Size comparisons

[Haymaker]

(03-19-2017, 06:12 AM)Pckts Wrote: Once again, all weights have references, all you have to do is a little leg work on your end but you obviously don't want to nor will your opionion change. You asked, you were given ample evidence and that's where it ends.

That's fine if the other weights are correct, my opinion actually is that the tiger may very well be bigger, but the average joe can't just look up all those weights and verify them that you posted.  I mean if you have the links that they go to, just post them for others to see.  Because otherwise I have to be a little skeptical because you seem bias for one side, that's all I'm saying.  But I have seen the 850 lb tiger debated before on youtube, and I can see the picture of the page that you posted showing that.  But you also have to take into consideration that guy Sunquist who I guess is pretty professional or an expert, because he personally said he did not believe that weight was accurate, I saw the email posted on youtube.  I don't have it on me, but I did see it, so I mean I'd believe that guy he's the expert.

So in retrospect, I think its pretty clear that was not an 800 lb tiger, it was probably much lower like 700 lbs and was a cattle killer.

If there are accounts showing other lions that killed cattle and reached weights over 700 and 800 lbs then both cats are tied for hitting the top weights in the wild.  That was the argument I saw being debated on youtube, it was that there weight is actually pretty equal, the tiger really isn't heavier.  But again it still could be bigger, but possibly not heavier. You have to make an exception for cattle killing lions and tigers, because they can gain so much added pounds from that and also hit very high weights on the day they're weighed.

It would also be interesting to know whether some of the Manchurian tigers you're listing had also been feasting on cattle, I mean we just see the weight but we don't know the scenario around it.  I did also see a post of a 900 lb wild lion, I believe it was killed by Daniel Boone, I would have to try to find it. There was also a totally verified lion named Brutus that was 900lbs and also 870 raised in captivity but caught in the wild.  I would like to know if again you guys have a captive tiger that is over 900 lbs and not neutered.  I think also that the Siberian tigers would be heavier with added weight for fat storage in colder weather, this could also be true for the Manchurian tigers as I think its pretty cold there right? Reply