FTFY. Not being a dick, just clarifying that adult Anna's never been below 300lbs.
When did she say she got to 217? I thought 320 was her lowest. I’d love to see a pic of that
Yeah, I was wrong; it was 317.
Let's face it; the idea that somebody's lowest weight as an adult, when they were at their "gym unicorn"/fitness queen peak, still topped three bills, is brain-breaking.
I remember discussing this once before, either here or in another deathfat forum, and it's possible they mean CT. MRI can only physically get to a certain size because of the magnets used, but there are larger CT scanners around.
And still, the largest-bore CT scanners are already available in human healthcare,
because that's where the money is. It's all about the money.
The only difference between a CT scanner used for large animals and one used for humans is the bed (which is built to accommodate sedated, restrained animals, not humans). The bore is the same size. And CT scans are only done on parts of an animal that can get through the bore—on a horse, that's going to be the head/neck and legs. Abdominal/thoracic imaging is done by X-ray or ultrasound, because there is no fitting an entire horse (or supersized deathfat) through
any available MRI or CT scanner.
My source is my own experience when we had a deathfat in ICU who we were contacting the local zoo about organising a scan, but the patient died before it was organised (however keep in mind I don't work in Burgerland so your scanners might all be deathfat friendly to begin with).
If you're a physician who honestly thought the zoo would have bigger imaging equipment than any human hospital in your country, then I feel bad for your patients, because this level of ignorance is just astounding to me. I'm not a physician, and no longer work or volunteer in a zoo or veterinary setting, but even I know there isn't anything bigger than what is already available in human healthcare, and have a basic grasp of the economics involved.
Deathfats do not go to zoos for treatment of any kind, and that includes imaging. Period. Anybody who says they do is either lying, or doesn't know what the fuck they're talking about.