#mountain lion

[vintagewildlife]

Florida panther By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

[bene-darkmans]

the mountain lions are unwittingly practicing witchcraft to improve their hunting chances and leaving patches of terra preta behind

[catladychronicles]

All hail cookie 🍪 dough belly!

[fyanimaldiversity]

Cougar (Puma concolor) with vitiligo [x]

[todays-xkcd]

FYI: The 'drop, cover, and hold on' advice only applies to earthquakes. If you encounter a mountain lion, you should absolutely not drop to the ground, crawl under it, and hold on to one of its legs.

What to Do [Explained]

Transcript Under Cut

[The comic is laid out like a grid, with situations down the left-hand side (mountain lion / lightning / fire alarm / bleeding) and the solutions across the top (stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away / run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle / calmly exit the building / apply firm pressure ). The grid illustrates the "match-ups", with a green square denoting a "correct" match-up and a red square denoting a bad idea.] [From the top left corner, going from left to right, top to bottom, with each first item being on its own line in the grid, the squares are as follows:] [Green square, a mountain lion (drawn as a large cat) sits on the left, on a perch. Cueball and Megan have their arms raised and are speaking to it.] Cueball: HEY. STOP. Megan: SHOO.

stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> mountain lion

[Red square, Cueball and Megan are being chased by a mountain lion, and are running towards a building to their right.]

run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> mountain lion

[Red square, Cueball and Megan exit a building and approach a mountain lion.] Megan: Hello.

calmly exit the building -> mountain lion

[Red square, Cueball is putting his hands firmly on a mountain lion.]

apply firm pressure -> mountain lion

[Red square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball is standing outside, with his arms raised, yelling at the lightning .] BOOM. Cueball: NO!

stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> lightning

[Green square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball and Megan run toward a building to their right.] BOOM.

run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> lightning

[Red square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball and Megan exit a building and approach the lightning-struck tree.] BOOM.

calmly exit the building -> lightning

[Red square, lightning strikes a tree. Cueball pushes on the lightning-struck tree.] BOOM.

apply firm pressure -> lightning

[Red square, a fire alarm is beeping. Cueball yells at the alarm, with his arms raised.] BEEP BEEP BEEP! Cueball: HEY.

stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> fire alarm

[Red square, a fire alarm is beeping next to a building with flames on its roof. Cueball and Megan run toward the burning building.] BEEP BEEP BEEP!

run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> fire alarm

[Green square, a fire alarm is beeping next to a house with flames on its roof. Cueball and Megan are exiting the burning building.] BEEP BEEP BEEP!

calmly exit the building -> fire alarm

[Red square, a fire alarm is beeping, and Cueball is trying to "suppress" the beeping sound. Behind him are flames.] BEEP BEEP BE-eep eep eep...

apply firm pressure -> fire alarm

[Red square, Cueball is bleeding from his right arm, and holds it. Megan to his right yells at him with her arms raised.] Megan: HEY! Megan: STOP IT!

stand up straight, speak firmly, and slowly back away -> bleeding

[Red square, Megan, holding a first aid kit in one hand and a bandage in the other, runs with a bleeding Cueball towards a building to their right.]

run toward a building or hard-topped vehicle -> bleeding

[Red square, Megan holds a bandage, and to the ground in front of her is a first aid kit. Cueball is walking to the right of the panel, with an injured and bloody left arm raised.] Cueball: Bye!

calmly exit the building -> bleeding

[Green square, Cueball sits in a chair and Megan is treating him by putting her hands on his injured limb. Behind her on the ground is a first aid kit.]

apply firm pressure -> bleeding

[jadeseadragon]

Greg Beecham @gregbeechamstudio, The Queen's Reach, 2014, oil on linen.

[big-catsss]

(by marinacano)

[cainhowlett]

One of the earliest linocuts I made, big bulky line work.

[mammalianmammals]

Puma aka Cougar aka Mountain Lion (Puma concolor), juvenile, family Felidae, Chile

photograph by @hector_astorga_photography

[rabidlestat]

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Mountain Lion Cub Looking At Its Momma, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Razeidan Photo

[life-on-our-planet]

The species P. concolor holds the Guinness record for the animal with the greatest number of names, with over 40 in English alone. ©

[glavilio]

inked commission for @possessedpasm

[fyanimaldiversity]

Leucistic cougar (Puma concolor) [x]