ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[Rishi]

(05-09-2018, 08:29 AM)Greatearth Wrote: Rishi
Yes, he said he always go visit Corbett, Tadoba, and other national parks to see tigers. He is definitely sure male tigers in Sundarbans could grow the same size as male tigers in mainland Indian. Not just him, I've seen many photographers from Bangladesh are arguing against Indian from other states over Sundarbans tiger's size.

That's the catch! 
I felt similarly when i saw the male tiger at Jharkhali TRC. It was nearly the size of an average sized mainlanders. (Forgot to ask if they had its weight  )

I couldn't come up with any explanation for them being 60% in weight compared to ones rescued/captured on mainland...
They're not equal, definitely smaller & skinnier, but not that much!

The old cages of Kolkata Zoo allowed close comparison.

1. Female
2. Mediocre male
3. Sundarban male ex-maneater new
4. Sundarban male ex-maneater old (I think its dead now)
   

I'm quoting myself from Sundarban Mini-trip:

(01-02-2018, 12:07 AM)Rishi Wrote: Currently there's only one tiger there. A 11-year-old male, who other than being a man-eater had eye injury than turned it blind & wasn't released.

As i walked to the other side, that's when i saw him... He. Was. HUGE.
(I apologise on behalf of my camera.)

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Head, neak, shoulder, arms, chest-girth.. he had it all.

Here's a better shot of him beside the concrete base.

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Here's me beside the outer one... I'm 5'8".

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I guess whatever weight difference Sundarban tigers have with their mainland cousins is probably due to them being skinny, because the dimensions didn't look that different.

The prey base is very likely inadequate from what i felt. It's definitely a tough life there that the rhinos & water buffalos weren't tough enough for.
Maybe that's the reason they aren't picky about what they eat.. monkeys, young crocs, crabs, tortoise & even fish that get trapped on mudflats as the tides recede.

There was a info placard by the FD beside the enclosures. It had the size/weight data patched up & edited, probably the original one showed a lousy off-the-internet value of 250kg.
So, i took a photo...

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So i would refrain from commenting on it. I really don't know why, probably nobody does for sure!

You should get him on Wildfact...

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@sanjay Can this conversation from post #1,595 be copied (not moved) to The Sunderban Tiger thread as well? I've never seen a "Copy Posts" option. Reply