In southern Canada and the United States live in the forests of the graceful, beautiful and very strong predator - the cougar.The animal has more than fifty different names, but it is used more often.The beast belongs to a family of small wild cats, so it has its ideal of genetic skills, good vision and hearing.In some regions, mountain lion, puma called, and this is no accident, because the animal in appearance resembles a small lioness, only face smaller and rounder, and semicircular ears.
Habitat predator rather wide, it feels good in the mountainous terrain and the plains and swamps.The ability to adapt to any conditions is very helpful in the struggle for survival, even at the height of more than 3 km cougar dating.Animals living in the mountains, a little smaller in size, which gives it prytkost and confidence.Predator leads a solitary life, males face in bloody fights rarely, because they have the habit mark territory, warning the rest of the beasts, the place is busy.
only at the time of furnishing the offspring predators look for a mate.During this time they prefer to hide and as little as possible to come across people in the eye.The female produces one to three cubs, pregnancy lasts 100 days.Excellent running speed differs such as the puma, the animal.Photo predator during an attack on the victim gives an idea of his skill and ingenuity.It was recorded high jump about 3-4 m, besides a cougar can jump from a height of 18 m and remain alive and unharmed.
main object of hunting for a predator - a deer, but when they were little, the beast does not neglect and other prey.Small birds, marmots, anteaters, prairie dogs, porcupines, skunks, snakes and turtles also produces itself cougar.The animal has very powerful legs, but did not like long run, because it is rapidly losing strength.For this reason, the predator has developed other tactics - to attack from ambush.Puma sneaking up to the victim, preparing to leap and make rapid, like a rocket attack.
When in the Americas lived only indigenous people, and Columbus did not discover New land for Europeans on the continent quietly lived and reproduce such as a puma, an animal.Black Panther has long been considered one of its versions, but it turned out to be an erroneous assumption.Puma is a separate species, before it vodilas everywhere.After the arrival of the first settlers started to grow the city, built a farm, where livestock.Predators are addicted to horses, especially foals they liked meat, persistent attacks provoked fury from local residents, and animals began to massively exterminate.
In some regions, after the disappearance of mountain lions, a huge number of battleships, causing even greater losses farms.In 1960 in America, there are about 6,000 species, biologists have begun to sound the alarm, because it is almost on the verge of extinction was the cougar.The animal is now protected by law, three subspecies immediately brought in the Red Book.Puma does not represent any particular risk to humans, she prefers not to appear on the eyes and hunts only animals.If there were cases of attacks, it's just an attempt to protect their lives or their young.
