Big Cats

[Hazcat]

The Cheetah is the largest cat that still 'purrs'.

[philw]

The Cheetah is the largest cat that still 'purrs'.

CORRECT

they said that while we were on the bus tour about the place

[Hazcat]

CORRECT

they said that while we were on the bus tour about the place

I'm a walking encyclopedia of useless information! 

[fullautovalmet76]

thanks guys,



they also do a meet the Cheaters,  where you get to pat them,   we are thing of doing that for here 16th birthday


here are a few more pics from the day


Look! It's the mainstream media!



That's the media fighting over a "bone" the Obama administration throws them every morning at the press briefing.


And there is the media doing what it does best!

Sorry, Tom got me started......

[blackwolfe]

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty!

I had a friend hiking out west someplace.  He said he got an uneasy feeling and turned to see a mountain lion following him.  He said the only thing he could think to do was call here kitty, kitty ,kitty.  Luckily the "kitty" ran off.

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[Pathfinder]

I had a friend hiking out west someplace.  He said he got an uneasy feeling and turned to see a mountain lion following him.  He said the only thing he could think to do was call here kitty, kitty ,kitty.  Luckily the "kitty" ran off.

Of all of the "wilde beasties" out there, mountain lions give me the willies the most. They are the only ones that will actually hunt a human. I have read numerous stories about turkey hunters doing what they do best - sitting still and sounding like prey being surprised by mountain lions.

MB had a chilling blog last year that started out "At 2AM I heard the lion cough"

Another story I read had to do with a Dad and son out deer hunting, only to spy a lion a couple of hundred yards off. They hightailed it back to the pickup, and returned next day with a whole team of hunters. They found lion tracks leading up to where they had left the pickup the day before - the lion had followed them all the way back to the pickup.

[Timothy]

Northern California in the late seventies while in the Navy, my basic daily sidearm was a .357 mag and in the mountains, at least one of us had a .44 Mag.  I was walking down the 101 freeway between Fernbridge and Fortuna when a big cat came off the hill on the north side of the road and crossed in front of me about 20 feet away...just outside the illumination of the highway light.  Scared the bejesus out of me!

Never let the revolver out of my hand the rest of the way.....

[PegLeg45]

I'm a walking encyclopedia of useless information! 

Which is better than a useless encyclopedia of walking information.........     


Hey, Phil, those are some great photos......what camera were you using?

[TAB]

I've been stocked by mountain lions hikeing, kind of funny, when it was legal to hunt them in CA there was no reports of attacks and sitings were very rare... now 6 years after they stoped hunting them... they are all over the place.



Its actually very common to see them now.

[fightingquaker13]

I've been stocked by mountain lions hikeing, kind of funny, when it was legal to hunt them in CA there was no reports of attacks and sitings were very rare... now 6 years after they stoped hunting them... they are all over the place.



Its actually very common to see them now.

Gee, might there be a connection? I've never been a fan of predator hunting (not that I'm against it, I just don't find it my cup of tea). Nevertheless, I've never really worried about bears in National Forests. The ones in National Parks scare the hell out of me because they have no fear. Yet another illustration of the joys of a gun free zone.
FQ13