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| Inhumanum Rapax | Jul 4 2015, 03:22 PM Post #61 |
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Radiocollared florida panther mid-leap 
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| Taipan | Sep 4 2015, 06:23 PM Post #62 |
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| ImperialDino | Sep 12 2015, 12:17 AM Post #63 |
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What do you think the reason behind their alleged (i've never heard of it) big size? |
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| chui | Sep 14 2015, 11:07 PM Post #64 |
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Hello ImperialDino. It is generally accepted that cougars follow the Bergmann's rule and tend to be bigger in areas further from the equator both towards the north and south of their range (Patagonia refers to the south end of South America). The data generally appears to support this idea from what I have seen. Weights recorded for Patagonian cougars seem to match those of Canadian or northern US cougars. The heaviest scientifically recorded North American cougars are around 80kg out of hundreds of adult males which is matched by at least 2 captured males from Patagonia despite a smaller sample size. Skull data, although limited for these cougars, also suggests large size. |
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| chui | Oct 20 2015, 04:11 AM Post #65 |
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Big impressive male from Alberta, Canada.
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| Ntwadumela | Nov 2 2015, 06:48 AM Post #66 |
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Some specimens of Patagonian pumas (Puma concolor puma).     
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| Cape Leopard | Nov 7 2015, 03:27 AM Post #67 |
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The above pics of the Patagonian pumas really show how beautiful this species can be. |
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| Taipan | Jan 8 2016, 04:07 PM Post #68 |
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Poor thing - born with a strange deformity and then shot by a hunter. Wildlife biologists ponder strange mountain lion Staff Writer POSTED: 02:58 PM MST Jan 07, 2016  Deformed Mountain Lion POCATELLO, Idaho - Idaho Fish and Game biologists would like to know more about a yearling mountain lion that was legally harvested by a hunter southwest of Preston December 30. When the hunter took the animal through a Fish and Game check station, the inspector noticed a strange deformity on the animal's head. It appeared to be a set of teeth and even some whiskers. Regional Conservation Educator Jennifer Jackson said the lion was shot in Hunting Unit 73 near Weston. She said nobody in the Pocatello regional office had ever seen anything like it before. Biologists speculate it could be either the remnants of a conjoined twin or a terratoma (monstruous) tumor. Biologists are trying to contact the hunter, who lives outside the area, to do some additional research. http://www.localnews8.com/news/wildlife-biologists-ponder-strange-mountain-lion/37318208 |
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| Mukul | Jan 10 2016, 06:19 PM Post #69 |
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  Most beautiful,majestic,cute and pretty agile animals in my eyes.They are my favorite animal. Edited by Mukul, Jan 10 2016, 06:21 PM.
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| Inhumanum Rapax | Jan 20 2016, 06:28 PM Post #70 |
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A pair of beautiful but fierce looking patagonian pumas 
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| Taipan | Apr 12 2016, 09:01 PM Post #71 |
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 Notoriously elusive, cougars vary their range in response to their prey, mostly elk and deer. In winter they favor the shallow snow in the northern reaches of Yellowstone. This cougar was caught on the prowl by a camera trap set behind an elk rack on a cliff. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/05/yellowstone-national-parks-wildlife-restoration/ |
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| Taipan | May 13 2016, 03:47 PM Post #72 |
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 https://www.facebook.com/WolverineWatchorg-1396130277380193/?fref=photo |
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| Taipan | May 22 2016, 09:34 PM Post #73 |
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 Some great video footage of Cougars, (NSFW - features a sex scene!)  Camera Trap : Female & Cub Wyoming's Gros Ventre mountains http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160522-cougar-mountain-lion-puma-connecticut-animals-science/ 
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| Taipan | Jun 20 2016, 04:23 PM Post #74 |
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 Here M29 (on left) visits one of his families...M80 when just 3 months old playing on his back in the middle, and F61, mother, on the right, clearly comfortable with their father visiting her kittens. F96 (frostbite), M80's sister, was off camera at the time. Grand Teton Cougar Project |
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| Taipan | Jul 1 2016, 05:45 PM Post #75 |
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More Camera Trap Photos:  
Edited by Taipan, Aug 1 2016, 05:03 PM.
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