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

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(08-07-2019, 07:48 PM)peter Wrote:

(08-07-2019, 02:15 PM)RakeshMondal Wrote:

(08-07-2019, 02:05 PM)peter Wrote:

(08-07-2019, 12:31 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(08-07-2019, 07:27 AM)RakeshMondal Wrote:

(08-06-2019, 08:21 PM)peter Wrote: Captive tiger 'Igor' from the Odense zoo was known for his size. My guess is he compared to the Duisburg zoo male Amur tiger. That one was 320 cm. in total length measured 'between pegs' and estimated at 280-300 kg. in his prime:

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That tiger is enormous no doubt about that. That guy's head can literally fit in the tigers mouth.

The tiger is really cute awww.

Igor was big, in zoo advertisement it was told to have been 250 kg, about 551 lbs.

http://tourcom.dk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/OdenseZoo_Aarsrapport2013_4KORR_NY.pdf

One article: https://www.fyens.dk/odense/Usaedvanligt-besoeg-Slingrende-tiger-scannet-paa-retsmedicinsk/artikel/2394807

There are also articles from same time, saying, that 300 kg or almost 300 kg, it variates in different medias. Difficult to say, but when zoo has it printed by themselves, it looks like some reporters have been more accurate than others.

Anyway, big boy.

I saw a video in which Igor, by then well past his prime, was treated for a problem with his teeth. Although large, he didn't seem 300 kg. In his prime, however, he could have been quite close. I'll try to find the video.

This is the video, right?

I found another picture of him training. He looks very large in this picture, very large frame, one of a 250+ kg tiger.

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No, I was referring to this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSR95Lf7MAA

Igor was treated for serious problems with his teeth. Most of them were all but gone.

In the video, he was well past his prime. Age has quite an effect in tigers in that they often quickly lose a lot of muscle mass. Compare the tiger in the video to the tiger in the photograph I posted. Same animal. 

In his prime, 'Igor' was both large and robust:

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The photographs I have strongly suggest 'Igor' was larger and bigger than Amur tiger 'Jeltzin'. That tiger was actually weighed. In his prime, 'Jeltzin' was 270 kg.:

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Based on reliable reports and a number of good photographs of different large male Amur tigers, I'd say 'Igor' might have been close to 300 kg. in his prime. In the video, however, he was closer to 200 kg. The difference, therefore, could have been as much as 150 pounds (68,04 kg.), if not 200 pounds (90,72 kg.).

I've seen it in more than one male Amur tiger. For some reason, captive male Amur tigers are more affected by old age than captive male tigers of other subspecies. Apparently, it isn't much different in wild male Amur tigers. Just before they perish, they lose a lot of mass. Muscle mass, that is.

What I have on prime and old male captive Amur tigers strongly suggest that weight seems to be a result of muscle mass foremost. Wild Amur tigers, in order to deal with the long Russian winter, store fat in late autumn and winter, but it doesn't result in exceptional tigers. If anything, wild Amur tigers are a bit smaller than their captive relatives (referring to Amur tigers in European zoos). With 'smaller', I mean they're not as heavy.

Igor was born 2002, it was treated for dental problems 2013, when it was 10-11 years old. So 2010 it has been 7-8 years old. It died 2015 in age of 13 years old. It died earlier, than captive tigers usually because of illness. There are quite a lot of videos and photos. When I look at tiger Jeltzin, overall appearance looks like to be quite same. I don´t have now time, but I can put later links to several videos and photos of Igor. It was very handsome tiger, but before it died, it lost a lot of weight, maybe last 6 months or so. It was pity to watch some footage from that time, when it was already in bad shape :/ Reply