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Post by Hardcastle on Mar 4, 2023 6:25:43 GMT
That does kinda look too big to possibly be real.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2023 9:48:59 GMT
That does kinda look too big to possibly be real. 210cm tall - trust me it's real Sent from my SM-A105FN using Tapatalk |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2023 9:50:48 GMT
How is Gigantopithecus vs African lion even a fair debate carnivora?  I thought the Gigantopithecus's recent estimates had it be around the 440-660 pound weight range? That's small enough to the point that huge silverbacks will actually be able to rival the size of some specimens- but the Gigantopithecus in the image comparison looks like it's approaching the size of a small elephant. I got the info from harry-the-fox on Devianart. He said that Gigantopithecus was ~210 cm tall on all fours at the top of the head. I'm not shitting with anyone guys. I'll make another one later just to be sure though. Sent from my SM-A105FN using Tapatalk |
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Post by Hardcastle on Mar 4, 2023 10:56:51 GMT
What do like, non-deviant-art guys say?
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Post by oldgreengrolar on Mar 4, 2023 12:08:12 GMT
Can someone make a Lappet faced vulture and Eurasian black vulture size comparison please?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2023 17:19:16 GMT
What do like, non-deviant-art guys say? harry-the-fox is great. He Partnered up with BLAZZE. The guy who estimated Deinonychus's weight. Sent from my SM-A105FN using Tapatalk |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2023 12:25:29 GMT
female gws; male orca  Sent from my SM-A105FN using Tapatalk |
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Post by theundertaker45 on May 15, 2023 9:05:25 GMT
Alabai and Northwestern Wolf; in real life they would look each other right in the eyes I think.  |
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Post by Hardcastle on May 16, 2023 11:02:19 GMT
Alabai and Northwestern Wolf; in real life they would look each other right in the eyes I think. Amazing to think the Alabai would likely weigh 50% more. |
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Post by theundertaker45 on May 17, 2023 11:00:12 GMT
Yeah, absolutely; I found a picture visualizing the difference between summer/winter coat in wolves and it really creates the illusion of a much bigger animal. Imagine all that volume of hair being solid meat. I think the same applies to Canadian lynx and Eurasian lynx in winter, they are so fluffy and look gigantic.  |
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Post by Hardcastle on May 17, 2023 11:21:08 GMT
Yeah, even the summer coat is still probably "flattering" them somewhat, like if they were actually shaved they'd look significantly more slender still. And then also they get "flattered" by their own flesh being soft and light, sparsely fibred slow twitch muscles and intramuscular fat. A cubic inch of wolf meat would weigh less than a cubic inch of alabai meat. Then additionally a "front on comparison" I imagine would be very jarring, seeing the difference in width across the body. And we've all seen the bone robusticity difference between a wolf and a great dane, the alabai's bones would make the great dane look slender. All that together is where the huge weight difference at equal height comes from, but side on you really can't "see" any of that, and to the eye the wolf actually looks like it would weigh more if anything.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2023 16:08:38 GMT
Yeah, even the summer coat is still probably "flattering" them somewhat, like if they were actually shaved they'd look significantly more slender still. And then also they get "flattered" by their own flesh being soft and light, sparsely fibred slow twitch muscles and intramuscular fat. A cubic inch of wolf meat would weigh less than a cubic inch of alabai meat. Then additionally a "front on comparison" I imagine would be very jarring, seeing the difference in width across the body. And we've all seen the bone robusticity difference between a wolf and a great dane, the alabai's bones would make the great dane look slender. All that together is where the huge weight difference at equal height comes from, but side on you really can't "see" any of that, and to the eye the wolf actually looks like it would weigh more if anything. Im not really seeing this “Great Dane is more robust than a wolf” saying. If anything, a Great Dane is not a good example of robusticity. Maybe im just going off of what i’ve seen but every Great Dane I have seen has a light build, but unusually tall, as tall as a wolf, which makes other dogs act wary of them. Ross out of all my dogs lacks self-preservation, the size of a chihuahua, maybe is a chihuahua. Doesn’t even care if a Bulldog was around. But the moment he saw my neighbors Great Dane, he laid down and then ran away. |
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Post by Hardcastle on May 17, 2023 22:23:44 GMT
Yeah, even the summer coat is still probably "flattering" them somewhat, like if they were actually shaved they'd look significantly more slender still. And then also they get "flattered" by their own flesh being soft and light, sparsely fibred slow twitch muscles and intramuscular fat. A cubic inch of wolf meat would weigh less than a cubic inch of alabai meat. Then additionally a "front on comparison" I imagine would be very jarring, seeing the difference in width across the body. And we've all seen the bone robusticity difference between a wolf and a great dane, the alabai's bones would make the great dane look slender. All that together is where the huge weight difference at equal height comes from, but side on you really can't "see" any of that, and to the eye the wolf actually looks like it would weigh more if anything. Im not really seeing this “Great Dane is more robust than a wolf” saying. If anything, a Great Dane is not a good example of robusticity. Maybe im just going off of what i’ve seen but every Great Dane I have seen has a light build, but unusually tall, as tall as a wolf, which makes other dogs act wary of them. That's just the thing, its not an insanely robust dog. It does give a "gangly" and lean impression. Obviously alabais and presa canarios and etc are more robust, and yet-  Great dane on the left, wolf on the right. Combine this with the carnivore limb robusticity study showing wolves have very gracile bones, and the vindolanda dog study showing that MOST regular dogs have much more robust bones than wolves (and a great variety of wolves are included in the study, including more robust pleistocene wolves that are still less robust than most dogs), then note the fact that great danes weigh between 25 and 80 lbs more than wolves at the same height, and you realise.... the great dane is way way way more robust than a wolf. It's not so much the great dane is some super robust freak, it's the wolf that is freakishly non-robust. Likely due to the fact they need to cover 30 miles a day and not starve to death. Efficiency of travel is a top priority, and they sacrifice robusticity and weight to achieve that. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2023 17:02:09 GMT
Scottish Wildcat (Highland Tiger) and Domestic Cat.  |
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Post by theundertaker45 on Jun 1, 2023 8:10:36 GMT
I made this comparison a while back as it is extremely rare to have two individuals available with almost identical lightning. A Californian cougar and an Indian leopard next to each other scaled to equal HB length (straight line); the cougar was quite an infamous specimen as in the original picture you can see the "Hollywood sign" in the background.  |
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