Lions of Timbavati

[Mapokser]

(08-12-2023, 12:23 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: @Mapokser ofc there is taller and smaller lions, bigger and smaller in frame, but prime male, with full muscle mass and full mane looks way bigger to our eyes then without it, even tho his height in shoulders is the same or close to when he was 4 year old.

Thats why is better compare when both lions are fully grown. You could compare 2 Mbiris now and when they where 4, now they would look much more bigger, despite their height be almost the same.

Example, 2 Talamatis, why everybody calls DM Talamati bigger of the 2 while they are the same height in shoulders (i even think Blonde on is sligtly taller) ?? Because he has much more muscle mass and bigger mane then his brother, he looks overall much bigger in frame. 

(08-12-2023, 10:01 AM)Mapokser Wrote: I never heard anything about these Bboys being big, in fact, recently one got in a scrap with the Ross males and indeed wasn't a particularly big lion, just a normal one.

That was not them, that was their younger brother who is 3 yrs old.

These 3 guys where already bigger then Ross males while ago, these 3 are big lions.

Well, yes, nobody has height in mind when they say "big", when talking about height, people will specify it, darker-maned Talamati is called bigger because he is much bulkier, making him heavier. The mane is a small bonus, especially because his mane is far from impressive, it's more a case of his brother being balder.


And while I agree that mane makes a lion look overall bigger ( not only to us, but probably to other lions too ) I don't think it makes the lion look taller, and if a lion is truly big, he can look big even without a big mane, smaller Mbiri being a good example, many rangers have called him huge despite he usually having little to no hair on his head, while his cousin, Bboy Tinyo, had that rare and impressive Old Skybed mane that connects with his elbows, still he wasn't exactly considered big even among his coalition of 5. Reply