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To: PAR35

We have bobcats here but rarely see them. They stay away from people. I’m near the foothills of the Smokeys so bears are a normal sight.


44 posted on 09/25/2020 5:11:04 PM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Tennessee Conservative

A few years ago - about the time that video appeared - we had a bumper crop of bobcats around here. They’d pop out of the storm drains on suburban streets, grab small dogs out of fenced back yards, run around on rooftops, and stroll past folks jogging or bike riding on the creekside walkways. Even come into folks houses through open doors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8v5W2ZUE6w
It was like they were trying to domesticate themselves, or at least take the ecological niche occupied by the feral cats.

They’ve backed off a little in the last couple of years.

I understand that the bears have even gotten down into the northern suburbs of Atlanta. Used to be raccoons were the top of the suburban food chain.


45 posted on 09/25/2020 5:58:36 PM PDT by PAR35
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