Olivia Maes · @oamaes
257 followers · 585 posts · Server maly.iohttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2388559-cougars-are-changing-the-way-they-hunt-so-bears-dont-steal-their-food/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=currents
#carnivores #felids #ecology #research #cougars #MountainLions #puma
#carnivores #felids #ecology #research #cougars #mountainlions #puma
GrrlScientist Ⓥ :verified: · @GrrlScientist
130 followers · 83 posts · Server mstdn.science
Editorial: We CAN give mountain lion kittens an easier life than P-22 had
500 mountain lions have been killed on California roads in the last 8 years
#MountainLions #UrbanWildlife #California https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-31/editorial-lets-try-to-give-these-mountain-lion-kittens-an-easier-life-than-p-22-had
#mountainlions #urbanwildlife #california
AI6YR · @ai6yr
3655 followers · 19322 posts · Server m.ai6yr.org
Three mountain lion #kittens found in #SimiValley. Per the NPS: "Biologists located the kittens in a dense patch of poison oak nestled among large boulders on May 18. All three kittens appeared healthy" #wildlife #animals #MountainLions #kitty #NationalParkService #NPS #VenturaCounty https://www.nps.gov/samo/learn/news/all-female-litter-of-mountain-lion-kittens-discovered-in-simi-hills.htm
#kittens #simivalley #wildlife #animals #mountainlions #kitty #nationalparkservice #nps #venturacounty
Sarah Primate · @LangurLover
458 followers · 1061 posts · Server toot.wales
Magpieblog · @sarahc
1213 followers · 5934 posts · Server mas.toHaving grown up largely in the LA area, and spent a lot of time wandering around in the local hills and mountains, I'm always interested in how mountain lions continue to hang on in such an urbanized area of California. Especially when there are kittens -- three of them, to be exact.
#MountainLions #kittens #BigCats #wildlife #LosAngeles #California
#california #losangeles #wildlife #bigcats #kittens #mountainlions
anna_lillith 🇺🇦Ⓥ🐖 · @anna_lillith
1264 followers · 9216 posts · Server mas.toA science paper released last week discusses the issue of human-caused mortality for large carnivores, specifically #MountainLions in #California. The authors found that human-caused mortality, which includes conflict management and vehicles, is exceeding natural mortality despite mountain lions being protected from hunting. They also found that human-caused mortality is additive to natural mortality, meaning it adds to the overall number of deaths rather than compensating for it.
Olivia Maes · @oamaes
229 followers · 505 posts · Server maly.ioFour Colorado #MountainLions died from #AvianFlu, but #mammal crossover has slowed.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/04/11/avian-flu-mammal-crossover-slowed/
#puma #cougar #epidimiology #bobcat
#mountainlions #avianflu #mammal #puma #cougar #epidimiology #bobcat
anna_lillith 🇺🇦Ⓥ🐖 · @anna_lillith
1240 followers · 9016 posts · Server mas.to
#WildlifeServices - the secretive #USDA wildlife killing program* - killed 56,089 #coyotes; 26,371 #beavers; 2,432 #foxes; 515 #bobcats; 450 #BlackBears; 219 #GrayWolves; 205 #MountainLions + 7 federally protected #GrizzlyBears in 2022.
*Paid for by taxpayers
- Wolf Conversation Center 🐺
#grizzlybears #mountainlions #graywolves #blackBears #bobcats #foxes #beavers #coyotes #usda #WildlifeServices
Olivia Maes · @oamaes
227 followers · 501 posts · Server maly.ioLove this study:
‘Garden to Hunt’: Panthera Study Shows #Pumas Utilize Sly Strategy of Fertilizing Plants That Recruit #Prey to Hunting Hotspots.
https://panthera.org/newsroom/garden-hunt-panthera-study-shows-pumas-utilize-sly-strategy-fertilizing-plants-recruit
#research #science #ecology #felids #cougars #MountainLions #carnivores
#pumas #prey #research #science #ecology #felids #cougars #mountainlions #carnivores
Phys.org · @physorg_bot
424 followers · 10283 posts · Server social.platypush.techReferenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-humans-death-california-mountain-lions.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-03-humans-death-california-mountain-lions.html
Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1637891763472834595#m
Humans still the leading cause of death for #California #mountainlions @unlnews @PNASNews https://phys.org/news/2023-03-humans-death-california-mountain-lions.html
Katrina Katrinka · @katrinakatrinka
234 followers · 1787 posts · Server infosec.exchange
It's a terribly sad #caturday if Governor Spencer Cox signs #Utah #HB469 into law.
