo earlier this year, I put here those postings concerning Simba and Nyoka since you seem to be interested. Not much more, something little though.

Excelent man! Bring it on! So, it is not sure if the lion was actually weighed or not, just like the case of the Li-tigon "Cubanacan", which actually was not weighed, just measured.

The lion was huge, that is for sure, but it was obviously very obese. Somehow 111 cm tall at the shoulder looks low for such a large animal, but also based no the video it seems that Nyoka was not a very tall man too. Reply