ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[johnny rex]

(08-08-2019, 01:33 AM)Shadow Wrote: This is one quite good video to see size of Igor. In one article, which I saw there was said, that Igor would be 300 kg and when standing on hind legs 3 meters tall.

When looking at this video from 4:21 to 4:31 it is very easy to notice, that Igor isn´t that tall on hind legs unless that trainer is 250 cm tall and I dare to say, that he isn´t. So when Igor stands on hind legs, he is something like 230-240 cm tall. Noticing that makes it easier to think, that what zoo tells in their brochure is quite close to the truth. It is good to remember, that Igor stands there also at least 5 cm higher, than this zoo-keeper. 

Anyway even though perspective often makes estimations difficult, this zoo-keeper gives that meat while standing in quite normal way, no need to stretch himself as high as he ever can reach. So it´s quite easy to figure out how high he reaches there considering, that he is about average tall. Danish language is difficult to understand, all I can hear and understand, that in the end of this video zoo-keeper mention 200 kg at some point, but I really can´t say what he means by it. He is talking about Igor there after 4:30, but maybe @Pantherinae could understand better if here are no Danish members to help :)

Anyway this video is quite good, not edited by any fanboy etc. Not the best quality, but all there and it can be seen, that big, but still in that range what big tigers can be expected to be. Not "supersized" I mean.

Igor is still an exceptional Amur  tiger, because I think it is rare for most wild male Amur tigers to grow to his size. Igor's skull is massive too, maybe his skull could be near the size of the skull of those male ligers. Reply