Here, Kitty Kitty

[georged]

Some mountain bikers in California were riding up a rural(ish) mountain(ish) road while filming their trip (of course) with a cell phone.

They went past this patch-o-scrub ---







..and as soon as they did, this slid out of the tangle and started following them with nom nom on its mind ---






Can you spot the sweet l'il kitty in the first photo?

 

[Briarcutter]

The two black eyes?

 

[Pypkė]

It's doing what cats love to do (first photo) - LOOKING.

 

[Servant King]

No photos of the resulting disembowelment? I'm disappointed...

 

[Infantry23]

If I saw that on a trail I would probably disembowel myself in my pants.

 

[BigR]

That kitty was hid good.

 

[greeneyes]

Jaguars are also returning to the Southwest USA as well.

 

[anotherbob]

Maybe has babies?

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

I heard these things can jump 45 feet horizontally, where was the hustle?

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Reminds me of the guy who got stalked by a mountain lion.

"Hey! I'm not going to bug you!" the kitty didn't seem to be listening

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Then there was this one.

"stupid kitty cat!" "fuck you dude!"

 

[Sig]

Mountain Lions are very nosey. Even if eating or cubs aren't on their mind, they sometimes follow people.
Ive been followed a couple times, once in the dark while looking for a friends camp. If it wanted to attack, it had plenty of chances.
The odds of being attacked by a cat you see is very low. Its the ones you dont see that you need to worry about. The VAST majority of people attacked by lions say they didnt see it until it was on them. Even with cubs, lions are much less inclined to attack than bears. While living in the bush we learned that if you see a bear cub, take immediate action to protect yourself. This means get to an open area and draw your weapon of choice.

 

[Dixie Piper]

After meeting a few Californian's that have moved to my state I must say we need more hungry mountain lions in California to help control the overpopulation of Californians.

I just wish Briar Lee was here to tell us of the 1906 Mountain lion attack on a herd of gold prospectors that were bringing Buoy gold to the state for the first annual bug tussle dance off.

 

[romaso]

Kitty is just curious! If they were stalking, you wouldn't see them.

 

[zanxion]

I bet the cyclists broke all strava records that time.

 

[Briarcutter]

That kitty was hid good.
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I missed it!

 

[BingBong]

California? "Can I Has Cheeseburger?"

 

[Sig]

The lions in much of California are MUCH more dangerous than lions in other states. Its kinda like when urban white tail deer lose their fear of humans and come within yards of people. Deer is the "wild" disappear in a snorting rage at the mear sight of a human.
The urban California lions become dangerous when they lose their fear of humans. I know people in California who have seen lions on many occasions. I also know hard core hunters in Montana who have never seen a lion. And Montana has more lions per square mile in many areas. I've seen a few because I was looking for them. It can take a week to find a lion in Montana when looking very hard. And sometimes when getting out of the truck at the search area, boom, there's a lion in the parking lot. Bears and wolves are much easier to locate, they are predictable, lions are very unpredictable.

 

[Briarcutter]

The lions in much of California are MUCH more dangerous than lions in other states. Its kinda like when urban white tail deer lose their fear of humans and come within yards of people. Deer is the "wild" disappear in a snorting rage at the mear sight of a human.
The urban California lions become dangerous when they lose their fear of humans. I know people in California who have seen lions on many occasions. I also know hard core hunters in Montana who have never seen a lion. And Montana has more lions per square mile in many areas. I've seen a few because I was looking for them. It can take a week to find a lion in Montana when looking very hard. And sometimes when getting out of the truck at the search area, boom, there's a lion in the parking lot. Bears and wolves are much easier to locate, they are predictable, lions are very unpredictable.

You'd probably know the answer to this Sig. So of all the wild animal attacks in the states, excluding dogs,where to cats (lions) rate? As in how many. We've all heard of bear attacks but what of cats? Are they rare?

 

[Sobrbiker]