Simba/Mufasa Size Difference

[Thegeni99]

I really don't see the difference in those pics TLQ. Rafiki is kinda always reaching Simba's chin area.

[VitaniFan]

Mufasa is more muscular than Simba so, yeah

[Question]

I thought it was because Simba was a young adult.

[SweetNala]

Simba is smaller cuz he wasn't full grown

[crystally]

Pretty sure Simba is a full adult, albeit younger than Mufasa was when he had Simba, but still. I think it's because of his bugs diet.

[Thegeni99]

Or maybe we're just over-analyzing this.

[DGFone]

Well, Simba is younger in that scene compared to Mufasa, so it's only natural that Simba would be somewhat smaller than his father.

And I would hate to know what a diet of bugs would do to a lion's growth, but in the end, there is simply no reason why Simba shouldn't be smaller than Mufasa.

[nathalie]

For me, it's that Mufasa *is* the father, and to really show that he is older and wiser.

[morning-star]

You should be impressed that Simba grew so big eating nothing but bugs! I mean the amount he would have to eat each dinner time?!