The size of the Barbary lion

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(01-18-2022, 10:21 AM)acutidens150 Wrote: https://archive.org/details/bookoflion19...ew=theater

Sir Alfred Edwards Pease, who had worked in different parts of Africa studying lions, mentions that big Barbary lions from Algeria exceeded 600 lbs (272 kg).

Pease did not "worked" with lions or "studied" lions, he just hunted them. He is not a scientist, is a hunter and one that exagerated his figures. He reported lions of sizes that are unreliable, and about the weights, he just provided estimations, he did not weighed any lion. In fact, his reports are less reliable than those from Russian Far East hunters like Baikov, as they at least presented pictures and real weights (in some cases at least).

Pease is not a very reliable source on size matters. We need to be carefull and distinguish between "real" weights that can be corroborated and the "estimations" with no actual evidence. In this case, his statement that lions in Algeria can exceed 600 lb is unreliable as he did not presented any evidence, measurement, weight, picture or anything for backup. Reply