Coalitions of Kruger National Park

[widmerk]

Mapokser; I love thinking about that, but honestly I don't think it's possible to say; so much depends on the exact angle and our (faulty) memories. For example; there are times I'm watching Tank and think he's clearly bigger than Split Nose, but then they move around and suddenly Split Nose looks bigger; so "in the moment" the perspective, who's in front of who etc. can play a big role. Factor in who's recently eaten more, and gets more complicated. Even mane size can change a lot (if a male loses a fight, he loses mane). Height is certainly easier to tell if they are side by side. As for comparing different lions from memory of different days; well that's practically impossible given, again, the perspectives (who was closer, etc.) and our bad memories. Certainly Tank, the Sweni male on the S100, and  Leeubron males come to mind but these are basically wild guesses. 
As an example of how perspective changes things; check out this pic of Lubye Lubye son (front) and Dad (back). Dad looks tiny compared to son; but a big part of that is because son is in front.....Also, in the first pic you'd say Dad's paws look bigger, but in the second picture the son's paws look way bigger.

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