more mountain lions!

**Bobber** · 12-31-2009, 10:05 AM

These things can kill about anything(including humans). I'm not sure why people think they wouldn't go after a horse...

**clones_jer** · 12-31-2009, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Bobber

These things can kill about anything(including humans). I'm not sure why people think they wouldn't go after a horse...

"In the wild, there is no health care. In the wild, health care is, 'Ow, I hurt my leg. I can't run. A lion eats me. I'm dead.' Well, I'm not dead. I'm the lion. You're dead"

**isufbcurt** · 12-31-2009, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by clones_jer

"In the wild, there is no health care. In the wild, health care is, 'Ow, I hurt my leg. I can't run. A lion eats me. I'm dead.' Well, I'm not dead. I'm the lion. You're dead"

Thats Great!!! I love Dwight's quotes

**baller21** · 12-31-2009, 10:48 AM

the horse on the news with the shredded leg seemed to really be "enjoying" those mountain lions.

**jaretac** · 12-31-2009, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by herbicide

I don't know if I would take that at its word. Horses are awful big for a mountain lion to attack. Especially full grown ones. Even foals by this time of year should be too big for them.

Edit: Wiki does list horses and even cattle as typical prey.

Pound for pound, the mountain lion is the most powerful creature on the planet. Every once in a while a cougar attacks a horse around here.

**clones_jer** · 12-31-2009, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by jaretac

Pound for pound, the mountain lion is the most powerful creature on the planet. Every once in a while a cougar attacks a horse around here.

In trying to disprove you I ran into some information that almost agrees with you. I'm assuming Jaguars & Cougars are pretty closely related:

Cat. The strongest animals in this category, pound-for-pound, are the jaguars. Found in Central and South America, a jaguar (binomial name: Panthera onca) normally weighs as much as 211 lb (95 kg). This powerful predator can drag an 800-lb (360-kg) prey in its jaws up a tree or 8 meters to a safe place where it can devour its meal, away from being spotted by other bigger cats (like a tiger or a lion). This means that for every pound (0.45 kg) a jaguar weighs, it is able to drag the equivalent weight of 3.79 lb (1.71 kg), or nearly four times its own body weight.

**MBulldog** · 12-31-2009, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by jaretac

Pound for pound, the mountain lion is the most powerful creature on the planet. Every once in a while a cougar attacks a horse around here.

False. Ants are the most powerful creatures pound-for-pound on the planet. An 80-pound ant would destroy an 80-pound mountain lion.

**jaretac** · 12-31-2009, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by baller21

the horse on the news with the shredded leg seemed to really be "enjoying" those mountain lions.

This is the same attitude that caused the carrier pigeon to go extent. People find a negative and use that as an excuse not to have that creature around or use it to justify removing that creature. Does it suck for the guy that owes the horses, yes, but maybe Iowans need to adjust to having them around, people in other states have had to do it.

I'm in no way a "tree hugger", but what many of one have advocated is based on a stupid irrational fear.

**clones_jer** · 12-31-2009, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by MBulldog

False. Ants are the most powerful creatures pound-for-pound on the planet. An 80-pound ant would destroy an 80-pound mountain lion.

False. Black bear.

**CloneIce** · 12-31-2009, 11:18 AM

Its nature. Animals eat one another. Its the food chain.

**clones_jer** · 12-31-2009, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by jaretac

This is the same attitude that caused the carrier pigeon to go extent. People find a negative and use that as an excuse not to have that creature around or use it to justify removing that creature. Does it suck for the guy that owes the horses, yes, but maybe Iowans need to adjust to having them around, people in other states have had to do it.

I'm in no way a "tree hugger", but what many of one have advocated is based on a stupid irrational fear.

Why would a carrier pigeon eat a horse when there are plenty of deer for them?

**jaretac** · 12-31-2009, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by MBulldog

False. Ants are the most powerful creatures pound-for-pound on the planet. An 80-pound ant would destroy an 80-pound mountain lion.

I guess I should have said mammal

**MBulldog** · 12-31-2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by jaretac

I guess I should have said mammal

I'll bet a dolphin is pound-for-pound more powerful than a mountain lion.

**clones_jer** · 12-31-2009, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by MBulldog

I'll bet a dolphin is pound-for-pound more powerful than a mountain lion.

just a slow pitch over the middle, but I'll take it.

Originally Posted by Dwight Schrute

Dolphins get a lot of good publicity for the drowning swimmers they push back to shore, but what you don’t hear about is the many people they push farther out to sea! Dolphins aren’t smart. They just like pushing things.