I am new to this site, and i have a hell of a story. Lastnight i was driving down Hawkins road in Jackson. I thought a deer was standing in the middle of the road, but when i got closer it was a mountain lion with a main. i slowed down i did not want to wack it my front ends screwed up enough. All the times in the pines a saw Deer and coyotes, but seeing a mountain lion out here gave me a idea on how wild the pines really are.
Mountain Lions in the Pines
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Doesn't sound like a Mountain Lion, ie Cougar; they don't have manes. Did you report it? If it's from GA, the authorities need to know. These things tend to eat a lot and probably aren't very picky.
Sweet.. How much are tabs of that acid going for? Kidding, but if you saw what you're describing, I dont think it was wild. Jackson does have quite a bit of undeveloped land, but is definately growing as a township.. doubt there are African Lions there.
are you sure it wasn't the jersey devil? were there any strange lights in the sky? have you suffered a traumatic head injury recently? .....just kidding, at least it wasn't bigfoot, he can really mess up your head.
I used to be amused by such reports but after the tiger episode in Jackson a few years back anything is possible!
I have not been through the GA Safari recently, last time I was there they had the big cats. The site has Lions listed as being there.
It only takes two.
Pretty sure there are more than two FL panthers and they're not doing so hot. One breeding pair is not a viable population.
Actually, that is true. It's estimated that at least a few hundred individuals are required to prevent a genetic bottleneck, which would be the doom of the population.
He said it had a mane so the cougar/mountain lion/ puma thought's not even considered.
what Sue means by "genetic bottleneck" is that a population passes through a restricted "bottleneck" in size - this can be caused by chance events, etc. In this case there would not be enough genetic variability for the population to thrive sustainably.
i believe this story. i had a similar experiance.
last summer, i saw a large cat of some kind in the medford area near gravelly hallow road. it was orange and had a thick long tail. i was about 100 yards away and i watched it walk across the road. by the time i made it to the spot where it had crossed the road, the cat had entered the woods and i lost sight of it.
so i wouldn't doubt it if he's tellin the truth, espcially with that amusement park in the same area.
(p.s. it's a damn shame you didn't have a camera. i know i wish i had been able to get a photo for proof)
last summer, i saw a large cat of some kind in the medford area near gravelly hallow road. it was orange and had a thick long tail. i was about 100 yards away and i watched it walk across the road. by the time i made it to the spot where it had crossed the road, the cat had entered the woods and i lost sight of it.
so i wouldn't doubt it if he's tellin the truth, espcially with that amusement park in the same area.
(p.s. it's a damn shame you didn't have a camera. i know i wish i had been able to get a photo for proof)
You are right, I didn't write what I meant. (rough weekend, don't ask). I meant that if a genetic bottleneck resulted in the loss of all but a few hundred that the species was doomed.
