Captive Lion and Tiger weights

[Pckts]

(03-17-2020, 09:28 PM)johnny rex Wrote:

(03-17-2020, 09:23 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(03-17-2020, 07:50 PM)Hello Wrote: The account with Gamin as avatar has recent updates of him and he is a nice guy

I'm not saying that he is or isn't who your speaking with but I just befriended him on FB and without introduction this was his message to me right off the bat...

"Hi, thanks for friend request, i assume you like animals sending me friend request.
I have looked after several Amur (Siberian) tigers in zoos for 26 years as a zoo keeper.
Our Amur tigers took part in the European EEP captive breeding program.
These 2 pics show 2 of them I looked after.
In the first pic the amur tiger was weighed at
282kg, I am also on the left in pic & I am 5,11 in height, giving idea of his size. In the second pic the amur tiger was weighed
at 276 kg, the man near him is not me."

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

To me, that is a bit fishy tbh, at this point I would think that he would be tired of discussing these old cats but that's just an assumption.
But I'm certainly not ready to discredit ER based on what I've seen so far, but that's just my opinion. 

So, in your opinion, what's the closest size estimation of Gamin?

I'd have to see a larger photo of him but it's very hard to estimate based off of single photos. Reply