Posted on 02/26/2021 3:22:45 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Did you know that mountain lions can fly? Well, not quite, but they come pretty darn close with the ability to jump nearly 20 feet straight up in the air!
It's not often that you see an airborne big cat, but that's exactly what was captured on this trail camera in Colorado.
“Absolutely terrifying," one Facebook user said in response to the photograph.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says that these fascinating animals are incredibly strong and fast, running as fast as 45 miles per hour and jumping as high as 19 feet straight up in the air. These cats are also able to jump a span of roughly 45 feet.
(Excerpt) Read more at outtherecolorado.com ...
could be side effects of tony the tiger’s cocaine laced corn flakes...
Driving through Tennessee North from Chattanooga,late-night, intermittent rain squalls.
There it was just in front of the car and the anti locks screaming. Cougar/Mountian Lion, I almost hit.
From the nose to the rear end, not the tail.
The same width as my ford Expedition!!!
Guessing seven feet?
That’s an artist rendition
How do we know if it is an actual photo or not?
Also akin to your house cat, I think this is the biggest feline that actually purrs. If your house cat weighed 85 to 150 pounds you and the neighbors would be toast.
Harry died...of covid.
Oh crap!
That is sad.
Are they going to stuff him like Lenin?
An ordinary house cat can jump two or three times his own body length, maybe more.
Just like all Yeti/Bigfoot/Abominable Snowmen, they turn to dust and ride the wind...
Pizza, pinto beans, and tacos do the “turn to dust and ride the wind” thing too. Are yetis eating that stuff?
Looks like a kill there on the rocks.
I believe you can see part of 2 legs with one showing the bottom of a hoof.
Darn. I thought this was going to be about the Thunderbird.
Is that really a mountain lion?
Arizona has jackrabbits that can jump that high.
A chupacabra would be more exciting?
Yep, they’re mainly gatherers.
Occasionally some mice and elderberries.
We have them in our area of Colorado. They often take noisy dogs.
There are long-ago anecdotal records of the ‘Thunderbird’ - even of it taking babies and animals. It’s become mythic in some North American cultures.
(Chupacabra will have to age far beyond its first recorded sighting in 1995 for me to buy into it.)
But who knows? There are all sorts of whangdoodles and snallygasters out there; and they certainly make life more fun and interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra
I want to see Moose and Squirrel.
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