The video below gives us a nice feel for how a trekker might encounter a cougar (puma or mountain lion) in America. This incident occurred in California. I believe there is a misconception about the desire of mountain lions to attack humans. They hardly ever do it. Children are normally the victims. Mountain lion …
What is a catamount? The word ‘catamount’ is a shortened version of ‘cat-of-the-mountain’, which in turn is a translation of the Spanish ‘gato monte‘. Catamount is one of the several names that the puma is known by. ‘Puma’ is the correct name for this large wild cat and it is used by the scientists. …
A couple’s three Bengal cats have been refused entry into Hawaii because the authorities in that state decided that the cats were genuine first filial wild cat hybrids whose parents were Asian leopard cats. First filial wild cat hybrids from the following wild cat a species are forbidden in Hawaii: leopard cat (this is …
You might know that the cat’s tongue is covered with around 290 tiny but prominent backward facing spines (papillae) made of keratin. Our nails are made of keratin. And cats groom themselves for about 2.4 hours daily. Recent research, using CT scans, discovered that the part of the cat’s papillae are hollow. They researched …
Thankfully, we don’t have actually results! I’ll speculate. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the time the cat would win. A domestic cat that weighed 130 pounds would fall into the weight range of the large wild cat species such as the leopard, puma, cheetah and jaguar. The domestic cat is a cat’s whisker from the …
This is a page that lists the wild cat species of South America. Please note that it is being built slowly. There are links to pages on each of the cat species (this is growing as at November 2012). There are ten different cat species in South America. This is the same number of …
This is a picture of a caracal being killed by a leopard. I have no details but it would have happened in Africa because the caracal lives there and the larger cat has to be a common leopard as this species live in Africa as well. The caracal is a medium-sized, very athletic wild …
Do wild cats fight for their territory? In general, the short answer is yes but the social system of lions is different. Also fights are avoided by scent marking and visual marks laid down by the resident cat which sends a clear signal to strangers by transmitting information such as residential status and the …
