Madkins007 said:OK, so enough of this banter. Bottom line- is the idea of a tool like this beneficial to some degree, when properly explained, and is it explained properly? What can we do to make something useful from all this?
Okey dokey.
Yes (to some degree), yes (when explained in proper context), and I would just call these average good ranges for overall weight for some species. I would not say it says anything about hydration or anything else other than overall weight of some animals as a "rule of thumb" based on limited, but well intended, data.
I would not use it, personally, and would not want a person to live and die by it, but it can provide a sense of "goodness" for the heft of an average animal when they do not have a large enough history to have formed much perspective. For such people, I think it may help guide them.