Lions in Central and East Africa

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(06-09-2015, 05:55 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: I didn't find it as rude at all, @Pantherinae, no worries. Just avoid the explicit words, please.

By simple physics, a lighter cat will be a faster runner and higher jumper, that's true. Sure, some exceptionally athletic big specimens can break this rule, but that can be said for many things.

 

This is and isn't true, running fast and jumping high require power and agility.
You don't need to sacrifice one for the other. I don't like using human beings as an example for animals, but I think it works well in this case.

100m dash runners or 200m dash runners are considered the fastest men alive. When you look at them and compare them to a 800m or 1600m runner you can see the difference. Short distance runners have absolutely massive lower bodies and even their upper bodies are large as well.
I:E: Barry Sander or Ricky Henderson type of body.

Compared to a long distance runner who is much more enlogated an thin body, simple reason, muscles require oxygen, long distance requires endurance, oxygen is a higher premium than speed.


Now on to Verticle jumps, I know 350lb power lifters with a 60'' box jump, just take a look online and you will see tons.
JJ Watt is one that comes to mind, not a power lifter but a massive human being.

So when comparing this to the world of tigers, being robust and muscular may mean they are not quite as agile but certainly doesn't mean that they aren't every bit as fast or jump as high. The prey they take down is large, they sacrifice agility for speed and power. They prey the hunt isn't as agile so they don't need to be either.

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