Mountain Lions

Sheri gets a close up look at the mountain lions at Catty Shack Big Cat Sanctuary. For more free wildlife movies go to: www.exploringnature.org

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Pets & Animals

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• wild
• animal
• mammal
• sheri
• amsel
• predator
• carnivore
• exploring
• nature
• preying
• mountain
• lions
• puma
• cougar
• mt.
• lion
• cat

[SheriAmsel]

To answer someone's question, they can and do kill humans, but not often. Their natural prey are deer.

[howlingwild]

Can you answer a question for me? I went on this sanctuary's website and it said that they engage in an endangered species breeding program. Is this sanctuary accredited? because one of the criteria of being an accredited sanctuary as far as I know is that you CANNOT breed your animals.

[SheriAmsel]

I would email them with that question. They work closely with USDA, so I would assume so, but please do ask them. And let me know. Best,

[howlingwild]

OK I have emailed them and will let you know. I only ask because there is a difference between real sanctuaries and fake ones. Many pseudo-sanctuaries that I know are licensed by the USDA but they are not the watchdogs of the industry. The animals here seem to have ok enclosures but the USDA's standards only require that an animal's cage be big enough that he can stand up and turn around in it.

[SheriAmsel]

I understand. They have quite large enclosures with trees to perch on, large wooden enclosures and swimming pools with rubber balls. They play in the pools extensively and would wait until you got close enough and splash you. Then made a chuffing noise that was sounded a lot like laughing. Is this the rainforest, no. Is it a good facility, I think so.

[GarthanSaal444]

Rumor has it that some of these big cats are secretly roaming the British countryside.

[SheriAmsel]

They are secretive, but I am guessing someone would have seen one by now... but that would be cool.

[chizmo7]

BEAUTIFUL

[lisole]

Verry pretty large cats.

My ex-girlfriend owned two bobcats and domesticated them for the most part. The males get to around 3ft. and 60lbs. It's all in the way their taken care of and fed, that depends on the level of trust and love the animal will exude to ppl. and other pets.

thanx for posting!

[IndigoCutie]

Where I live there are sooo many.......I've always wanted to see one and I'm sure one day I will, I go for long hikes up in the mountains to photograph nature and animals, I absolutely love it......I hope if I ever bump into one of these beautiful animals I can photograph them without it trying to eat me... :)

[Grandfrog2]

@SheriAmsel They will only attack humans under 4 circumstances:

1. They are starving and desperate

2. They are protecting their young

3. They have brain parasites so they go crazy

4. They are wounded or sick

Just saying :)

[Panthera0nca]

Mountain Lions are so cool. Any animal capable of killing a man seems altogether more exciting.

[MAKAROVOWNER]

These sounds are useful. Dont be fooled by not seeing cats they are around far more than when I was a child. I have been stalked multiple (once with that kinda clucking sound going on very close)times, once at night on hwy 26. I have called in at least 4 with positive sighting coyote call. I saw 2 in our broken down car as a child, 2 on the highway as adult, 1 on forest service road devils garden calif. Most sightings are the blink of an eye if stalking. Obviously I dont suit thier appetite.

[lakebaykald]

叫声象猞猁

[lakebaykald]

叫声象猞猁

[nwojunkie]

that's not how their supposed to sound is it? the Wilderness Family lied to me all those years!

[mattandange]

thats what it sounds like when scared ****less

[hickmankenon]

Its just what people call them, and other names like puma, cougar, catamount, and over 40 other names, but their scientific name is Puma Concolor.