Captive Lion and Tiger weights

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(01-18-2020, 08:36 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(01-18-2020, 04:28 PM)Shadow Wrote: @Pantherinae  Above is what I found out about Yeltsin. And in this one I was kind of lucky because I contacted Walter zoo in two ways at the same time because I wasn´t sure how I could get reply faster. And then I got two replies with big contradiction, one reply was, that he was 270 kg and I assumed, that he had been weighed (I forgot to ask it specifically) and another reply told, that 270 kg sounds exaggeration and closer  to 200 kg is more realistic.

That´s why I then asked again, that how come I can get from same place two so different replies and then I got explanation from curator of that zoo, which is above. A good reminder about it, that when asking it´s good to make clear questions so, that answers are then also clear and tell how it is. 

When knowing how young Yeltsin was when transferred that 270 kg felt odd, but now knowing that is was just an estimation from someone it´s more understandable. In that one photo (standing on hind legs) he looks big, but in others which I´ve seen he isn´t looking that impressive... as usual in photos perspective can have some role.

@GuateGojira  when you are online,  see this information, it took some time, but now there it is.

Thank you for the information. So, no real figure.

Nope, as so often before it became obvious that when seeing something written in media caution is needed. I guess, that especially when figures are printed to round numbers like 200, 240, 270, 300... When really weighed, figures tend to be something like 217, 253, 261 etc. and only seldom exactly 210 or 250 etc.  

All in all good to know. I try to get information also from the zoo he was transferred, maybe they have weighed him, who knows. But I haven´t seen any articles about him. @Lycaon  maybe you could check a bit if something is said somewhere, he lived in Braunschweig zoo rest of his life. Maybe some German media has written something about him later? Reply