Big Cats

[Gary Oak]

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This is really something to see

[Blue Frost]

Nice footage, but couldn't help to think what if it was a person it was eating .
Those cats do occasionally grab one, and that one was big enough to do it really easy like.

[Gary Oak]

Didn't you see the deer head ? The wolf coming so soon after must have been secretly waiting for the cougar to leave.

[Blue Frost]

Yeah the wolf, and ravens total cleanup almost .

[Gary Oak]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012 ... finds?lite

I believe that if we can convince the chinese that cannibalising poachers is more effective than viagra then poachers will be extinct within months and all our endangered animals can have a sigh of relief.

[Blue Frost]

Well sad as that is there is many other animals in worse shape . It's a shame as you kind of point out that people think they need stuff like that just for a moment of fun.

[Blue Frost]

Rare Amur leopard couple spotted in China http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/ ... 14922.html
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 05, 2012, 21:22

Rare Amur leopard couple spotted in China Beijing: A pair of endangered Amur leopards has been spotted in northeastern China, an indication that population of the extremely rare cat is recovering in the country.

In 2007, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) concluded that Amur leopards were extinct in China and only 19 to 26 survived in Russia.

It is the first time that field cameras caught two Amur leopards at the same time in northeastern Chinese province of Jilin, home to a quarter of all the rarest cats in the world.

Amur leopards, classified by the IUCN as critically endangered, are in the highest risk category in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

One of the reasons for the sighting is an improved habitat for the animals, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

China established a nature reserve in Hunchun in 2011 to protect big cats like Amur leopards and Siberian tigers.

"The two leopards, a male and a female, are very much like lovers," Lang Jianmin, education director with the animal conservation bureau in the forest-clad Hunchun City, said.

Lang said the film of the leopards, side by side, was taken on November 16.

"We've hardly seen pictures like these. Amur leopards do not live together unless they are mating. And the honeymoon, once every three years, lasts only about a week," Lang added.

However, the rare scene of the couple, together with a survey released in April shows that the population of Amur leopards has been recovering in China, the agency said.

The survey, co-conducted by Jilin Provincial Forestry Department (JPFD) and World Wide Fund for Nature, said that the predators are making a comeback as China has improved efforts to protect forests and fight poaching.

Eight Amur leopards, two males and six females, were identified in the survey. Their habitat has grown to 2,064 square kilometres, which is three to four times of that in the late 1990s, according to the survey carried out in Jilin's Changbai Mountains.

Echoing the report, scientists with the Hunchun Nature Reserve said their field cameras spotted Serbian tigers and Amur leopards more than 20 times from August to November.

[Sharlee]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012 ... finds?lite

I believe that if we can convince the chinese that cannibalising poachers is more effective than viagra then poachers will be extinct within months and all our endangered animals can have a sigh of relief.

[Gary Oak]

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Well this cat isn't all that big but.... he belongs here anyways

[Blue Frost]

That a leg trap, that's about nasty of them, or someone to use. The should use a blanket to put over it to get it loose, or some cow hide.
Poor Bob

[Gary Oak]

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[Blue Frost]

Being hooked like that I bet the cat had a major injury

[Shen Li]

Being hooked like that I bet the cat had a major injury

Their wounds heal quickly. I would love to see a cougar or lynx in the wild.

[Blue Frost]

Yeah they do if they don't wonder off, and die first, I bet that one might have.

[Shen Li]

Yeah they do if they don't wonder off, and die first, I bet that one might have.

Unless a horn penetrated an organ, predators wounds heal surprisingly fast.

[Blue Frost]

That horn hooked pretty good, some internal damage was likely done, I about know some ribs was broken.

[Gary Oak]

That cat must have been about 500 hundred pounds. Can you imagine the power of those bulls ? I posted a battle between a rhino and a bull and the rhino won. I wonder how a bull bison or moose would do against one of these African buffalo.

[Blue Frost]

I think a Moose wouldn't have a chance, but a Bull Bison maybe.

[Blue Frost]

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Bison_vs_Buffalo Bison outweighs the Buffalo

[Gary Oak]

This is something that you don't see everyday

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