Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[SpinoRex]

(01-27-2022, 09:07 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(01-27-2022, 08:35 PM)SpinoRex Wrote: I said worst case, that is, even if they had been full, the estimate of about 260 kg would be correct. It was more or less a "confirmation" from my side

Also, I don't think tigers need 24h to eat their food. 10 hours are therefore normally enough, if one calculates their sleep time (65%). But on the whole, these are only speculations, since we do not know the exact backgrounds. 

As for the curve measurements I am sure most use the Classic Method. But I will ask Sunal again about this. He is relatively stressed at the moment so I can't promise if I will get the answer quickly.

If you check modern documents, the figure of 260 kg is normally used as the maximum weight for bengal tiger (Sunquist, 2010; Karanth, 2013; Jhala & Sadhu, 2017; Castello, 2020). So it seems that is accepted that 260 kg is the maximum for Bengal tigers adjusted for any stomach content. Of curse, maybe in the future this may change, but for the moment is what we have.

About the food intake, there is defintelly an schedule time to eat, as in this 10 +/- hours the tiger is not going to eat constantly, they may eat one or two hours, then rest, then other hour, than going to drink, as that, so from the 10 hours it may eat only half of the time, without taking in count the time of remouving the skin and hair. Also, we need to remember that some tigers may gorge themselves up to 34 kg, while other may eat just a mere 10 kg and leave it like that, but those individual differences are not taken in count in these studies. So, at the end, we can only speculate based in the facts, and what we have is an intake of 14 - 19 kg in 24 hours, than no tiger was gorged or fully fed, and that all tigers at kills were disturbed and did not eat in full at the baits (some returned to eat more).

On the measurement method, it is really hard to know, because I had conversations with several scientists and I can tell you that none use 100% the same method, or maybe is the form that they describe it. if Mr Sunal is bussy, don't push it, take your time, after all, is not that we can't continue with the tables. After all, I decided not the include the Panna measurements in the overall table and just live them in the modern records.

 
Personally i think scientists should adjust the stomach content based on estimation from protocols (i.e Bertram). Yeah and i decided not asking him for some time to not spamming him.

About food intake we should just take the numbers. Overall using the average numbers for all animals should be enough. Maybe some ate more in the 3rd day than in the 2nd day as Sunquist told me. So by using the normal ranges as you said we are automatically assuming that maybe some tigers out of around 15(idk actually as some were recaptured) ate less and some ate more.

Also i was asking is the weight of c.260 kg is really just a estimate? Whats the number in Smith table... isnt it a actual weight? I would appreciate it if you can enlighten me in that regard. Reply