Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Lions

[LandSeaLion]

(03-09-2022, 02:08 AM)Pckts Wrote: In regards to SM009 
He was an old lion, said to be 13 during one of his captures which seems to old for a wild lion but regardless the difference in weight could only be gorged v empty or error in scale. No big cat is putting on 10% body weight at that age without it being from an outside factor like a meal.

Yes, of course. Is this in response to me? I thought that the difference in weight would be explained by him having a belly full of meat at the second weigh-in, or by him being in poor health at the time of the first weigh-in (or a combination of both). I didn’t think that it would be due to him maturing.

It tied into my bigger point that even individual big cat weights fluctuate a lot naturally, and don’t stay static. That’s why I prefer ranges to singular averages.

(I was quite confused for a split-second when I saw my username being quoted, before remembering that was a post made by me about ten months ago lol!) Reply