Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Rishi]

(07-25-2020, 03:08 PM)Pckts Wrote: He must of been completely full bellied because he didn't look near that size when he died. Even with his illness, his body wasn't completely emaciated. 190kg seems much more reasonable for him than 240kg if I being honest.

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Quite tall but doesn't seem a 500lb+ class indeed... But after that Lalgarh tiger turned out 220kg (looked 180kg max) I've given up making guesses. With wild tigers looks can be are wildly deceptive & you can confidently expect 80-90% of our weight estimates to be incorrect.

(07-25-2020, 02:50 PM)Ashutosh Wrote: This tiger had been treated in early March for maggots on his face as a wound had turned septic and his tongue couldn’t reach his facial injuries to heal himself (this is NTCA protocol). At the time of his treatment, he weighed in at 243 kilos.

Today, the results of his autopsy have been revealed and data from his radio-collar suggests that he lost 51 kilos in last 5 months!

Thanks, I tried to find for his weight, after seeing pictures of his body being weight but had no luck.

This maggot incident I posted about a earlier. Tigress MT-4 aka Lightening gave him some serious wounds that got infected... but this time it appears to be a very slow & painful death over weeks. Although I doubt the weight loss happened over 5 months but weeks. Cronic lung infection apparently, noone could tell from symptoms until it got into terminal stages.

RIP

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