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06-17-2015, 09:32 PM( This post was last modified: 10-02-2015, 05:54 AM by peter )
peter\ dateline='\'1434497299' Wrote: HOW TALL WAS THIS TIGER?
1 - Russia
a - A scratch mark on a tree at a height of about 300 cm. Had to be a large male tiger:
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b - The tiger had to be close in size to this one (first posted by Amnon). Amnon said one of the captive male Amur tigers he saw in the facility he visited was over 300 kg. The heaviest male actually weighed in Russia, however, was 212 kg. only. This captive male probably was heavier:
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2 - India
a - A scratchtree. One of the scratches reached 10.6 (320 cm.). Must have been a very large tiger:
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b - This 440-pound captive male would not get there:
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c - Neither would this one:
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d - In order to reach 320 cm., a male tiger needs to be both long and tall. Definitely over 200 cm. in head and body length. A tiger like this one perhaps:
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Same tiger who left these prints in the sand of this road in northern India:
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Just a heads up when using scratch marks to estimate hieght, remember that Tigers climb trees to scratch higher up.
This has been seen with Bamera and other tigers.
So scratch marks may not be the best terms of estimation when considering size.