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

[Rishi]

(05-16-2018, 01:00 PM)Greatearth Wrote: I was always curious about this because male lion always looked bigger in photo and video from photo, TV channel, video from big cat sanctuary, everland, and other places.

I've seen captive lions a lot, but they don't really look big as I hear in book and internet. They were definitely big, but not big as I expected.

So what?

You can see how confusing it is to make an accurate estimation in even for popular tigers like the above ones. Hundreds of people have seen them multiple times & each seem to have a different opinion... And tigers don't even have manes!

Quote:Yes, it was that photo! Thanks to find other photos and the location! I thought it was trophy hunting room by Indian royals. I only saw the first and second photo from many different angles. That male lion skin is larger than 2 tiger skins, just tigers are longer due to long tails. Actually, lion skin at 5th photo above bookshelf looks bigger than any of tiger skins in the room. I've seen skulls of the Bengal tiger, Asian lion, and Indian leopard. Lion skull was the biggest. That's why I was wondering is it really true that Bengal tiger is larger than Asiatic lion, and even larger African lion.

That is a real trophy room. The Laxmi Niwas Palace have been converted to an exotic hotel by its heirs of royal family.

Also, that lion on entrance wall is the second largest in the room. 
Largest one is a tiger on the left wall... (You can see it in the 5th & 6th photos in Pckts's post too)

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Other ones aren't really big tigers. Unlike big lions, they lived in the remotest jungles & were harder to come across. Usually the ones that got kicked out of those undegraded habitats got shot.
That's probably one of the reasons tigers' genetics got hit less harder by the 17-20 century hunting spree... Reply