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>Tigers are twice as heavy as lions how? less fat?
Muscle density I would imagine. Neither lions nor tigers are likely to have a lot of extra fat.
And I am not sure that it is obvious that they have the same level of fat.
Forgive me for being the party-pooper here. I might be going off on a tangent, but this govt has a history of cooking up numbers. Be it GDP, be it out-of-deficit spending or be it the output of the informal economy. Something that's coming from PMO, I'd be super skeptical. Pardon me for pointing out their carelessness in handling water crisis and climate change, but sure, they focussed on tiger population growth. Def…
You're right that they lie all the time and we can't really trust them, but this has been a multi year effort started many many years ago. Also I dont think that they are gonna gain anything electorally from lying about this!
Don't underestimate the data-driven sentiment analysis. Positive vibes are a thing. I don't think I need to explain it to you.
Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
Liger, a hybrid (Male Lion + Female Tiger) [0], is the biggest living cat which grows as long as 3.5m and weighs upto 350Kgs.
Ligon (Male Tiger + Female Lion), though, is no where that huge.
> With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
Not just that, they could easily leap 15ft or more. Which means, a Safari on an elephant's back isn't safe when these beasts are around [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
[1] One such attack (nsfw): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4t0aeTX954
Forgive me for being the party-pooper here. I might be going off on a tangent, but this govt has a history of cooking up numbers. Be it GDP, be it out-of-deficit spending or be it the output of the informal economy. Something that's coming from PMO, I'd be super skeptical. Pardon me for pointing out their carelessness in handling water crisis and climate change, but sure, they focussed on tiger population growth. Def…
Do you think Tiger population growth happens overnight? I think successive governments have invested in making sure Tiger population growth is healthy. Read this: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144540/china-and-in... Do you think India and China are somehow cooking up green cover to fool NASA's satellites too? Give me a break.
Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
30% in 5 years = rather 'decent' than 'rapid'
tiger meat!
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But with the recent news about a tigress beaten to death in India and after coming across some videos in the social media on the tiger encounters with humans, I hope the Indian govt. also works on bolstering education and awareness campaigns across the rural population on the man vs animal encounters and also works towards preserving the forests where these encounters are reported.
Here's the summary report that explains the methodology, data analysis and results: http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Tiger%20...
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You're right that they lie all the time and we can't really trust them, but this has been a multi year effort started many many years ago. Also I dont think that they are gonna gain anything electorally from lying about this!
"Also I don't think that they are gonna gain anything electorally from lying about this!" Don't underestimate the data-driven sentiment analysis. Positive vibes are a thing. I don't think I need to explain it to you.