Captive Lion and Tiger weights

[Shadow]

(02-10-2020, 07:13 PM)Hello Wrote: @Shadow ,Here is a comparison between Gamin and a man,he is a big boy

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That photo isn´t good to use in comparison. Tiger is in front and that guy can be meters away. Typical photo making anything in front to look bigger than whatever is behind. Any tiger is easy to make look like huge with that kind of photos. Handsome tiger though.

I´ve also seen what this Kennion has written, but as far as I understood, he haven´t been weighing for instance Gamin. So has that 600 lbs been in reality an estimation or something what someone can confirm as really weighed? I find it very odd, that a tiger weighing 273 kg would lose just like that 55-70 kg of his weight, unless very sick. For instance lion Aslan has lost only 20 kg from his prime and he is now quite old lion. In zoos these animals get food every day and medical treatment if something is wrong, so their weight shouldn´t change in dramatic ways unless something really is wrong. 

Interesting tiger, I´m curious if there is something more to be found out. I´ve made some new queries concerning Gamin, if I find out something more I´ll of course share that information. This Kennion seems to be ok, but maybe there has been a mistake somewhere and he has got wrong information. Those weights which I got are after all from the zoo records.

I know that I´m skeptical to the point, that some might find it irritating. But I´ve found even from here, wildfact, one fabricated "scientifical research". (Another one too 99,9% sure, I haven´t got answer from university yet) It was made to look like real study concerning bear strength giving amazing results, quite good one. But there were elements which started to look very odd when looking closer and when I wrote to university and mentioned in it, they seemed to be amused. They told, that names of "professors" (Russian names) were like some comedy characters and not real names. For them that was obvious, but for people not from Russia they looked quite ok :)

So when I seek for source, I´m not seeking a poster who says something, but something solid what can be double checked. Now source is practically hearsay shared by this Kennion. Even though he seems to be ok and doing his best to share good information. 

All in all, for me Gamin is still unclear "case" and I need more to be able to believe that he has been much more than 220-230 kg at some point. Reply