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

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(12-17-2018, 01:32 PM)johnny rex Wrote: Still no update from Altai's skull @peter ?

No time. Sorry about that, Johnny. The note to contact the authors of the article in which Altai featured, however, is right in front of me every day. And happen it will. We need good data on tiger skulls, wild or captive. Altai is special on account of his skull. I want to see it myself.

I might also do a tour with Olga's agency in Wild Russia in a year from now, provided she can open a few doors of institutes that have skulls of wild Amur tigers. I want to measure as many as I can.

As to skulls, natural history museums and the natural world and cultural heritage in general. We left state-sponsored museums quite some time ago, Johnny. Today is the day of big money once again. Here's a bit of info on the results so far.

The largest tiger skull V. Mazak ever saw, was in Berlin (Germany). Some time ago, WaveRiders said it had disappeared. He feared it had been sold.

The famous Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam had everything you can think of regarding Indonesia, including countless photographs of tigers. Some years ago, it lost its support. Closure was real close. SAo much so, that they decided to sell the collection. A large part was sent to a museum in Cairo (Egypt) some years ago. I couldn't believe my eyes, but it really happened.   

Politicians interested in 'more individual responsability' (also known as unrestricted capitalism) told me we entered a time of unprecedented wealth some time ago. Although they have a point in the department of material wealth and things like that, I'd say we have never been so poor as today. I see segregation, new dimensions in poverty and a total lack of respect for anything related to heritage, culture and the natural world. In many ways, the system in use is as empty as it gets.
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RE: ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris) - peter - 12-17-2018, 02:51 PM
Demythologizing T16 - tigerluver - 04-12-2020, 11:44 AM
Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 09:54 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 10:02 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-29-2014, 12:56 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - peter - 07-29-2014, 07:05 AM
Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-04-2014, 01:36 AM
RE: Tiger recycling bin - Pckts - 09-04-2014, 02:22 AM
RE: Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-05-2014, 01:01 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 10:07 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 10:57 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 11:33 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 02-19-2015, 11:25 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - GuateGojira - 02-23-2015, 11:36 AM
Status of tigers in India - Shardul - 12-20-2015, 03:23 PM
RE: Tiger Directory - Diamir2 - 10-03-2016, 04:27 AM
RE: Tiger Directory - peter - 10-03-2016, 06:22 AM
Genetics of all tiger subspecies - parvez - 07-15-2017, 01:08 PM
RE: Tiger Predation - peter - 11-11-2017, 08:08 AM
RE: Man-eaters - Wolverine - 12-03-2017, 11:30 AM
RE: Man-eaters - peter - 12-04-2017, 09:44 AM
RE: Tigers of Central India - Wolverine - 04-13-2018, 01:17 AM
RE: Tigers of Central India - qstxyz - 04-13-2018, 08:34 PM
RE: Size comparisons - peter - 07-16-2019, 05:28 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 05-20-2021, 07:13 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - Nyers - 05-21-2021, 08:02 PM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 05-22-2021, 08:09 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - GuateGojira - 04-06-2022, 12:59 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 01:08 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 09:08 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 11:30 PM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 04-08-2022, 07:27 AM



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