Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[LonePredator]

(10-09-2022, 06:43 PM)GreenForest Wrote: The T24's picture posted by @LonePredator  was from his last capture. The one posted by @Pckts was from one of his previous capture. Just FYI.

As for Wagdoh, "For the last 15 days, the old tiger was found moving sluggishly and had virtually given up on life." (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...751857.cms) Most likely wagdoh didn't eat much in last few days of his death. If at all we have to subtract food content, then it will be 10-15kg. Nothing more. 255-260kg empty weight will put wagdoh as heaviest old aged wild bigcat in scientific records.

Yes, I had my suspicions. Thanks for the confirmation. So that picture of T-24 is indeed what a Tiger with 20-25kg of stomach content should look like. In comparison to that, Wagdoh's stomach content looks miniscule.

Also, the putrefaction is his body is also responsible for making him look bloated. Keep in mind that usually the stomach puffs up more than other parts of the body during the swelling in the putrefaction process. I could post some pictures of this phenomenon but those pictures can be very disturbing to some users so I choose not to.

Also, it sounds a bit unlikely that a Tiger would be in good enough condition to hunt and eat a big meal just a day or two before it's death.

My opinion is that Wagdoh probably had less than 5kg of stomach content. Reply