A necropsy revealed the mountain lion was about 4 to 5 months old and weighed between 35 and 40 pounds when alive, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.Quote:
Originally Posted by davsel
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A necropsy revealed the mountain lion was about 4 to 5 months old and weighed between 35 and 40 pounds when alive, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.Quote:
Originally Posted by davsel
So, a big bobcat with a lack of hunting/killing skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels
Not quite the Sampson story that seems to be circulating.
I don't want to wrestle with a pissed off 8 pound house cat, much less a wild one 5 times that size. I know a guy that ended up with over a hundred stitches as the result of a bobcat encounter, so I'm not gonna bag on this guy. Yeah, it wasn't a 100 pound adult, but it wasn't a joke either.Quote:
Originally Posted by davsel
Im glad the man is going to be okay but the whole thing bothers me actually & I wish folks would just leave it. The animal was hungry & desperate & became dinner instead. It was only a matter of time.
Done.
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Who trusted God was love indeed
And love Creation's final law
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shriek'd against his creed
I've been on the receiving end of a pissed off 8 pound house cat and it's not pretty.Quote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
But also not pretty for the cat when they land at the bottom of the basement stairs at a high rate of speed. (There were no animals harmed during this particular incident)
Was it ever revealed how he killed the cat or did I miss it?
He pinned it to the ground and stood on its neck.Quote:
Originally Posted by GilpinGuy
My mom's heard that it was about 40 pounds, so still a very, very young cat. She speculates that means its mother was killed and that it never properly learned to hunt. That's increased by the fact that its stomach only had a small amount of vegetative material, and since they're obligate carnivores that basically means it was starving. Likely its siblings were too, hence why they ate it after its death.
Attachment 77398The memes out of this attack were priceless.
There's an update to this story in the Coloradoan.
Seems the lion was wearing a MAGA hat
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Anybody else see this? Original story here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/us/mo...ner/index.html
"A necropsy revealed the mountain lion was about 4 to 5 months old and weighed between 35 and 40 pounds when alive, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife."
Not to sound insulting but all the headlines made it sound like this guy is a superhero for fighting it of but that sounds incredibly small for a mountain lion. Almost big bobcat size. I'm sure it was still a danger at 35-40 lbs as some dogs of that size could be lethal, but imagine if it were a 200lb male! There's little chance he would have survived that encounter.
I've seen full grown mountain lions in the wild on multiple occasions and I've always been incredibly fascinated with them. I would never want to tussle with one. They are incredible animals.
24 lb kitten. Can of pepper spray would have fixed it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...sy/3018766002/
24 pounds remaining after it had been eaten on.
Story on the 1998 Roxborough Park attack...
(Much more interesting than choking a kitten)
https://www.outdoorlife.com/articles...arpenters-peak
It was obviously a young cat. If it was an adult he never would have killed it.
Ever met a truly feral house cat with a chip on its shoulder? A 9lb house cat can tear you up. A 35lb young lion is no joke.
Still got the scars!Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
I remember first seeing this story in the Reader's Digest and later finding an article in the Denver Post.
At the time, my Everyday Carry Knife was a Swiss Army Knife.
1998: 28 April. Andy Peterson, 24, an experienced hiker from Littleton, was attacked in Roxborough State Park, Colorado, while hiking alone in the 3,000 acre park on the Carpenter Peak trail about 2 to 3 miles west of the visitor center.
The hiker came upon the lion, who was "chewing on a stick", while descending a trail. A 30 minute standoff ended when the lion attacked as the hiker attempted to "retreat up the trail". The lion retreated after it was stabbed once with the 3" blade of a Swiss army knife, attacked again, and then left after the hiker "jabbed his thumb in the lion's eye". The hiker received deep cuts to his head and face, and was hospitalized in fair and stable condition.
Jim Jones, an area wildlife manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, said that the lion probably wasn't driven away by the hiker's action, but instead "just lost interest", since lions are used to receiving wounds from their prey
Wildlife officials believe the reason the cat attacked was that it was young and learning how to hunt, based on the description provided by Peterson. (Denver Post, 5/1/98, B-01; 5/6/98, B-03)
Seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delfuego
We had a cat that we found as a kitty in the AZ desert. She was the devil.
She somehow survived all the things that normally eat cats in the desert even though she spent 95% of her time roaming around. She lived to be like 21. And no one in the house could walk around barefoot for 21 years because if she was around, she'd attack your feet. She hated bare feet for some reason. And hands draped over the back of the sofa. And dogs. And other cats. And birds. And being petted.
Not sure if she liked anything actually. Oh, yeah she did. She loved killing other animals. Even rabbits bigger than her.
Don't trust cats.
I know, right?
They removed the comments. I said A young "Kitten" still has 2" canines and 3" claws. Not something i'd want to mess with kitten or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
I've seen bobcats. I have 10lb house cats. I've seen mt. lions. I don't want to mess with any of them.
I'll shove a pill down a dog's throat. I'm breaking out the welding gloves and leather apron for a cat.
I'm not knocking the guy. He was attacked and he reacted. The situation sux but welcome to the mountains.
Welcome to the mountains, we've got 24lb cats! /AxleRose
I farking HATE Axle Rose. Thanks, now it's off to listen to Iron Man. Black Sabbath can remove any song in your head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
You should check out Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats.