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(01-28-2022, 02:15 AM)Pckts Wrote: In regards to Mazaks 10 cm claw claims, do you know if images exist?
Nop, and I have his book here in my hands right now. However, I he says that he measure them, then is true.
What I can't found in any part is the old claim that the Caspian tigers had larger claws than other subspecies. I checked and re-checked and I could not found anything. So probably is just another myth from the internet.
Certainly a claw of 10 cm in the curve will belong to large Bengal and Amur male tigers, which are known to litteraly destroy the neck of big prey like boars and buffaloes with one powerfull blow of they paws.
10 cm over the curve is possible but we have 100s of claws posted and none have exceeded 8.5cm in a straight line so I would have serious doubts about 10 cm, especially a multitude of them.