B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

[Ashutosh]

@Pckts, Dudhwa has a prey base not at par with Kanha, but are Kanha tigers bigger? I take your point but it’s not JUST based on that. My inkling is based upon the size of females in Panna. Some of them easily match females of Kanha, outsize them even.

As for Pannalal and Bheem, you are comparing a young Pannalal to probably one of the biggest tiger in Central India in his prime (if not the biggest). I am not saying he would have ever matched the likes of Bheem, but, to establish yourself in Bandhavgarh at a young age is decent. If anything, that augurs very well that a few years since reintroduction, a young male can go into an environment like Bandhavgarh and make it there.

@GreenForest, Umarpani male was born to a huge tigress and an average sized male (Munna was exceptional for his size though). And, he was the least impressive of his litter, with his sister almost matching her huge mother and his brother outsizing him. I don’t think his siblings made it, but, imagine Umarpani male as the least impressive member of a litter!!! Dominant genes will come through, they always do. It may take some time, though.

As for T3, tigers don’t peak in size at age 10, 6-8 is their peak. At Pench, he was just another average sized male (200 kilos is below average actually, compare it to a 2 year old MB2 who was 195 kilos), but a 240 kilo T3 would probably be one of the 3 biggest males in Pench (along with Handsome Male and Raiyakassa). This is just a personal opinion, but, I am not sure he would have reached that weight had he been at Pench. Reply