The Great Apes

[LeoMan]

I'm not an expert but i want to point out that there is a big difference between "the regular weight" of an animal specimen and the same animal being obese. I think the best comparison to understand this subtle concept is the one involving human beings. If you take a look at the weight of humans you will find 50kgs (110lbs) adult males and you also will find 300kgs (660lbs) adult males. I think everyone can agree that if an outside observer from another planet will one day discuss the weights of humans, it will not come to the conclusion that homo sapiens is a 300kgs animal because there are some people with this weight. Of course a 300kgs man is extremely obese and we are not talking about a natural condition because this man is carrying with him over 200kgs of pure fat. The same story with wild creatures like Gorillas or Panthera members Tigers and Lions, you can probably overfed a Lion in a zoo and get an astronomical weight of 300 or 350 kgs but you will have a regular lion and some fat attached to it, you won't get a different built animal. Reply