Captive Lion and Tiger weights

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(02-04-2020, 01:08 PM)Hello Wrote:

(02-03-2020, 09:08 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(02-03-2020, 08:08 PM)Hello Wrote:

(02-03-2020, 07:55 PM)Shadow Wrote: I got today reply from Kristiansand zoo concerning lion Aslan. 

His highest recorded weight was 253 kg, in August 2015. Now at the moment, as an old lion, his weight is still 233 kg. They haven´t ever measured his shoulder height or body length, they just said, that he is truly a big lion :)

According to @Pantherinae  260 kg is the peak while 252 is the lowest

This is from the Kristiansand zoo biologist.:

"Thank you for your e-mail. Yes, Aslan is a big cat. The highest weight we have recorded is 253 kg in august 2015. We have never measured his shoulder height or body length. At the moment Aslan is 233 kg."


Memory can make tricks after some time, when remembering just something like 250-260 kg, but as you can see, this biologist has checked things. I asked also specifically what is the highest weight of Aslan, which they confirm. If there have been some unofficial weighings, impossible for me to say. Maybe they have discussed in the zoo, that he might have been that much at some point, but never weighed. Pity that they haven´t measured his other dimensions, I suggested, that if they in some way could.... :)

Yes I agree,he may have weighed 260 kg in his prime.He was weighed 253 at 2015(born 2004 september) which means he has passed his prime.Big cats tend to lose weight after 7

I was speculating concerning it, that how that 260 kg might be result of memory making tricks, not that Aslan would have been that much. When he was 7, he was weighed to be 252 kg. This 253 kg was heaviest result from his weighings during the years, so from known weights his all time peak weight. That´s why it´s highly unlikely think, that he would have been more than it in his normal condition. I don´t know where is said, that big cats would lose weight after 7 years old, they are in that age naturally in their prime, but so are 8-9 years old big cats too. 

Naturally any big cat, which has been weighed to be so heavy as 200-250 kg might be at some day a few kg more or less. But when we compare Aslan to other big cats, which have been weighed now we have from zoo "official" weight and that is 253 kg. Not 240 or 260. That can be double checked by anyone. Reply