Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Lions

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(02-14-2022, 12:15 AM)SpinoRex Wrote: I dont want to make a big discussion. I hope there will be valuable data in the future with accurate estimates or weighing the meat. One meal datas are not usefull as Sunquist also said to me they definetely ate more than 19 kg in one day but in a other day lower than 19 kg. Generally i believe the first meal is the meal where they consume more meat compared to the 2nd and 3rd day. IDK but i think it was mentioned in a similar way in Karanths book. In their first meal they can consume 20-35 kg? Something like that (Does someone have the book or paper?)

Is correct, lions and tigers eat more in the first day, but those values (14-19 kg) for tigers are the average, not the extrems. In extream figures check with Tamand (1982) says:

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So this means that while tigers may eat as much as 34 kg and as low as 11 kg, the average is between 14 - 19 kg, depending of external factors.

And please, remember Schaller too which recorded several instance of tigers eating between 10 to 27 kg (that last one is from the only male that he recorded).


And finally, remember that when the large male from Panna M-91 was darted, it was estimated to have 30 kg in its belly, but when he vomit after the capture, Dr Chundawat weighed the amount of food and was 19 kg, which was more or less what ate in a night. So, a big tiger do not automatically means a huge amount of food.

All this can be applied to lions too, of course. Reply