Size comparisons

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(04-26-2019, 12:55 AM)Luipaard Wrote: But that's not the right thing to do either, I'm comparing a Central African male with a jaguar and you're showing me 2 random, captive animals for comparison.

That's like me showing a random video of a Mexican jaguar in the same enclosure with a Central African male, and saying that jaguars are smaller than these leopards.

Comparing them is difficult as they overlap in size. Yes, I already agreed on the fact that jaguars are bigger and more robust overall. That still doesn't mean that Central African leopards will look small and slender like in that video you shared. I'm convinced that the difference would be marginal.

As for Jo, I assume she knows what she's talking about being a Panthera researcher. Her opinion shouldn't be ignored.

Central African males are in many cases slender as some examples from Gabon show. Some have bigger head but still body doesn´t look like to be so different. I have noticed in some videos, that when taking a still photo in right spot, leopard can be made to look like more robust than it is. That is the reason why I am waiting if anyone is able to give some real information, not just photos proving nothing else, than what is well known, from random photos can´t be made big conclusions.

And what comes to Jo, she isn´t ignored, but she didn´t give yet any real information in that one message. I remember that she was going to discuss more and see if she can get some good information. Wasn´t it so. Everything else were more or less assumptions, nothing so concrete. I have been waiting what more she has to say, I understood, that she was going to write again later or do I remember wrong?

Btw, did you notice one thing on that rare video where you can actually see leopard and jaguar body side by side. That leopard looked like to be a bit higher when looking shoulder height etc. Still clearly more slender. And when you look at Central African leopards, they look quite same when looking at body. That is the reason why I am not convinced, that even Central African leopards would be comparable with jaguars. I have checked some photos taken from videos where leopards have looked like to be really massive, from video it has been fun to notice, that still shot has been taken in perfect spot to exaggerate leopard size :) Reply