Mountain lions do not carry prey up trees, in answer to the question. After killing prey mountain lions may begin to eat immediately or they may prepare the carcass. For example pumas usually pluck birds before eating them. Mountain lion … Continue reading →
The eastern puma is extinct because they were extirpated from the eastern United States by the late 1890s. In other words they were eradicated or completely destroyed through hunting and trapping in that part of the United States of America. … Continue reading →
Mountain lions are not normally independent until they are at least a year old. In a study of 1992, Characteristics of a Hunted Population of Cougars in South-Western Alberta by Ross and Jalkotzy it was found that of 30 kittens … Continue reading →
They had to file this super cute cougar kitten as a domestic cat at the Santa Barbara County Animal Services shelter because they don’t have a suitable designation on their software (my guess). A mailperson delivered this cat to the … Continue reading →
Domestic cats don’t understand television and I don’t blame them. I have said it before, cats don’t understand television. They think it is real. I remember a cat watching another cat on TV and the television exited the screen on … Continue reading →
News media on the Internet is full of this story. It’s about a mountain lion which they say was stuck up a tree. The cat was perched on a branch 15 m above ground. For some reason or other, somebody … Continue reading →
As always, business and economic expansion is more important, at the end of the day, to wild species conservation. And the Trump administration, as we well know, is very keen on economic expansion in the USA together with the resultant … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
After a kill the mountain lion may begin to eat immediately or may spend time preparing the carcass. The mountain lion may return to finish off his meal in which case he will cover the remains with snow, grass, sand … Continue reading →
A mountain lion wandered into a home in Boulder, Colorado, sat down and looked like he was watching television. He licked his lips. He had just eaten the family cat, Klondike. There is no evolved agreement between all cats that … Continue reading →
