Where is the biggest bengal tigers?

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(03-26-2017, 07:25 PM)Apollo Wrote: Hi @Pckts ,

I spoke to some of my sources who have seen Bengal tigers and African and Asiatic lions. All of them said Bengals were taller and longer than lions.
Sometime back I had a discussion with a very reputable person in tigernation about this and he clealry said Bengals are larger (taller and longer).
I also saw Minha's discussion with a person in fb regarding this. It was specifically about Kanha tigers and African lions and he too clearly said to Minha, "No way, Kanha tigers are bigger."
Since you are visiting India and have visited Africa already, kindly share your views too after the visit.



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Sauraha male also had a neck girth of 80cm.
Madla had a neck girth of 90cm.

Hey @Apollo I have seen both tigers and lions in the wild. And I can share my opinion. the average male lion (Masi Mara and Krüger) seems quite lean and are quite a bit smaller, than a male tiger, hence I have probably seen (one of) the biggest male lions alive in Caesar from Masai Mara and he was, at least he appeared bigger than the biggest male tiger I've seen (Bamera), but Bamera although a very cool tiger is not a giant. I'm sure big male tigers are quite a bit bigger than even Caesar aswell. And I have been told that Umarpani and Munna (the only two I asked about) where bigger than Caesar by a guy who had seen them all. So now I'm going to Kanha myself for 2 weeks next summer with Umarpani as my target, (and I think I will take 4 days in Tadoba or Bandhavgarh as a backup just to spot a tiger). And then I can really create my own view on how two giants of the species compare. 

Cheers :) Reply