Zoos, Circuses, Safaris: A Gallery of Captivity

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The cubs range in weight from 209-277 pounds. Chisulo has been the biggest from the time that the cubs began sampling meat, but Shaka has been catching up. As of last week, Shaka and Chisulo were tied at 126 kg (277 pounds)! That's more than our male Sumatran tiger juvenile, Bandar, who is six months older!

Since Amahle is the youngest female, it's no surprise that she's the smallest. Chisulo, on the other hand, is already 30 pounds larger than his father was at the same age!

Amahle has been the smallest from the beginning and weighs a "petite" 95 kilos, or 209 pounds. It's the product of being the only female among the youngest litter of cubs. What she lacks in size, she makes-up for with a sparkling personality. This little girl is sweet and playful.

Wondering how much the Zoo’s young lions have grown during the past couple of months? Lusaka and Fahari are currently tied for smallest at 216 pounds while Baruti is in the lead—weighing in at 272 pounds! That’s the size of our full-grown male Sumatran tiger, Guntur! It’s no wonder with all the food they are eating. These guys scarf down about eight to ten pounds per day. Think that’s a lot? Our entire pride consumes nearly 600 pounds of food each week!!!

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GreatCats/Lion/default.cfm

Our veterinarians removed a hairball weighing 3.8 pounds from a lion's stomach yesterday. Arthur, a 450-pound African lion, is the king of his pride at the The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg; he is recovering at home after surgery at our hospital.


This is a very old video. Nikita currently weighs between 500-550 pounds. That is just an estimated because she hasn't been weighed in a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R89LEZAzVE
At nearly 500 pounds, Nikita Lioness is larger than even most male lions. She was seized in a drug raid, sent to a zoo, and then saved by Big Cat Rescue. Find her in her favorite spots, up on the platform and back in the bushes to the left of this enclosure. - See more at: http://explore.org/live-cams/player/big-...ZDkxg.dpuf Reply