Skulls, Skeletons, Canines & Claws

[GrizzlyClaws]

Normally, the skull/body weight ratio for a wild male big cat should be around 1:100, since the captive big cat have higher percentage of body fat, so the ratio could be even greater. I did ask Waverider about the canines measurement of the Kenyan giant, but he refused to provide anything. However, I am quite sure that the Kenyan skull should be quite similar to the two aforementioned skulls in the scale.

In a basic formula, a fully solid 10 cm lion canine should weigh about 50 gr, let's say a 40 cm large male skull with 12 cm canine. A single upper canine would probably weigh over 85 gr and the skull should weigh over 2500 gr. A 500 pounds lion does have more superior canine compared to a 400 pounds tiger, but it does not compare the magnitude of a 500 pounds tiger's canine. I theorize that by increasing every hundred pound in body mass, the tiger's canine is likely doubling in weight. And this correlation isn't as strong as in lion. I will later find more materials to sustain this claim. Reply