Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Cougars

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(08-04-2020, 06:24 PM)Balam Wrote: @peter @Pckts @Dark Jaguar @epaiva and others, o have some great news. So I asked Wayajapuma who is a researcher of cougars from Torres del Paine National park in Chile if he knew of ant captures that had occured in the area, this was his answer:

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"In the year 2008 of 2009, I don't remember well, a male of close to 110 kg was captured and collared, and a female was captured as well in the Cerro Guido reserve, ever since we haven't done more captures"

I then asked him if he knew of cases of cougars killing adult wild horses and he said he does, but that cougars will only target horses in areas were guanacos are scarce.

This is amazing information because it confirms some of our guesses that these cougars are some of, if not the biggest, population in the world. The horse feats are also the first recorded on adult individuals, predation on wild horses in North America and Los Llanos has been documented but only on foals and sub-adults.

@Balam
Thanks a lot for your valuable information, they grow huge in Chile for sure Reply