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Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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12-08-2014, 03:28 PM ( This post was last modified: 12-08-2014, 03:53 PM by Siegfried )

He probably won't admit it, but I would say this on one of the questions you posed to him.

You asked if the Sumatra forest was unmolested, would the sumatran tigers be as large as bengals?

The answer is obviously no as seen in captive individuals... but I believe they would be close the gap somewhat. We have to look at BOTH genetics and environmental factors when interpreting data.

Just as I believe that amur tigers would be even larger than bengals in a large enough forest environment... free from people, and with their historic prey base.

I also think that the efficient systematic culling of the biggest most dominant individuals in a population over numerous generations MIGHT have the affect of reducing the likelihood for largeness within that population in future generations... in effect, shrinking the average size of the population.

Is this seen in lions?
 

 
 

 
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