Sunday, June 23, 2013



THE MOUNTAIN LION, ALSO KNOWN AS PUMA, COUGAR, PANTHER, FLORIDA PANTHER, AND CATAMOUNT, IS THE ONLY BIG CAT THAT DOES NOT ROAR. IT WILL GROWL AND PURR. IT IS THE ONLY BIG CAT THAT DOES PURR. IT CAN LEAP 15 FEET AND UP TO 45 FEET WIDE. VERY SHY CREATURES THAT LIVE IN AND AROUND HUMANS WITH VERY LITTLE CONTACT FOR THE MOST PART. AS WE INTRUDE ON THEIR TERRITORY WE DO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THEM, HOWEVER, ITS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. THIS LITTLE GUY IS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD, AND WAS FOUND HIDING UNDER SOMEONE'S CAR IN CALIFORNIA. ITS MOTHER NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. HE WAS STARVING TO DEATH, UNTIL GAME AND FISH RESCUED HIM. HE IS NOW AT HOME AT THE ARIZONA SONORAN DESERT MUSEUM, TO WHERE HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO HEALTH AND IS ABOUT 70 LBS OR SO NOW. ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW THAT HAS GOTTEN SOME MUCH NEEDED HELP FROM HUMANS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE PERISHED. 















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