Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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(12-22-2018, 07:38 AM)Panther Wrote:

(12-21-2018, 11:50 PM)Kingtheropod Wrote: Here is another example, a male tiger achieved sexual maturity at 3 years 7 months

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That's an exceptional specimen. Also, I'd like to see the remaining text but it's not available for me.

(12-22-2018, 01:32 AM)Shadow Wrote: You have interesting to way to look at that gap. Anyway I am just saying, that I don´t see here any real reason to doubt information from Mazak. There should be many cases of tigers clearly under 3 years old, not only one. That article seemed to be about one tiger being  sexually mature a little bit sooner, that usual. When thinking, that article was from 1981 and current information still gives 3-4 years old, I guess, that it can be considered quite ok.

Yeah thanks. Neither of us are doubting information from V Mazak. I'm the one who provided it here, so I have no doubt about that.

And that's what I'm saying. It's a exceptional case, I guess the remaining text also saying the same thing...

Yes. I look that age 2 years 9 months so, that it is just 3 months from normal range which is 3-4 years. because when there is that range, no-one is surprised to hear if 36 months old tiger is ready to breed. 33 months is almost there, so it is just a little bit out of that, what would be considered perfectly normal. That happens of course, that some individual are a little bit early time to time and some are past four years, but when vast majority are there in range 3-4 years, then that is what researchers publish. Reply