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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Oct 13, 2020 10:41:16 GMT -5
Yikes.
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Post by chrom on Oct 13, 2020 10:46:52 GMT -5
That Cougar could've killed him at anytime if it wanted too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 10:48:59 GMT -5
That Cougar could've killed him at anytime if it wanted too. No joke. Then again, Red Dead did instill fear of cougars.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Oct 13, 2020 10:50:12 GMT -5
I once had a Cougar stalk me for a week. Then she got bored.
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Post by chrom on Oct 13, 2020 10:54:57 GMT -5
That Cougar could've killed him at anytime if it wanted too. No joke. Then again, Red Dead did instill fear of cougars. A Cougar could be spying on you for over an hour and you'd never realize it. That's how quiet and stealthy they are
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Post by Cyno on Oct 13, 2020 11:10:46 GMT -5
According to ZooMiami curator Ron Magil, he pretty much did everything right when the cougar actually stalked him. A lot of predatory animals like cougars don't want a confrontation and rather go for an easy kill. Like running would've probably got him killed.
That said, he got himself into that situation.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Oct 13, 2020 11:44:23 GMT -5
Man, cougars ain't nothing to f*** with.
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Post by Fade on Oct 13, 2020 11:50:48 GMT -5
I like skimmed parts of this video yesterday but there were times when it seemed he could have furthered the gap and didn’t. I dunno, I’d be freaking out in this situation. Pretty terrifying.
This and story of the guy strangling one a while back is what keeps me from jogging in hiking trails. As much as I’d want to, f*** that noise. I already get paranoid when hiking with just one other person.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Oct 13, 2020 11:58:21 GMT -5
wonder if it was him facing the cougar, that was the reason it still came forward never seen a full frontal attacking defense move before, how it pins it's ears back and flails it's front legs like that
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Post by The Ichi on Oct 13, 2020 12:02:31 GMT -5
That Cougar didn't level it's stealth all that well.
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 13, 2020 12:11:50 GMT -5
I once had a Cougar stalk me for a week. Then she got bored. I first read this as "Then she got boned." I laughed a lot. Then I saw my mistake. I laughed a lot again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 12:22:16 GMT -5
When it started leaping at him is when I would have just did a theatrical faint and died because f*** that.
He did everything right....but also got REALLY f***ing lucky that this cougar wasn't joined by another one because this would have ended very differently.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Oct 13, 2020 12:36:43 GMT -5
I was always told to look intimidating, make noise and don’t act like you’re prey.
Wild animals generally don’t want a confrontation just for the sake of a fight
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Oct 13, 2020 12:48:01 GMT -5
It only didn’t attack because he kept facing it. I think whenever he would lose eye contact is when it did that jump
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Oct 13, 2020 13:01:51 GMT -5
Damn, that shit is mad.
What did he do there at the end to get rid of it?
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Post by Fade on Oct 13, 2020 13:04:16 GMT -5
I was always told to look intimidating, make noise and don’t act like you’re prey. Wild animals generally don’t want a confrontation just for the sake of a fight Yeah I’ve seen people theorize it was being territorially defensive over its babies or something.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Oct 13, 2020 13:45:46 GMT -5
There's apparently more video where he's getting close to Cubs. Gotta be smarter than that.
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Post by hassanchop on Oct 13, 2020 13:56:42 GMT -5
He got off fine thankfully. If he stayed longer
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Post by badkarma on Oct 13, 2020 14:07:24 GMT -5
Man, cougars ain't nothing to f*** with. That’s why I prefer younger women.
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 13, 2020 14:11:20 GMT -5
There's apparently more video where he's getting close to Cubs. Gotta be smarter than that. I haven't seen this yet but it makes a lot of sense if it's true. That looked more like "Go away, go a long ass way away. Keep going. Keeeeep goooooing." more than "Hmmm maybe you would be a good lunch!" Predators don't burn calories for shits and giggles.
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