Tigers of Central India

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(06-19-2017, 10:27 PM)st147zar Wrote:

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People who say uma was bigger are not only blind but also fanatical. Even closer to the lens uma is smaller.

Thanks for sharing these wonderful images.
These pictures clearly show which is the bigger cat. There is no doubt Kingfisher is the bigger male than Umarpani.

Regarding Sharad vats and Vijay, I have great respect for them. They do share some of the great information on wild tigers.
But when it comes to tiger sizes whatever everyone says is there personal opinion.
We all know it is kind of hard to determine which tiger is bigger when seen individually.
Clear photographic and video evidence carries more weightage than anyones personal opinion.

Ive seen many saying Katezari (Tyson) is much bigger than Saturn. But when these males were seen together, the photographic evidence clearly showed both of them were quite similar in size with Katezari having an advantage in chestgirth.

In AVA days B2 was said to be bigger than Bokha, but then it was confirmed Bokha was a bigger and longer. Generally people tend to think muscular cats to be bigger.
B2 appeared more muscular than Bokha and Bokha being longer appeared less muscular.
If I remember correctly Sharad vats said B2 was 300kg long time back during AVA days.

I sometime back said Bheem and Mangu were the biggest known tigers in Bandhavgarh.
But many believed Jobhi was the biggest tiger in Bandhavgarh, but when Jobhi fought with Bheem the photographic and video evidence clearly showed Bhhem to be bigger.
I didnt see many arguing against it at that time coz Jobhi as a smaller fanbase unlike Munna and descendants fanbase.

Regarding Minh ah, he is nothing but a Munna fanboy who is blindly biased for Munna and is descendants. 
He reminds me of Boldchamp who is blindly biased for lions
He thinks Chota Munna is bigger than KF and Bheema.

Umarpani male as a cub was a smaller cat compared to his brother.

Another reputable photographer Kabir shah once shared his opinion saying, Umarpani is a much shorter male (one of the shortest in Kanha) and KF is a much bigger tiger than Umarpani.
It clearly shows that individual opinions on tiger sizes varies from each other.


Here are some images I shared on KF vs Umarpani

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In the last two images we can see KF and Uma noses touching each other. KF is clearly bigger.
It is not rocket science to see which cat is bigger.
Ive seen many saying KF is a big bellied tiger and they also say that his body almost touches his ground.
The funny part is these guys without their knowledge agreeing KF is bigger. What they actually mean is KF is a tiger with a big chestgirth.
We all know length and chestgirth plays a vital role in tiger's weight.
KF is longer, taller and as a bigger chest girth than Uma.



I request @tigerluver and @Pckts  to use these images and estimate the size difference between these two cats.
Since you both are really good in estimating the size differences between two cats based on images.
Kindly put aside the opinions of other photographers and do your calculations solely based on the images available.

I would like to see we all put an end to this with a proper conclusion. Reply