Comments on: More Animal Attacks & Common Sense http://www.arkanimals.com/2008/08/06/more-aniaml-attacks-the-2005-report/ Embark on an armchair safari with animal expert and author Diana L Guerrero. Explore wild and domestic animal behavior, training, careers, and more. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:37:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ark Lady http://www.arkanimals.com/2008/08/06/more-aniaml-attacks-the-2005-report/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Ark Lady Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:12:03 +0000 http://www.arkanimals.com/2008/08/06/more-aniaml-attacks-the-2005-report/#comment-785 Thanks for stopping by Andy. The animal in Mexico escaped from a zoo and I think I wrote mtn lion instead of lion. I don't buy the story either--yes cougar cubs can be pretty nasty. Somewhere I have a picture of a captive bred cub who was protesting for the camera...I should dig out some photos. Thanks for stopping by Andy. The animal in Mexico escaped from a zoo and I think I wrote mtn lion instead of lion. I don’t buy the story either–yes cougar cubs can be pretty nasty. Somewhere I have a picture of a captive bred cub who was protesting for the camera…I should dig out some photos.

]]> By: Andy Foster http://www.arkanimals.com/2008/08/06/more-aniaml-attacks-the-2005-report/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Andy Foster Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:28:08 +0000 http://www.arkanimals.com/2008/08/06/more-aniaml-attacks-the-2005-report/#comment-784 I agree with the comments about the cat possibly being a younger male. Somewhere around 2 yrs of age male cougars disperse from their native home ranges and, in trying to establish their own, often run into encounters with humans. As you mentioned, it could be because they've had trouble establishing their own home range. In the story about the woman defending herself with a machete, I don't believe that was a mountain lion. They don't usually grow as large as 500 lbs; about half that would even be large for a male cougar. Frankly, I also don't buy the story about the guy getting scratched trying to pet a cougar cub. If he did stumble on some little ones and momma cougar was really feeling threatened, he'd have gotten a lot more than just a scratch. If he really did find a cub and try to pet it, it was probably the cub that let him have it. I agree with the comments about the cat possibly being a younger male. Somewhere around 2 yrs of age male cougars disperse from their native home ranges and, in trying to establish their own, often run into encounters with humans. As you mentioned, it could be because they’ve had trouble establishing their own home range.

In the story about the woman defending herself with a machete, I don’t believe that was a mountain lion. They don’t usually grow as large as 500 lbs; about half that would even be large for a male cougar.

Frankly, I also don’t buy the story about the guy getting scratched trying to pet a cougar cub. If he did stumble on some little ones and momma cougar was really feeling threatened, he’d have gotten a lot more than just a scratch. If he really did find a cub and try to pet it, it was probably the cub that let him have it.

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