Monday, February 28, 2011

Cougars Caught on Game Trail

One of my classmate's son, Bobby, sent me this article recently that he saw in The Seattle Times of a rare photo showing eight cougars caught on a game trail on December 23.  One cougar is seen snarling as they congregate on a rock cliff near Moses Coulee in Central Washington.

As the article goes...they don't exactly hunt in packs, don't travel in herds and aren't typically thought of as communal beings.

The image of the mountain lion as a stealthy, solitary beast is woven into the fabric of the American West.

And yet there they were on a game trail in Eastern Washington - eight creatures famous for being loners, all huddled together as if attending some big-cat block party.

To read more about this fascinating phenomenon, Click here!  
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4 comments:

  1. LB @ Bullets And Biscuits6:05 PM

    Holy crap! That's awesome...thanks for sharing it!

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  2. Marian Ann Love7:31 PM

    I know it's awesome site DeanO and LB@BulletsandBiscuits...so glad we have game trails so we can capture nature at its very best! :)

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  3. Jessica11:48 AM

    Wow, that's really interesting. I guess there's a lot that goes on in the animal world that we don't know about.

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  4. CDGardens8:09 AM

    The facts about home ranges of mother cougars and daughters of previous litters coexisting is very interesting. It reminds me of the generational ranges of whitetail doe and offspring.

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