Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Lions

[SpinoRex]

(02-15-2022, 11:56 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(02-15-2022, 11:35 PM)Khan85 Wrote: Yes, 235 vs 237, those 2 kg dont make any difference. 

Also, Dr. Ingela said that 25% of his weight was food. I think 25% is too high of an estimate for any big cat but that certainly means he was gorged as per observation.

This is what happen when estimations are taken as facts (like I said to SpinoRex). Schaller estimated that tigers can eat up to 1/5 (20%) of its own body weight (Schaller, 1967), and latter estimated that lions can eat up to 1/4 (25%) of its own body weight (Schaller, 1972). Of course these are estimations but some people chose to use it just like that, with no other back up.

For example, the biggest food intake for tigers actually recorded is of 35 kg (McDougal, 1977) and for lions is of 33 kg+ (Schaller, 1972; the lion already had some stomach content before start eatingt the bait). If we use the maximum averaged figures acepted for male tigers and lions which are 201 kg and 195 kg respectively, we can say that represent 17.4% and 16.9% respectively. This means that the maximum amount recorded is about the 17% of the body mass of the specimens, that is the difference between real values and estimated values.

This means that IF Puyol was fully gorged, probably weighed as low as c.200 kg, as Pckts says.

Hi,

But i said clearly before that the estimates alone are useless. With that i mentioned the MDR which was just a measurement "start" for the scientists of what a lion SHOULD eat. At the end they averaged a bit above it with c.11 kg including NT males but as NT males are pretty inconsistent it should be noted sperately as (9.4 kg, 13.2 kg)

I saw the pictures of Puyol. There is no doubt he had stomach content but i doubt he was really gorged. Puyol was c.4 years old. From the pictures i estimate him in the neighborhood of 220 kg.

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