Posted on 07/10/2018 6:44:52 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Misread: “Melanistic and non-melanistic...can be illiterates.”
*sigh* Time for new glasses.
I remember that. It was in Philly, right? BTW, did you ever read “Rendezvous” by Nelson De Mille?
I thought the Pantera was a car designed by Ford.
“’ve got a 20 pound, all black male cat that looks like that from about 10-15 yards away. Or this is a black cougar from 100 yards away.”
Out here in the country my elderly neighbor called this past weekend ranting about seeing a black wildcat in her yard.
The critter walked up to our patio and meowed. Big black house cat.
Black bears will eat anyone they think is easy prey.
Zot was not out this weekend!
I think it was Philadelphia.
I haven’t read Rendezvous yet. I like Nelson DeMille but I’ve kinda gotten away from reading books (shame on me). I spend too much time online. I do have a beach trip coming up, and that’s traditionally the time I hit that library and load up on books. Thanks for the reminder.
Yes they do, but there is a heluva size difference. Jaguars or black jaguars are the next largest cat after lions and tigers.
Are there exceptions in the law for animals preying on livestock? Or in the vicinity of children? “ I feared for the life of my child, Officer....”
Shoot.
Shovel.
Shut up...........................
Cougars are not protected in Iowa, or in Wisconsin AFAIK. Several have been killed in Iowa in recent years, one I know of by a deer hunter.
Wouldn’t say they were wiped out. Diminished,certainly, and made to fear men and dogs. Don’t forget the tranny mountain biker killed in Washington. There was one north of here, in the Oregon dunes...cougar, not tranny, that was fearless enough that people would drag things behind their ATVs for it to chase and swat at.
News just reported a sighting in Springfield, OR, yesterday. Hunting with dogs was outlawed quite some time ago.
‘Science” has spoken. Same thing they said about the mountain gorilla, the Bili Ape, the coelacanth, etc. I guess there are no Federal global warming dollars to be had by theorizing about the black panther’s possible existence.
When a hunter shoots one and brings it in, they’ll just change the subject. :)
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