Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

[Balam]

@Shadow the debate is not about which one is bigger, because in that area there is nothing to debate. The same way we don't debate which one is bigger between a Bengal tiger and a jaguar. The implications are that leopards can grow the average size of Pantanal jaguars, which is something completely unfounded, and so one side has decided to purposely misrepresent and omit data to their liking to reduce the size of jaguars and exaggerate the ones for leopards to put them in the same weight/size class. 

The post before you kept insisting on the 115 kg leopard that was disproven by the people who had control of said leopard up untill it was put down, yet for claims such as the 180 kg jaguars or 120 kg cougar records everyone has no problem agreeing that they are unlikely. And the only difference between the jaguar and cougar records and the one of the leopard, is that the latter one has already been pointed out as incorrect.

Furthermore, the misrepresentation of the work that we have done on here implying that our research consists of lazy "IG post" compilations when the other side has no problem using that same platform to post weights for leopards on their thread is what's infuriating. Especially when they themselves utilize self-made skull tables to justify their claims for Central African leopards.

I have no problem with sound debate, but I'm not gonna sit back and allow others to lie and misrepresent what we have done on here only because they can't come to terms with the reality that leopards and jaguars are not the same animal nor do they belong in the same weight/size class. Reply