Size comparisons

[LonePredator]

(01-02-2023, 04:14 PM)AndresVida Wrote:

(01-02-2023, 06:22 AM)LonePredator Wrote: Where is the height estimate from?

@Maritimus77  who is very informed on brown bears told me that the 110-115 cm range would be a reasonable SH for a freaklish outlier like the one shot in Turkey, the sad part is that data on these bears is nearly non existent

Fair point but something you should also consider is that Bears vary a lot in body composition as well. Some Bears can get extremely fat given the right conditions and reach extreme weights.

Like Bears from Katmai etc can weigh even more than Kodiak Bears at their peak weight possibly due to the supply of salmons allowing them to reach extreme weights.

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The main reason Bears vary so much in weight would mainly be due to varying body composition because large terrestrial predatory mammals don't have such extreme variations in their frame size that would cause an outlier to weigh over 3 times times more than an average specimen.

In the case of the Syrian Brown Bear, it could very well be possible that the Bear had a normal frame but had a very different body composition than usual.

Even in case of Tigers (who have much more uniform/isometric body composition than Bears), it's still very difficult to determine shoulder height just from the weight. Reply