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The heaviest wild lion weighed 690 pounds and was a cattle-eater. Meanwhile, the heaviest male in scientific record is a male of 573 lb (260 kg), captured in Etosha National Park. The heaviest captive lion was "Simba" with 826 pounds and the second largest captive lion was "Rutledge" which weighed 807 pounds.
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∙ 15y agoThe heaviest wild lion on record is one male man-eater of 690 pounds (313 kg) shot in Hectorspruit, Transvaal, South Africa, by Lennox Anderson, in 1936. The heaviest male lion in captivity has 'Simba', a male lion at Colchester Zoo in England. It weighed 826 pounds (375 kg) when he died in 1973. He measured 320 cm (10.5 ft) in total length and had a height of 112 cm ( 3.7 ft) to the shoulders. Source: Wood, G. 1983. The Guinness book of animal facts and feats. Sterling Pub. Co. Inc. 3rd. edition. 256 pp.
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