Size comparisons

[LonePredator]

(04-26-2022, 04:11 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(04-26-2022, 04:03 AM)LonePredator Wrote:

(04-26-2022, 03:53 AM)Pckts Wrote: Muggers can get massive depending on the location 

She conservatively estimated him to be over 4m but not by much. 

" ooh good question... He's such a dense hunk of croc that I'm trying to avoid my inclination to massively overestimate... over 4m, but probably not much over"

She has good experience with 4m crocs so I think that's a very valid estimate. 

One of both together, not the same specimens though

Yes! 4 metre muggers might actually be common especially in the north. But anyway, I was specifically trying to estimate the weight of the crocodile killed by Machli and I would say that crocodile was 300kg+

And how are the Gharial and Mugger just sitting together? Looks very funny seeing those two together without any hostility.

Many years ago a 6.5 metre Gharial was found in my hometown. I wonder what happens when Gharials interact with Tigers. I’m sure the Tigers end up slaughtering them as they are easier to deal with compared to Muggers.

She knew of one specific instance of a Tiger killing a large Gharial. Machli’s mugger she killed was probably around 11-12’ at most.

I would say around 12feet 4inches but I’ll admit that I’m considering the best case scenario here.

Although I’m curious what the weight of that Mugger was as Muggers are seemingly quite heavier than saltwater crocodiles at equal lengths and the only measured Mugger specimen was 9feet 10inches (300cm) and weighed 195kg so I would say an 11feet 6inches (350cm) Mugger would weight about 300kg. Reply