Girth Comparaison of Animals

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(04-02-2018, 10:02 PM)Polar Wrote:

(04-02-2018, 09:43 PM)brotherbear Wrote: You are causing me to to curse out loud Polar. You are NOT getting my point. It's about who has the greater chest and neck girth. You can NOT come up with a fair answer unless both animals are of equal height. What is so difficult about this that only I can understand it?

Yes, at weight and site parity relative to height (again "relative" is key word here), the bear will have a thicker chest than the tiger. But still, I question this way of comparing the two animals.

At weight parity, both are comparable in height but the tiger is longer in body length, at size parity relative to length, the bear is higher at the shoulder and as long as the tiger. 

You can't really have size parity relative to both height and length at the same time, because it just isn't possible given the biological differences between the two animals. At size parity relative to height, the bear would be shorter in body length than the tiger. At size parity relative to length, the bear would be much taller on all fours at the shoulder. Size parity due to both isn't possible much.

This is why I do weight parity.

I think you're mistaken in your chest assumption, looking at measurements of both, their chest circumference is very similar, the Bengal could actually has a slight advantage in that department, I think you might be focused on their midsection which technically wouldn't be their chest girth and that will be much larger than a Tiger since cats tend to taper in their midsection while bears largest measurement would be there I bet.
I would think their large fur would play a role or even their skeletal structure, Tigers have very small clavicles and thinner bones than bears while bears seem to have the opposite, but when either is relaxed, only the muscle will really factor in measuring so a Big Cat is most likely more densely packed with muscle in those sections which could be why Bears seem to look thicker from the head on view but that may not be the case when comparing both. Reply