Amur Tigers

[Apollo]

(06-04-2014, 09:43 PM)'GrizzlyClaws' Wrote:

(06-04-2014, 08:38 PM)'GuateGojira' Wrote: According with Slaght et al. (2005), captive Amur tigers begin to loss body shape since the 12-14 years old, although the heaviest male that they accepted as reliable (captive one, 248 kg) was over 15 years old.

This could be the case in the wild too, although males like "Dale" (Pt-20) weighed more at its 12 years old than when it was between 5-6 years old.

 


 

Does this mean that Baikal was even heavier when he was younger? Since he still weighed about 850 pounds at the age of 12 back in 2009.
 

 

Baikal at 12 yo is definitely out of his prime.
Tigers in general at optimal conditions will be in its best shape and size at their prime.
So its highly possible that Baikal could have had higher muscle mass and body mass at its prime. Reply