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I think they just look like that sometimes. I found a lot of images of tigers with significant definition until finding one I could identify.
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This is Luca, and his profile doesn't say anything about a medical condition.
https://www.carerescuetexas.com/meet-the-animals/tigers/luca.html
You can see videos of the cats here:
https://m.youtube.com/@bigcatderek/videos
I think the lighting angle might be doing a lot of the work in the OP image.
e: I actually just want to share some tiger pictures because I like them.
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I believe I read somewhere that animals don't need to exercise to have strong muscles. Human evolution on the other hand, prioritised endurance over strength. So when tigers or chimpanzees eat, the calories are used for muscles while humans have to actively exercise to get the same result.
They do need exercise to strengthen their muscles, but humans are designed to shed unused muscle way more readily than either tigers or chimpanzees. They need their strength to navigate their habitats and obtain future meals, while we're endurance predators capable of walking our prey to death even while emaciated. Excess muscle on a human is a waste of energy, so our bodies will happily scrap it all for free protein.
Any responsible animal-keeper will furnish the habitat with enrichment structures/items that will provide all the exercise their wards require. Poorly-kept animals (or especially lazy ones) will lose muscle tone and put on fat.
Yes that goes without saying.
But we won't see a gorilla being more active than necessary for gains. That's what I was trying to say.
One reason why I didn't go to any zoo in Japan while visiting.
Humans also utilize a ton of their available calories to maintain their large brains rather than basically anything else in their body. We basically made a hyper minmax build
Why are these tigers so hot!?