Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Lions

[SpinoRex]

(03-05-2022, 10:56 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(03-05-2022, 03:05 AM)SpinoRex Wrote: Convert the numbers in feet and you get the same measurements as in the right table

About the lions mentioned by Pitman the lions were measured in a different way in measuring (shoulder height). But anyways i will leave that to you... . Also pitman quotes each measurements and weights in a exact form by mentioning the date and location.

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The 251 kg male was stated in Woods book to be 9ft 10 inches and therefore the longest lion over curves. Roberts mentions the longest lion between pegs at 9ft 7 and 9ft 10 over curves. The male from Pitman was 9ft 5 between pegs and has a straight height of 114cm

Both samples were measured along the curves and between pegs, and like I said, is certainly not a coincidence that the biggest male (553 lb) is the same in both samples. Lions of that weight are exceptional in all forms.

Pitman do not provide all the information that you say, in the form that you say, here is Pitman (from Boldchamp):

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Here is Roberts (from me):

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Gerald Wood in all his publications, sadly, made some errors with the lions. First he quoted the lion "Castor" as it was actually weighed (1973), whan it was not (Berry, 2007); he remouved that figure in the next edition. Second, he presented the Indian lion of 308 kg (1978) that at the end it was only of 255 kg (Divyabhanusinh, 2005); again he remouved this in his next edition. Third, he mention that the heaviest lion from Meinertzhagen was of 229 kg (506 lb) when actually it was of 191 kg (421 lb), he never weighed a lion above that and never published such a figure; check that Wood quote the document of Meinrtzhagen from 1938, and here is the list of lions in that document:

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If you see, Wood only asociated that the longest lion in the list of Roberts was automatically the heaviest, but as you should know that is not always the case. So Wood is not avidence that those animals were different. It is not coincidence that "Eastern Transvaal" and the "Sabi district" is the same place, by the way.

I accept your view. I was just a bit caucious because the the straight length was shorter than the one that was given. Also i remember one weighed 245 kg but cant find the source anymore Reply