have you seen a Mountain Lion ?

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by ApS

To translate from "Boston talk"--like Boston directions...take the tunnel to the bridge and it'll take you right there.

MOS=Museum of Science?
Yawned=tawny?

Alternative names a-plenty:

Mountain Lion=Puma=Catamount=Cat-a-Mountain=Cougar=Panther...all are Puma concolor to the people who study them.

There was a Mountain Lion roadkill in Connecticut--maybe ten years ago. I think it was a male, which is typical of New England's transient species.

Videos of Porch-prowling, too, but the state (CT) was in dispute.

Florida has a sub-species of Panther, but their numbers are fewer than 50 statewide. (Too few to maintain the species without interbreeding with its Western cousins).

There's a YouTube video of a Puma's successful attack on an alligator in a jungle pond.

The CT animal killed 70 miles from NYC was 1500 miles from home.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...76Q5ZE20110727

Dave