[SJackson]

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[grobdriver]

It's believed the animal they saw was a juvenile male that had not come across humans before.

Pity the next humans it runs across!

[ETL]

Deformed mountain lion a mystery

CNN ^ | Andreas Preuss

(CNN)A hunter tracking down a mountain lion has stumbled upon a biological mystery.

Fish and Game officials say a male mountain lion involved in an attack on a dog near Preston, Idaho, was killed last week near the Utah border.

What the hunter discovered after examining the corpse can only be described as bizarre, even monstrous.

A photo released Thursday by Idaho Fish and Game shows the big cat had another set of fully-formed teeth and whiskers growing out of the top of its head. Wildlife officials say they have never seen a deformity like that -- but have offered up several theories.

They say it's possible the teeth could be the remnants of a conjoined twin that died in the womb and was absorbed into the other fetus. They then grew on their own.

Another explanation is a so-called "teratoma" tumor. This type of abnormality, whose Greek name translates to "monster tumor," can grow teeth and hair. In humans, it can grow fingers and toes.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...

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The mountain lion, which was involved in an attack on a dog
near Preston, Idaho, had a strange deformity on its head.

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I’ve come across them twice. Once on a backpacking trip in the Sierras. And the second time on my property here in Montana.

They are damn scary when it’s just you ... and them.

[r_barton]

Just like a drunkin Aussie to come to America and beat up our wildlife. ;-)

[Jack Hydrazine]

“My first instinct was it must have been a coyote or something,” said Lean. “It was hissing and it was huge.”

Large hissing coyotes? Is there a breed of those running around North America I am not aware of?

[Freeport]

10 points for blind dumb luck!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Currently reading: Death in the Long Grass by Hathaway.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: told him just how rare it is to see a cougar in the wild ::

[SampleMan]

An adult human male with a suitable club is not that far down the food chain when it comes to lethality in the wild.

Predators don’t want to get hurt by their prey and they’ll generally avoid the prospect. Herd animals rarely fight as a pack, and the human tenancy to stand together in a fight also throws off predators.

I think there is a good chance that the cougar would have attempted to convert one of them into a meal if they had run.

[Tupelo]

I be damned!
I did not know there were cougars in Australia.
Well, I did know there were cougars, but I did not know there were cougars of the feline persuasion.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Nervous, she picked up a big stick. He picked up rocks.

It takes more than that to beat off a cougar.

[goodnesswins]

Ah...Canada....sat by a lake reading in remote BC as the hub fished in float tube...he eventually came in and asked me “did you see the bear?” aaAASGGGGHHHH

[To Hell With Poverty]

Are there any people so naturally badass as the Aussies?

[ridesthemiles]

RARE My %#S...

I used to board my horses at a ranch in the west end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County in Brown’s Canyon. In the summer, after riding, we often sat around & talked in a group. There was a ridge above the arena & corrals. At sunset, it was backlit by the light. We often saw a cougar sitting on that ridge, looking at all the ‘fresh meat’ below & slowly switching it’s tail. We saw bobcats often when out on the trail.

[PLMerite]

“Distracted, the animal turned and chased the rock.”

Aw, it just wanted to play!

[Conan the Librarian]

And there are Pumas in the Cravasas:

https://youtu.be/kaqTuLQThsY

[BerryDingle]

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