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02-03-2019, 04:53 PM( This post was last modified: 02-03-2019, 11:43 PM by Shadow )
(02-03-2019, 03:50 PM)peter Wrote:
(02-01-2019, 05:57 AM)genao87 Wrote: Any info on this guy...more so than what the video tells us??? you can hit the CC for the close captioning....has it in english
This is Amur tiger 'Igor' from the Odense zoo (Denmark). You can find him on the internet. Quite a celebrity, he was.
My guess is 'Igor' compared to the Duisburg zoo tiger. Measured 'between pegs', that male was 320 cm. in total length (head and body 210 cm. and tail 110 cm.). When standing, the Duisburg zoo tiger was 110 cm. at the shoulder (measured). In his prime, he was estimated at 280-300 kg.
Here he is with a fullgrown captive Amur tigress:
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Some years ago, tiger 'Igor' from Odense was treated when he struggled with dental issues. This means he was sedated. I don't know if he was measured and weighed, but in the report below (in Danish) they said he was 300 kg. (662 pounds):
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These tigers look good, robust, not fat. I sometimes think about it, that in what weights big cats start to be too heavy when thinking about surviving in wildlife. Lion in pride can maybe afford to be slowed down a bit by weight, but for solitary animal it might be a different thing. Many stories about exceptional individuals seem to include man eating or domestic cattle eating etc.
For a tiger 300 kg, when looking at these photos, is quite ok weight, I think.