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

[Rishi]

(05-10-2018, 03:12 AM)Greatearth Wrote: Rishi
I am not sure what he do, but I know he goes to national parks to see wild tigers including elusive Sundarban tigers. He said he as not found any size differences between mainland India and Sundarban after seeing many tigers. He probably never measured any tiger.
He would be very angry if he sees these discussion that we are concluding Sundarban tigers are smaller than other Bengal tigers.

As i told you before, i've felt the same. But "the feels" aren't a valid way of measuring (unless you're adding tea-leaves to water)!

Those videos i posted aren't mine... But i've stood there. Classes were cancelled one day & i went there from college. I had my instruments with me & i measured the loops of the chain link they use.

One of the Royal Bengals, i don't know which one, were pacing along like in the video & i checked upto where is spine was reaching. From that makeshift scale, i calculated his spine height to be ~97cm, which is ok-ish.

Watch this video till the end...
He looks like a regular Sundarban male from camera-trap images.

BTW, noone's concluding anything. We're just discussing the available data!
That's why i asked you to invite him here. Reply