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06-20-2014, 09:40 PM( This post was last modified: 06-22-2014, 07:35 PM by Roflcopters )
you're right Tigerluver, both these sub-adults are pretty large for their ages and can easily compare with dominant males in other parts of the country.. would love to find out which one of the two will challenge KZT085 for the territory.. If my memory serves me right, KZT023 was also the alleged father of KZT085 so history is bound to repeat itself.. we've seen it all in Bandhavgarh, Tadoba etc etc..
I remember a quote from Kanwar Juneja who photographed KZT023 live and he said KZT023 was easily the largest male he had ever seen and he was very familiar with Bamera and other famous males around Central/Northern India and looking at KZT023's dimensions, one must not be surprised..he truly was the biggest photographed raw in daylight but then there's plenty other from camera trap that can easily compare with his size. KZT083 to me shows a greater potential and might even be a record-breaking heavy weight if captured and weighed.
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this is another one of my favorite male on his rhino kill, the size of his head, his paws and overall robustness is on a level of it's own..
If Wagdoh is considered an high-end Maserati then some of these larger males from Kaziranga are probably Rolls Royce Phantom in comparison.
here is my favorite picture of KZT023 that showcases his true size
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quote by Kanwar Juneja who claimed KZT023 was the biggest male he had ever photographed in the wild and he was very familiar with Khali (Corbett males) Katezari and other males from (Tadoba) and Bamera of (Bandhavgarh).
some time ago, Dr.Ullas Karanth also claimed that the largest tiger he had ever seen was from Kaziranga and a recent email from famous Big Cat expert Dr.Melvin Sunquist proved that these were tigers with much greater potential compared to the rest.