Captive Lion and Tiger weights

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(02-13-2020, 07:03 PM)Gkumar Wrote: Big non-obese maneless lions(castrated) from Orana Wildlife Park, Christchurch.Staff member mentions the weight to be over 250 kilos with one of them weighing 270 kilos,they even say that by castrating the energy that usually goes into growing big mane instead goes into making them larger.I personally think their frame is larger than usual.What do you guys think about this?

You can notice the large head of the lion at 2:27

Staff member mentions the weight at 0:35.Also castration/size relation is mentioned at 3:39.

They look like normal sized Lions, when you castrate them the testosterone isn't produced and thus muscle mass is lost and the cats tend to put on weight/fat.
They also become even more lazy and their lack of energy also contributes to a cat becoming overweight.

Think about it in a human perspective, when men stop producing testosterone it's much harder to put on muscle mass and your energy is lost on top of other issues too. Reply