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Over 130 attacks have been documented in [1] North America in the past 100 years, with 28 attacks resulting in fatalities. Fatal cougar attacks are extremely rare and occur much less frequently than fatal snake bites, fatal lightning strikes, or fatal bee stings. [2] [3] [4] Generally, humans are not considered as prey by carnivores, including ...
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“I got chills instantly, just thinking about how easily I could have been standing there, and that thing could’ve jumped on me.”
“In Washington state, there have been two fatal cougar attacks and approximately 20 other recorded encounters that resulted in human injury in the last 100 years,” she told CNN.
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Attacks on humans are very rare, as cougar prey recognition is a learned behavior and they do not generally recognize humans as prey. [14] Attacks on people, livestock, and pets may occur when a puma habituates to humans or is in a condition of severe starvation.
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