ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - B - THE LION (Panthera leo)

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(11-14-2016, 12:04 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: @peter @GuateGojira @tigerluver

I want to know your feedback about Waverider's investigation on the alleged 272 kg Kenyan lion.

http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/10364052/7/

The figure of 272 kg is probably correct. I don't doubt it. But I've seen an email which stated it had a small amount of stomach content. Probably not much though, maybe 5 kg? Not a big deal.

However, as stated before, this is the largest wild lion that was reliably weighed. Other lions like the 313 kg lion are probably fake, as the picture of the animal shown was so small, it can not be taken seriously (See picture shown by Guate). The biggest lions weighed in the wild include a lion weighed in Orange Free State in 1865 which weighed 583 lb. Another from Roberts (1951) in south Africa was 553 lb. Another from White (1912) weighed almost the same as the lion shot by Richard Kock, just under 600 lb. Reply