Overrated size of Munna aka Langda of Kanha National Park

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Here's Copters friends response on Munna's size compared to Patewala and Naak Kata
"Kshitij Degaonkar That's a difficult question *****. Opinions differ from person to person. All 3 were huge and about the same size. So it's not possible to say for sure who among them is the biggest unless they are actually measured. Even the guides and drivers who have served in Kanha for years and seen all these tigers hundreds of times can't say for certain that a particular individual is bigger than the other. For the naked eye, all are nearly the same. Our eyes can only distinguish between a huge and a not so huge tiger. But if we look at two tigers falling in the huge category, it's nearly impossible to tell which one is bigger.
Another factor I feel is that if a tiger is more used to tourists, he is sighted more often. And since more people have seen that individual, there would be more people claiming he is the biggest. Even the guides and drivers might tell you that this tiger is the biggest just to make you feel happy that you saw the biggest one!
E.g. In Bandhavgadh's case, they first always called B2 is the biggest and then called Bamera biggest... But the rarely seen Bokha never got his share of honours though in all probability he was bigger than the other two. If you ask my personal opinion on your question, I will say Naak Kata is bigger. But then again, there can be unending debates on this. The only thing we can say is that all three are roughly equally huge and we can't be certain who is the biggest until someone gets a photo with them side by side or if the FD has their measurements."

Seems to hold true to everything else I hear.
"Our eyes can only distinguish between a huge and a not so huge tiger. But if we look at two tigers falling in the huge category, it's nearly impossible to tell which one is bigger. "

At the end of the day, they are Huge and almost impossible to distinguish size from the naked eye.

Now I want to know how Red Eye and Bhima would match up with them (size wise)
Red eye to me, looks to be largest. But who knows for sure.
 

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