What is the correct name for these cats, by the way? Mountain lions, pumas or cougars? Why can’t they just settle on one? Confusing to us Africans especially considering the runner wouldn’t have survived a real lion? .
What is the correct name for these cats, by the way? Mountain lions, pumas or cougars? Why can’t they just settle on one? Confusing to us Africans especially considering the runner wouldn’t have survived a real lion? .
Travis Kaufmann was the CO runner who defeated a mountain lion. A stream of a press conference held earlier this afternoon can be found on the Colorado Parks and WIldlife Twitter feed and Facebook.
https://twitter.com/COParksWildlife/status/1096138846306164736
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Possible sibling of the mountain lion.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-colorado-mountain-lion-20190215-story.htmlThatAverageRunner wrote:
Look buddy. The department of wildlife said it was about 80lbs. Who the f cares if it was 70 or 85lbs. It’s still a crazy story. Get over yourself.
"A necropsy report said the lion that attacked Kauffman was male, four or five months old, weighing 35 to 40 pounds."
I don't expect an apology from letsrunners. Random, anonymous internet posters will attack anyone and try to tear them down.
I hope this proves that I'm legit and not a "troll" as I'm accused of being just for going against Democrats.
Banana Bread wrote:
Most distance runners wouldn't be able to do this. I hate to admit it but we are weaklings. I bet Bekele could destroy a mountain lion if he came across one. If I was attacked I would probably look for a long stick to poke it and throw rocks at it. The biggest thing I've ever killed was a swan though. Luckily there are no mountain lions anywhere near Tulsa.
You are a moron.
Who are you
Slow Bro wrote:
UFC's newest star wrote:
All joking aside, this is incredible. I don't care if that cat was juvenile or not, they're an apex predator vs a human.
An apex predator vs. the greatest apex predator on the planet. Don't sleep on humans, even though some of our numbers are weak.
If humans decided that we wanted to eradicate mountain lions, it would be comically easy for us to do so. We actually have to work really hard to make sure we aren't killing ALL of the other apex predators, like sharks, crocs/gators, hippos, etc...
It wouldn't be comically easy when you consider the South American population. There is a whole lot of much more jungly and jagged mountain terrain there than there is harboring the NA population.
Banana Boat wrote:
Banana Bread wrote:
Most distance runners wouldn't be able to do this. I hate to admit it but we are weaklings. I bet Bekele could destroy a mountain lion if he came across one. If I was attacked I would probably look for a long stick to poke it and throw rocks at it. The biggest thing I've ever killed was a swan though. Luckily there are no mountain lions anywhere near Tulsa.
You are a moron.
Do you like calling people morons on the internet?
Bad Wigins wrote:
I Am Sam wrote:
And yet Americans believe that Lions roam the streets of South Africa...or kangaroos in Australia for that matter
Baboons do, in South Africa. And they'd be better off it were lions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cph0D7Vdjp4
LOL
That's because the baboons are smarter than American tourists. ;-)
Tourists are the ones ignoring the "DO NOT FEED BABOONS" signs because they think its cute, and maybe looks good on FB. Baboons say "Thank you, what else do you have , give it here" and quickly realise it is easier to get food from the tourists cars, leading to local population's houses etc
Banana Bread wrote: Do you like calling people morons on the internet?
It's "M-O-R-A-N"
Moran.
facts and reason wrote:
https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-colorado-mountain-lion-20190215-story.htmlThatAverageRunner wrote:
Look buddy. The department of wildlife said it was about 80lbs. Who the f cares if it was 70 or 85lbs. It’s still a crazy story. Get over yourself.
"A necropsy report said the lion that attacked Kauffman was male, four or five months old, weighing 35 to 40 pounds."
I don't expect an apology from letsrunners. Random, anonymous internet posters will attack anyone and try to tear them down.
I hope this proves that I'm legit and not a "troll" as I'm accused of being just for going against Democrats.
That weight was taken after the lion was choked to death. Obviously it’s going to be lighter with all the air squeezed out of it.
facts and reason wrote:
http://portfolio.jeffwendorff.com/img/s6/v150/p660503925-4.jpgWe don't know how big the juvenile was. It's possible that you are overrating the runner.
It's possible the juvenile was very hungry because of the recent snowstorms in winter and was less than 50 pounds.
This post definitely had it more right than wrong:
"The necropsy performed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife veterinarians in Fort Collins identified the lion as a "kitten'' with a weight of 24 pounds. However, the animal was heavily scavenged and officials estimated the animal's live weight was 35 to 40 pounds."
That's not to say if wasn't a fair fight:
"The 31-year-old Kauffman, who stands 5-feet-10 and weighs 150 pounds..."
Colorado wildlife officials determined the mountain lion was between 35-40 pounds and about 3 months old. Sort of cooled my thoughts that the guy was a bad ass. 35 pounds and 3 months old, basically a small and weak kitten.
https://people.com/human-interest/mountain-lion-killed-by-colorado-runner-was-kitten/
facts and reason wrote:
https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-colorado-mountain-lion-20190215-story.htmlThatAverageRunner wrote:
Look buddy. The department of wildlife said it was about 80lbs. Who the f cares if it was 70 or 85lbs. It’s still a crazy story. Get over yourself.
"A necropsy report said the lion that attacked Kauffman was male, four or five months old, weighing 35 to 40 pounds."
I don't expect an apology from letsrunners. Random, anonymous internet posters will attack anyone and try to tear them down.
I hope this proves that I'm legit and not a "troll" as I'm accused of being just for going against Democrats.
I never had a stake in this discussion but a 40lbs cat is still extremely dangerous. I had an under 10lb house cat give me pretty bad bites and scratches.
Claws and teeth are very sharp and a man’s throat is very soft... which cats instinctively go for.
Point is, fully grown mountain lions at about 50kg hunt types of deer weighing up to 200kg, and even bigger animals weighing up to 500kg, so a skinny runner did well to hold his own against even a baby. A fully grown cat would just kill him.
24lbs?
Guy basically killed a house cat.
Congrats.
Kitten killer wrote:
24lbs?
Guy basically killed a house cat.
Congrats.
House cats weigh less than 10lbs.
The cats remaining carcass weighed 24lbs after being eaten by other cats. It weighed 35-40lbs during the attack.
I would not want to get into a confrontation with a 40lb cat who’s instinct is to open my throat and neither would you if you were smart. Bull terriers are ~50lbs and one of the most dangerous dog breeds.
What if a vegan ultra runner was attacked by a lion. Would he kill an animal?
Banana Bread wrote:
What if a vegan ultra runner was attacked by a lion. Would he kill an animal?
Depends on if he is vegan for ethics or health. If ethics, he has to lie down and cry while getting eaten, if for health, he fights back and cries later while his ethical vegan friends berate him. He then has to get a vasectomy for penance.
