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Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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05-11-2018, 11:25 AM ( This post was last modified: 05-11-2018, 11:32 AM by Wolverine )

(05-09-2018, 08:17 AM)Rishi Wrote:  

Anyway, after reading your post yesterday, i contacted few of the most qualified people in the field.  
Dr. Jhala replied that he's traveling till 18th & would go through is database once he's back! 

I'm expecting to be able to present some authentic updated numbers by the end of next week...

Meena Venkataraman (researcher, you've seen her in "Last Lions of India" documenary) & Dr. D. Solanki (vet of Sasan Gir Rescue Centre) haven't responded yet.

It will be interesting to know the opinion of Dr Jhala & other professionals, but I don't think we should expect any sensations...
Unlike tiger lion is a monotypic specie, differences in size and weight of different sub-species are small to insignificant, a dozen kg more or dozen kg less is not a big deal... More significant differences could be expected only in case if lions inhabit islands - Insular Dwarfism as we can see with Sunda tigers or if some lions inhabit a really cold habitats - Bergman's rule as they did during last Ace age. But as we know lions don't inhabit islands and all contemporary lion sub-species inhabit only warm climate habitats. So despite the wide spread believe tending to underestimate Asiatic lion most probably all currently existing lion sub-species on the planet are pretty much the same. I have visited Gir forest for 2 weeks as a tourist back in the 90's and have seen those lions, they have same size as African lions in the zoo. Is average weight of Asiatic lion 175 kg or is average weight 185 kg ... is not a reason somebody to loose his good sleep, and also these digits could change during decades according to prey availability.

Uniqueness of Asiatic lion is in fact that its not only a animal specie but a cultural phenomenon. Asiatic lions are the ones depicted on bas-reliefs of Assiria, Babilonia and Ancient Persia, Asiatic lions (along with Barbary lions) were the beasts fighting with gladiators on arenas of Ancient Rome and in their claws and teeth were thrown first Christians. I mean that Asiatic lion is interesting not only for animal lovers but for those who like history.
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Wolverine - 05-11-2018, 11:25 AM
RE: Photographs of wild lions - Apollo - 04-22-2014, 08:03 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - sanjay - 07-12-2014, 10:41 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Apollo - 11-27-2014, 07:35 PM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Pantherinae - 12-19-2014, 02:14 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Pantherinae - 06-04-2015, 04:43 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Rishi - 03-24-2017, 08:59 AM
RE: Lion pictures and videos - Rishi - 04-12-2017, 09:06 AM
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