Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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(08-23-2023, 01:40 PM)melon Wrote: Hello gentlemen, new tiger weight information from my friend
    As we all know, the famous American biologist Dr. Eric Dinerstein's book "The Return of the One-horned Rhino" explained that two male tigers, m105 and m026, exceeded 270kg in 1980 and 1984, but unfortunately, they did not Detailed description, because Dr. Eric is no longer replying to netizens' emails
  But my friend had an email exchange with Dr. Eric's former colleague, Dr. Anup Joshi, and he told me

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Hi Melon. I really appreciate that you shared this information. However, there are some points that reject this conclution:

1 - Dr Dinerstein specifically mentioned that the weight of the male M126, in his second capture, was of over 270 kg and that the scale was up to 270 kg, as the spring scale used was of 600 lb. Check his email:

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So, this is information known directly from him since 2009.

2 - It is weird that the informant of Dr Anup said that the scale used was of 250 kg, the problem is that all the scales used by the scientists in Nepal were in Pounds, not in Kilograms. You can see this in the documents of Dr Sunquist and Dr Tamang. I highly doubth that they use scales of 550 lb, when those devices, specially from that date (1970 - 1980) were made with round numbers. The two scales used were of 500 lb and 600 lb, not in kilograms. In fact, even the scale used by Dr Karanth in the 90's was still in pounds (500 lb specifically).

3 - The figures of the two males (M105 and M126) were confirmed by the three people that were present: Dr Sunquist, Dr Dinerstein and Dr Smith. They were present and directly used the spring scales. We even have pictures of the process, Dr Anup clearly said that he was not present. Also, the only tiger weighed by Dr Dinerstein was the male M126 during his second capture (first one was by Dr Smith, around 1980), and Dr Anup was not present, he says that he confirmed his data from the senior technician, but I highly doubt they still recall those details after 39 years, honestly I prefer to trust in the people that was present and the information that they shared many years ago.

Don't missunderstand me, I appreciate that you manage to get this information, but as Dr Anup clearly said, he was not present, so he was not witness. The reputation of Dr Anup is not in question, but the information that was provided to him does.


Check this image to see the spring scale of 500 lb used during Dr Sunquist's time:

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