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| Big territorial male leopards; Only territorial male leopards starting 60 kilograms and over | |
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| ManEater | Dec 15 2013, 01:28 AM Post #556 |
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Awesome South African leopard at Moholoholo refuge:     
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| Kurtz | Dec 15 2013, 11:35 PM Post #557 |
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Geat find man eater A Male from Kenya should be a big one:  |
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| Kurtz | Dec 16 2013, 12:48 AM Post #558 |
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The full video long version(higher quality) of the Kashane male leopard at Londolozi |
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| figantee | Dec 17 2013, 06:08 AM Post #559 |
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| Ferae | Dec 17 2013, 06:13 AM Post #560 |
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Interesting how these big leopards seen to have small ears. Is it because of their size or most of the ears got chopped off in combat? |
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| figantee | Dec 17 2013, 06:15 AM Post #561 |
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| chui | Dec 17 2013, 07:08 AM Post #562 |
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It does seem the size of the ears does not grow in proportion to the head and bigger more massive individuals tend to have relatively smaller looking ears. Not only does this seem to be true within species but also across the different cat species. The smaller cat species seem to have relatively larger ears for their head size than the pantherine cats. A relevant excerpt from the book, "Into the Thorns: Hunting the Cattle Killing Leopards of the Matobo Hills" by Wayne Grant. This refers to a massive Zimbabwean leopard which weighed 196lbs (with very little meat in the stomach) and had a 18.5" skull, the largest reliable I'm aware of from Southern Africa. "...was obvious this was a beast of a leopard. The head was so big and meaty that it appeared to have been stung by bees, the gnarled ears looked much too small on this soccer-ball sized head, and the paws resembled lion's feet. Graham said the whole cat looked abnormally short and blocky." 
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| Ferae | Dec 17 2013, 12:01 PM Post #563 |
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Very interesting, Chui. If I understood right, it's safe to assume that cartilaginous tissue doesn't follow the growth of the rest of the body. Well, this certainly isn't a handicap for them. They look very healthy! Thank you very much for the info 
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| Kurtz | Dec 17 2013, 10:33 PM Post #564 |
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 huge male in South africa SS |
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| Kurtz | Dec 17 2013, 10:37 PM Post #565 |
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similar ears different head neck etc. Dayon male adn tlangisa female  
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| Kurtz | Dec 17 2013, 10:38 PM Post #566 |
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some particular feature that suggest to you he must be in 60-70 kilos range, tigerfigant? |
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| Kurtz | Dec 17 2013, 10:43 PM Post #567 |
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  Kashane male |
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| Kurtz | Dec 17 2013, 10:48 PM Post #568 |
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| Kurtz | Dec 17 2013, 11:02 PM Post #569 |
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From sri lanka 
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| RojJones | Dec 18 2013, 03:52 AM Post #570 |
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