Mt. Lions

Look for pics of live animals in real situations and recreate one that appeals to you.

 

Good advice from Brian!

Here's the thing ... Cougar are solitary mammals that come together to mate and that's it. They don't play and make friends ... kinda like me.

The only time you will catch them together is when they are cubs in a litter:

Or when mama is taking care of them:
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The only other occasion Cougars are found together is in a Zoo situation. Even here, it is an unnatural event!


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John.

 

listen to the CAT man John ,,what about this two coming together over a kill ,one really snarling the other aproaching head down circling ,waiting for the right oppurtunity ,it could be just a hind leg of an elk covered up with some pine needles or brush

 

Now that's something I can visualize! Hmmm ... give me a few hours, I'll get something drawn up!

John.

 

A male and a female......what else could they do????

 

Mountain Lions - Mount Ideas

Okay ... here is the drawing I promised:


And here is a little something I cooked up in my Microsoft Image Composer program:


Of course there is the famous pair of Mountain Lion in the American Museum of Natural History, NYC:







Hope this helps some. And if I can be of any further help, please don't hesitate to call on me ... that's what I'm here for!

Good luck and enjoy!

John.

 

Nice drawing John
Ralph

 

Looks like you have your display, nice drawing.

 

That was great what you did John, now Deadhead, do your homework and post some pics when you get your piece together.

 

I pictured the same thing when i read it. The one on the carcus snarling head down trying to scare the other off. The other circling with head turned giving the a snarl as well thinking about charging. Should look sweet. The smaller one should be on the carcus trying tis best to look big and tough and hold its ground.

 

Splain what's happening here.

 

Cougars are more social than some people may think. Even anti social behavior has male lions going out of their way to fight. This is often fatal to one of the combatants.

 

Catman thats called one hell of a day behind the dogs and thank god they didn't get smart realize they weren't so outnumbered and turn to fight!

 

Here is a sight next to the river I raft in the summer..

 

*thats cool

 

Personally, these look like littermates! They look like juveniles, or late juveniles to me ... even from such a small image. They are more solitary in their nature than African Lion - the most social of all the cats - except when in a family group - as with Cheetah, Leopard, and Tiger. 'Splained? ;D

John.

 

Cool shot! If you look closely, you can see that one of those cats is larger in length and mass than the others. Oh! It sounds like Sesame Street! "♫ One of these cats is not like the other ... ♫"

Again, I would say this is a female walking with her litter of older offspring. I'd say the big one in the middle with its head up is Mama. Rarely seen, but not unheard of! I know Marty Stoufer had something like this on one of his "Wild America" programs back in the day. And as soon as Mama comes into heat and a male starts sniffing around, her kids will finally leave home, either on their own, or by force.

Here is an example of a known solitary hunter in a group of five ... family members! Mama is the second from the right, and fourth in from the left.


All interesting photos!

John.