Plenty of people are afraid of running into a mountain lion in the woods, and a new video might be extra “nightmare fuel” for those folks. Four mountain lions captured on a trail camera show an entire family.
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Caleb Harding, who lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, captured the images on his camera.
The video starts with one cougar passing the camera, followed by two more. Finally, a third larger mountain lion passes by.
Harding, who is a hunter, used the moment to celebrate what makes the outdoors great.
“This proud momma has three strapping kids and she looks healthy and heavy herself, one of the most impressive feats I’ve seen in the bush,” Harding wrote on the post. “It would be easy to consider her competition as we are both hunting Elk this fall. But, I’m thankful there are places on the rock healthy enough that we can all live off the land.”
Mountain Lion Families
As he mentioned, this is most likely a family of mountain lions. While mountain lions are known to be solitary animals, often living dozens, if not hundreds, of miles from others, cubs usually stay with their mothers. In fact, mountain lion cubs often stay with their mother for the first 18 months of their lives.
Cougars usually have one to four cubs, so seeing three here isn’t uncommon. That said, unfortunately, only one in six cubs makes it to adulthood.
Once they do make it to a year and a half, the cubs will set off on their own to claim their own territory. As mentioned, they are solitary creatures and will often have territories as large as 100 square miles. That’s roughly the size of Sacramento, California. The lions won’t leave that territory until they feel like it’s time to seek out a mate.
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