Roberta the local female bobcat comes up on our porch with her kit - looks for a treat, the folks usually have some old stew meat available.
Cougars?
Stay the hell away from those two. LOL.
Wow, that’s really amazing. They’re solitary critters, and nocturnal to boot. Incredibly rare to find two of them in the same vicinity in broad daylight, much less up a tree and fighting.
I already downloaded a copy of the video. I’ll strip the audio out of it (with Audacity) and the next time I’m out predator hunting with nothing particular going on, I’ll play that on my e-Caller and see if anybody answers. It’s a fair bet it will at least attract crows and woodpeckers because they’re both always on the lookout for a free meal.
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbhkXg9iFYA
Only one thing worse than these and even most bears wont mess with them. Wolverines.
Cats will just run from bears most of the time, but Wolverines will stand their ground and fight.
I’ve actually seen two bobcats have a fight in a tree in south Alabama. It lasted about 5 minutes. It is very intense and very loud. I watched it from about 30 feet away with an uncle.
That was great! Boy, are you right, the definition of “feisty”!
You misunderstood the request “post pictures of a cat fight on Free Republic”...
Those are actually Canadian Lynx.
Here’s the link to National Geographic showing the video & identifying as lynx:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/animals-lynx-mating-fighting-conflict/
I first saw/hear the video on FB ..... photog’s comment:
“I had one of the most amazing experiences of my life watching 2 lynx mating/fighting with the male chasing the female up a tree twice but the female fighting him off! Here is a video I took of the whole ordeal out in the boreal forest near Grande Prairie,Alberta! Enjoy and feel free to Share!”
Those are not Bob Cat’s, those are Lynx.
There are bobcats (not lynx) in my woods here in N. Idaho. Pound for pound they are probably the most vicious members of the cat family. They have a deep-throated growl when they don’t want you around. Found a dead deer fawn in our driveway one January with bobcat tracks all around it. The left shoulder had been consumed leaving the skin intact and the entire head was gone.
That being said, a cougar was collared north of Spokane a few days ago that weighed 197 lbs. That’s one big kitty!
Looks and sounds like siblings play fighting.