Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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(10-07-2022, 04:39 PM)Orpadan Wrote: Pckts pointed out a pretty key thing here. The dead body swells up and is bloated,if you look at the pictures of Wagdoh after his death he clearly was puffed up. I wonder how much weight that added. I am not an expert in this category but am guessing about 20-30kgs pretty easily no?. Another example is KF from Kanha,when he died his body was super puffed up and made him look much heavier than he actually was. 

Also pckts is right in saying the measurments of Wagdoh do not really give off a 270kgs Cat. Also the puffiness of Wagdoh after death Definately played a role in making his chest measure thicker than it actually is. His chest could have been around 130 or less in normal circumstances (but no doubt prime  wagdoh would have had thicker chest) but now that his chest measured 136cm (after looking pretty swollen) I think it's safe to take away about 6cm??.

Also please make the number clear,is it 210? 240? Or 270? That "7" is a little weird. Anyways this was my take on this and what I thought of it personally.

This process of swelling of the dead body during the stages of decomposition does not increase weight. The body just puffs up but it doesn’t really increase in weight.

This process is called putrefaction. You can find a wikipedia page about it by the name of ‘putrefaction’ where you can read more about it. Reply