The tiger is bigger than the lion. The full grown male Indian tiger may be said to measure from Oft to 12ft in length, though it sometimes attains a length of 15ft in different varieties. An adult African male is about 10ft in length; height at shoulders 3ft Sin. Lions have been known to reach a length of 13ft. The strength of the lion in the fore limbs is only 09.9 per cent, of that of the tiger, and the hind limbs 05.9 per cent. Five men can easily hold a lion, but nine are required to hold a tiger.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21242, 24 January 1931, Page 9
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