Size comparisons

[tigerluver]

@brotherbear:
Being 20 cm longer than 220 cm accounts to a 1.3x (240/220^3 = 1.3) mass increase according to isometry. Do that math and it'll make more sense. As Smilodon is even more robust than the very robust tiger, the two don't scale isometrically, and the tigers mass will be lighter than 1.3 x 420 kg (Smilodon populator's mass) isometric estimate.

I can give the brown bear comparison a go. Know of any good bear representative you'd like me to use. I'll show both the largest Kodiak bear and brown bear on it.

@Pckts:
If you haven't read my most recent post in the the freak felids thread, please take a look at that for some of the complexities of Smilodon. Its bones are much, much more robust than any cats, and even more robust than brown bears. In raw terms, it blows modern cats out of water. It may be a bit less in flesh robusticity than a bear, for the reasons I described in that post. Reply