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Do you believe this ? (Mountain Lion)
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5764431" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I suspect most of the wild origin cougars that have been sighted in TN may have originated from the Dakotas. The main reason they've been seen only once or twice is because they were on the move, just looking for a female cougar. Actually, I suspect most of these are not seen at all by any human, nor do they walk in front of a trail cam. One could easily travel from Kentucky, thru Tennessee, and into Alabama inside a week's time.</p><p></p><p>Not finding a female, they remain "on the move", eventually just dying from starvation or natural causes, remains quickly taken care of by scavengers. Unless hit by a car, most near death would likely die in a thick cut-over or some place the remains might never be seen by a human, nor suspected to be a cougar. Keep in mind these are young males, relatively poor hunters, and very much akin to a rutting buck. They just have a much, much larger range.</p><p></p><p>Even an authentic sighting, even a trail cam pic, does not confirm origin. Many authentic sightings (in TN) have been of escaped (or simply released) captive cougars. <em>NONE</em> of the black ones have been cougars. It is possible a black leopard, jaguar, etc. escaped captivity (and was legitimately seen), but the black cougar is a myth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5764431, member: 1409"] I suspect most of the wild origin cougars that have been sighted in TN may have originated from the Dakotas. The main reason they've been seen only once or twice is because they were on the move, just looking for a female cougar. Actually, I suspect most of these are not seen at all by any human, nor do they walk in front of a trail cam. One could easily travel from Kentucky, thru Tennessee, and into Alabama inside a week's time. Not finding a female, they remain "on the move", eventually just dying from starvation or natural causes, remains quickly taken care of by scavengers. Unless hit by a car, most near death would likely die in a thick cut-over or some place the remains might never be seen by a human, nor suspected to be a cougar. Keep in mind these are young males, relatively poor hunters, and very much akin to a rutting buck. They just have a much, much larger range. Even an authentic sighting, even a trail cam pic, does not confirm origin. Many authentic sightings (in TN) have been of escaped (or simply released) captive cougars. [I]NONE[/I] of the black ones have been cougars. It is possible a black leopard, jaguar, etc. escaped captivity (and was legitimately seen), but the black cougar is a myth. [/QUOTE]
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