The size of the Barbary lion

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@GuateGojira :

About #92: Thank you for answering me. The examples you give are very interesting because is there somebody, at first sight, who could have believed that the indochinese tigers are able to be as big as some Amur tiger ? Bengal tigers yes, because we know that they can always prey on big animals within small areas (Indian parks aren't particularly vast) while as concerns the Siberian tigers it's more difficult to kill a big prey, and this often after having covered several kilometers or tens kilometers only to locate it !

As for the Atlas lions, because of their very generous mane, they have been mythologized by the french settlers of the XIXth century during the Romantism Period. The french painter Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) glorified them through his famous oil paintings and watercolors after a long trip through Morocco. Jules Gérard* (1817-1864) was renowned as a famous lions hunter especially in the Atlas mountains. He spoke in his stories about 17 feets-longed Atlas lions (C.A.W Guggisberg "Simba, the life of the lion", publication date: 1961) !

Thus, I believe, because of all this, a myth survived till our days as concerns these famous, unlucky extinct in wild, lions... It just needs to see some youtubers videos.

*: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_G%C3%A9rard Reply