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(02-17-2023, 11:46 PM)Charger01 Wrote: I was able to confirm that Rayakassa weighed in at 240 kg empty in July 2019. He was 15 yrs old at that point. Will share other details soon.
I have major doubts about this.
Rayakassa wasn't a big male to begin with *small frame* let alone at that age and empty, although I'm not sure he was 15 in 2019.
It's coming directly from the vet. There's no reason to have any doubts. Same vet has provided other data before.
And Rayakassa wasn't small in any sense.
From what Vet? And during what capture and for what exactly?
There's always reasons to have doubts when information is withheld just like we've seen with numerous other claims that turned out to not be the case.
Ryakassa was certainly a smaller framed Tiger.
He had good bulk but not the large dimensions.
A little story on his size for you.
From the guides in Pench, Ryakassa was similar size to BMW and Handsome and smaller than Tarzan. We had two groups who saw BMW from a few feet away then saw the Sangam Male in Kanha *male who I saw* two days later and said Sangam completely outsized him. Sangam was probably around 230-250kg in his prime, I'd estimate.
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