“...I thought it was odd that a healthy young man could get killed that easily by a cougar.”
My neighbor said he wanted to show me something. We went into his empty open garage and there on the floor was a cat and 4 or 5 small kittens playing as kittens do. They were running around between his feet even. He explained the cat had them under his trailer and thought they were old enough to show them the world.
How “cute” they were! He wanted to show me one close up and was going to pick one up, yet he was very apprehensive and almost scared to do so. Finally he saw his opportunity and grabbed one.
All hell broke loose! This cute adorable little kitten went bazerko. SCREAMING like a banshee. Frantically clawing at the air with all four feet.
If this little kitten could have gotten to any part of my friend, it would have torn him to shreds in seconds.
He carefully put it down and it went back to playing with it’s siblings.
If I hadn’t seen it myself, I would never have believed it. The kittens were feral, wild, and I mean WILD!
I doubt very much that most humans could kill a full grown, healthy mountain lion/cougar.
Four Paws and Fangs!
A WINNING hand.