Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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Quote:We can take the weight as reliable if it was published in a forest department report or in government journal. We can't simply assume a photographer might have heard correct weight and conveyed it correctly. That would be nothing but conjecture.

I think you’re lost, there is no such thing as government journal and forest department report in 2022. you gotta transition with time or you get left behind. a lot of things have changed over the years. those old ways are outdated and they get us nowhere. we have reported several weights via private messages with people in the field, conversations with experts and forest department people as well as news articles. if the sources make sense. so does the weight. Indianexpress did their due diligence to bring forward a report and everyone in the report narrated their story of T24/Ustaad. i find it funny how you look down on the press-release and assume that they just made up a bunch of crap for the news. you’re hilarious. also what photographer are you talking about? photographers don’t do news reporting for Indianexpress, perhaps you know better than me. 

Quote:As for local newspaper saying T24's weight is above 215kg, it simply implies the weight is somewhere around 215kg. No other interpretation can be taken. If he indeed weighed way above that, they would have mentioned it.

you misquoted this same newspaper earlier, i don’t understand what you’re saying. nowhere does it imply that he weighed close to 215kg or ball park around there. it just states that he was over 215kg. 

Quote:Stomach food content is absolutely important. Tigers can roam with 30-50kg of meal anytime. That can skew their actual weight. We should strive to convey true scientific weights, not hearsays.

30-50kg is a ridiculously high number for stomach food content and pretty uncommon. also you are going nowhere with this. as i mentioned earlier. if you have proof, there was stomach food content. we can discuss, don’t bring up the stomach content argument if you aren’t even sure. it just doesn’t make any sense to me.  Reply