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Humans are capable of fending off cougars, as adult humans are generally larger. It is even possible for humans to win a fight against a cougar, such as the case of Travis Kauffman, who strangled a starving juvenile cougar to death when attacked while jogging. [ 6 ]
A group of cyclists east of Seattle fended off cougar in a rare attack over the weekend that left a woman with injuries to her neck and face, authorities said.
Attacks on humans are very rare, as cougar prey recognition is a learned behavior and they do not generally recognize humans as prey. [106] In a 10-year study in New Mexico of wild cougars who were not habituated to humans, the animals did not exhibit threatening behavior to researchers who approached closely (median distance=18.5 m; 61 feet ...
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A cougar in the snow at North Cedar Brook in Boulder, Colorado, the USA. The North American Cougar is a carnivore and its main sources of prey are deer, elk, mountain goats, moose and bighorn sheep. [24] Despite being a large predator, the North American Cougar can also be the prey of larger predators like wolves and bears. [25]
Of 245 terrestrial members of the Carnivora (the group that includes the cats, dogs, and bears), 177 are solitary; and 35 of the 37 wild cats are solitary, [65] including the cougar and cheetah. [62] [2] However, the solitary cougar does allow other cougars to share in a kill, [66] and the coyote can be either solitary or social. [67]
The spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among dairy cows has worried health experts, who say it increases the risk of the virus becoming a greater threat to humans. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)