Pumas Are Not Such Loners After All
Researchers are startled to find that pumas, also called mountain lions, meet up quite frequently with their fellow big cats — perhaps to share an elk carcass.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Oct 11, 2017
2 minutes
Supposedly solitary pumas actually hang out with their fellow big cats quite often, frequently coming together and hissing and snarling before settling down to share a delicious elk carcass.
That's the startling discovery made by scientists who recently tracked 13 pumas â also called mountain lions or cougars â and set up cameras at kill sites. They recorded dozens of peaceful social interactions
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