Please contact his office (https://governor.utah.gov/contact/) and ask him to veto it.
#utpol #utleg #cougars #MountainLions #hunting
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/03/02/legislature-allows-year-round/
#caturday #utah #hb469 #utpol #utleg #cougars #mountainlions #hunting
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
50 followers · 380 posts · Server sfba.social#CarCrashes, the #fossilfuel toll, on people animals insects and butterflies: About 70 #mountainlions are fatally struck on #California’s 15,000 miles of #highway each year — and the deadliest stretch of all for the #protectedspecies is Interstate 280 running through the Peninsula, according to a new study from UC Davis researchers. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/mountain-lion-highway-california-17770742.php
#carcrashes #fossilfuel #mountainlions #california #highway #protectedspecies
Ian Rose · @ianrosewrites
1037 followers · 526 posts · Server scicomm.xyzA coyote can't replace a cougar. (* No shade to coyotes. Love a coyote.) In the latest issue of Ecosphere, researchers show once again that there's no replacement for the ecosystem services of an apex predator. Paper is open and free to read:
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecs2.4383
#openscience #coyotes #mountainlions #predators #ecology
Olivia Maes · @oamaes
198 followers · 387 posts · Server maly.io#Ecology of large #felids and their #prey in small reserves of the Yucatán Peninsula of #Mexico.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365273970_Ecology_of_large_felids_and_their_prey_in_small_reserves_of_the_Yucatan_Peninsula_of_Mexico
"even small reserves play an important role in increasing the continuity of #habitat for prey and large felids, whose generalist habits suppress interspecific competition for increasingly limiting prey that are largely shared between them and humans."
#conservation #carnivores #puma #jaguar #cougars #MountainLions
#ecology #felids #prey #mexico #habitat #conservation #carnivores #puma #jaguar #cougars #mountainlions
anna_lillith 🇺🇦 · @anna_lillith
891 followers · 6784 posts · Server mas.to
#WildlifeServices is a taxpayer funded, federal program that targets and kills tens of thousands of native species in the #US each year, including... #wolves, #mountainlions, black #bears, & even threatened #GrizzlyBears, largely to protect private agriculture & #livestock interests. 🐻 🌿🐺
#RelistWolves #ProtectOurWildlife #BanHunting #BanTrapping #SeeAnimalsAsIndividuals
#seeanimalsasindividuals #BanTrapping #banhunting #protectourwildlife #relistwolves #livestock #grizzlybears #bears #mountainlions #wolves #us #WildlifeServices
Olivia Maes · @oamaes
197 followers · 350 posts · Server maly.io#Texas is the only state with a breeding population of #MountainLions that has virtually no protections for the species. Males, females, and cubs can all be killed year-round, with no limits on harvest. Texas is the only state of the sixteen with breeding populations that allows recreational trapping.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/texas-only-state-no-protection-mountain-lions/
#texas #mountainlions #carnivores #felids #cougars #puma #conservation
Olivia Maes · @oamaes
179 followers · 321 posts · Server maly.ioDetermining #puma habitat suitability in the Eastern USA
We [...] identified 17 areas in the Upper Midwest, Ozarks, Appalachia, and New England that could potentially host puma populations in the future. Thirteen of these were larger than 10,000 km2 and so likely to ensure a puma population’s long-term genetic health.
#conservation #carnivores #felids #cougars #MountainLions #ecology
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-022-02529-z
#puma #conservation #carnivores #felids #cougars #mountainlions #ecology
molly · @lamountain
243 followers · 907 posts · Server lor.shI still scroll through twitter, block ads, click a like or comment but now, with some distance, 95% of it just seems dumb. We’re outrage addicts.
I do like it here but admittedly haven’t put much time into making it more interesting.
Mostly I’m either reading books on my phone or watching wildlife trail cams. If you haven’t watched a bear play in a pond in the wild, why are you even online? #ParlimentOfOwls #TrailCam #bears #mountainlions
#parlimentofowls #trailcam #bears #mountainlions
Lilysea · @Lilysea
170 followers · 989 posts · Server aus.socialWildlife in the rainforests of Honduras
#Wildlife
#Jaguars
#Ocelots
#MountainLions
#Rainforest
#Rainforests
#wildlife #jaguars #ocelots #mountainlions #rainforest #rainforests
Arthur wyatt · @arthurwyatt
540 followers · 1109 posts · Server wandering.shop
Mountain Lion kittens! https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-12/four-mountain-lion-kittens-born-santa-monica-mountains #cats #mountainLions #p22 #california
#cats #mountainlions #P22 #california