Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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@Pckts Then why calling gir lions smaller than their "african cousins" ? why not "serengeti or east african blah blah" when they consist bulk of african population... ? coz asia - africa is good in rhyming to make up that statement ?

(05-01-2019, 12:14 AM)Pckts Wrote: India domestic cattle is skinny, malnourished and live in horrible conditions, I have huge doubts that any cat would reach it's potential feeding off of it on the fringes of civilization.

is that your opinion ?

you know around gir what cattle exist ? Gyr cattle. The world famous Gir or Gyr is one of the principal Zebu breeds originating in India. It has been used locally in the improvement of other breeds including the Red Sindhi and the Sahiwal. It was also one of the breeds used in the development of the Brahman breed in North America. In Brazil and other South American countries the Gir is used frequently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyr_cattle
bulls weigh 545 kg on average, with a height of 140 cm. Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia

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http://gircowbreeders.com/aboutgir.php

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You know what else we have in and around gir.. ?
Buffalo: Jafarabadi buffalo
The Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre states that the Jafarabadi buffalo is a hybrid of the African cape buffalo and the Indian water buffalo, the former originally been brought to British India for slaughtering. The Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre states that the Jafarabadi buffalo is a hybrid of the African cape buffalo and the Indian water buffalo, the former originally been brought to British India for slaughtering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jafarabadi_buffalo
Jafarabadi buffaloes have heavy heads with fairly large, thick, flat horns, which drop on the sides of the neck and go on upwards till the ears.

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weight : The animals may weigh up to 800 Kgs and mature bull may weigh up to 1 ton. http://www.dairyknowledge.in/article/jaffarabadi
http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/expert_system...ffalo.html

(05-01-2019, 12:14 AM)Pckts Wrote: It doesn't matter how you slice.
Prey biomass-Africa outnumbers GIR
Prey Size-African outsizes GIR
Lion Size-African outsize GIR

I slice the frequency. They eat above ones (exceed 500 kg to ton and africans eat mainly zebra, cape and wildebeest averaging 500 kg and max to ton) almost daily outside PA, rarely nilgai, chinkara and boar. Frequency of Africans hunting those is nowhere near gir lions.

Again, I'm not comparing them with a particular lion population and you don't do that either coz it has so called more lions, each and every lion on Africa should be considered not round figured. I'm comparing them with so called "all" african cousins. Reply