Size comparisons

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(10-31-2019, 12:54 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: I found the original source of the records of the Orinoco crocodile: https://archive.org/details/personalnarr.../page/n166

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However, what concerns me is that he said that also saw other animals of extraordinary size in other regions:

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However, again, no other evidence is presented. Certainly he was not there to collect animals, but to survey the area, but he could get at least the skull of the beast. Certainly, because of the time, we can say that a picture will be out of question.

Other thing is his description of a jaguar in the area:

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Bigger than any Bengal tiger? Is he serious? This type of exagerations remaind me the statements of Sasha Siemel about his jaguar (he said the same thing) and from my point of view, put doubt about the statements of Von Humboldt and his reports on the crocodiles, unless someone can actually corroborate otherwise.

These people where made a survey of the area, so we can say that they were making a reliable work, but how realible where the measurements on these animals? Sadly, there is no description of the method used, or the status of the animal. 

So, here is the original book, anyone can have they own guess about it.

To be fair, Sasha was only talking about Bengals he had seen in Museums and we all know what Taxidermy does to an animals size, especially in those days.
Sasha spent years in the Brazilian jungle and he killed many Jaguar via spear, so he's definitely seen his fair share of Jaguars. 

Also, do you know which book that is from?
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