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[Pckts]

(11-03-2015, 04:59 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:

(11-03-2015, 04:53 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(11-03-2015, 04:50 AM)Pantherinae Wrote: I agree @Pckts he did not look very impressive compared to The car's around him either. And estimate The weight of a lion that well hidden in mane is really hard, feel bad for Lions with such an amount of mane aswell it's not natrual.

On that topic, did you notice mane length differences between locations or just color variations?
I agree, I don't think any mane would ever be that long naturally unless said lion lived in colder locations. That being said, from the lions I see who live in Russia or China (captive parks of course) not only is their mane longer but their actual fur as well. This is why I think the impression used to be that Siberians were the largest cats and Barbary lions were the largest lions. When you have longer and denser fur surrounding the body, they cannot help but look more massive.

Amur can also produce some freak specimens in the captive, so does lion.

But overall on average Amur tiger might not be as impressive as it touted to be.

Why would you say this?
You have to use more than just one lion or tiger to come to this conclusion I think.
Siberians are massive in captivity, they still hold the world record but its obviously skewed. No pure bred bengal tiger lives in captivity anywhere we are able to get verified weights, india certainly doesn't share any of their weights that I'm aware of.
I will say this, I have read many old circus performers who specifically mention Siberians being much larger than their cousins, but were they weighed? Where were the the tigers from? Usually they are quoted as being from "bengal" but that could of been sunderban tigers so thats why I don't think its concrete proof. The only thing we can go off of is verified weights, past and present. Going off of those, you're correct, the siberian was overestimated compared to the Indian Bengal tiger, which is the largest cat on average or world record. Which you are aware of, of course. Reply