Billbobboy42 wrote:
Aren’t they the same?
Yes, they are! We don't have them around here, so I never knew that they were the same cat with different names. Why in the world does one animal need three names?
sb
Loc: Florida's East Coast
jerryc41 wrote:
Which of these is the most dangerous: panther, cougar, mountain lion?
Answer to come, but I suspect you already know.
A catamount is the worst....
sb
Loc: Florida's East Coast
I was amused that the notable movie "Black Panther" was set in the mythical country of Wakanda in Africa - where there are some large and fearsome cats, but no panthers!
Puma concolor is the MOST dangerous. Unless she's on TV, of course.
flyguy
Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Billbobboy42 wrote:
Aren’t they the same?
Yes, they are all the same.
Indi
Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.
Aren’t they all the same animal?
Bridges
Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA
jerryc41 wrote:
Which of these is the most dangerous: panther, cougar, mountain lion?
Answer to come, but I suspect you already know.
Panther in the form of the Tiger. While Mountain Lion and Cougar refer to the large cats found in the Americas, Panther is a genus name that can be attributed to any of the large cats around the world including Tigers and Lions. The term "Black Panther" usually is associated with Leopards and Jaguars.
Cougar because it can be animal or human (female)
jccash wrote:
Watch out for them all cougars if you know what I mean.
I think most of us old guys on here aren’t even on a cougar’s radar.
Stan
yorkiebyte
Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR
jerryc41 wrote:
Which of these is the most dangerous: panther, cougar, mountain lion?
Answer to come, but I suspect you already know.
Met a Couger at a bar once. VERY dangerous!
StanMac wrote:
I think most of us old guys on here aren’t even on a cougar’s radar.
Stan
If we have enough money we might be on the radar of a few young cougar cubs.
jerryc41 wrote:
Which of these is the most dangerous: panther, cougar, mountain lion?
Answer to come, but I suspect you already know.
Jerry et al,
jaguars are the only genus of Panthera in the Americas.
North American cougar/mountain lion/most correctly
pumas are
not of the genus Panthera
A "panther" is a melanistic ie a black Leopard or Jaguar... both being of the genus Panthera.
Jaguars are larger and heavier than pumas,
logic and reason prevailing, Panthers are the most dangerous.
A panther is like a leopard
except it hasn't been peppered
should you behold a panther
crouch prepare to say ouch
better yet, if called by a panther
don't anther... Ogden Nash
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