Pumas

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Pumas
The Non Roaring Cat
By MF
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introduction
The puma lives from the high cold mountains to
the low hot desert. but the place doesnt matter
because its the amazing way they act to survive
is amazing the way the jaws thrash and Carrie
their prey to a place where they can eat it for
the day. Their scientific name is felis
concolor Their family is big cats
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Physical Features

• baby pumas have black spots that help them blend
  into bushes
• pumas may have light brown fur
• they could have reddish fur
• also gray fur ( which isnt because theyre old)
• pumas also could have dark black fur
• Eyes have a black spot on them
• Ears are brown
• The tail is more than half the length of the body
  
• pumas weighs 125 to 160 lbs.
• A male puma is about 8 to 9 ft. a female puma is
  about 6 to 7 ft.

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Lifespan

• The puma is endangered in some places and not in
  another
• cougars are endangered in Florida less then 100
• in the western united states few thousand
  remain
• in the western united stets cougars are
  threatened but not endangered
• pumas live to 18 to 20 in the wild they can live
  slightly longer in zoos

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Habitat

• These are some of the amazing habitats that puma
  lives in
• another habitat is high cold mountains that
  pumas like to catch hare up their so they get a
  lot of meat high up there
• also they live in the rain forest that probably
  allot of meet is there so their well cared for
• some times they can even live in the desert

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The Climate

• There are many climates for pumas these are some
  of them
• the climate in the grass lands are dry but
  bitterly cold in the winter
• in the desert the climate is very cold at night
  but at 200 degrees Fahrenheit height highest
• in the rain forest it is wet and earthy

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Pumas are carnivores

• Pumas are carnivores so that means they eat meat
• pumas stalk their prey
• pumas get their food by pouncing on their prey
  and biting them on the neck with their cyanine
  teeth
• some times they go for a wild goose chase

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Prey and predator

• Prey-what they kill
• deer for up in the mountains
• Hare also in the mountains
• if they have to they eat insects
• Pumas eat birds
• Fish In the streams
• amphibians
• sheep
• goats

• What kills them
• humans kill pumas for their beautiful skin that
  is very delicate?
• since cats are very territorial cats kill each
  other but I doubt they eat each other in
  cannibalism

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Behavior

• Pumas have behaviors to survive
• pumas will bring their prey up a tree or in a
  quiet place deep in the forest to eat
• pumas will hide when large groups of people
  gather to watch them that is why you dont see
  them in zoos
• pumas dont hunt in groups because then they
  might not have enough food for everyone in their
  group ?

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Reproduction

• Reproduction is a fatal thing for pumas
• 1 to 3 babies can be born from the mom
• pumas are born blind
• after two years pumas baby pumas levee their mom
• pumas hunt with their mom at six moths old
• pumas when they are young have spots on them so
  they can camouflage in bushes
• Women pumas have birth every 2 years

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Physical Adaptations

• Long sharp teeth for tearing and holding on to
  meat
• sharp claws for hunting, fighting and climbing
• the hairs on a puma helps it stay warm or not
  get wet

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Physiological Adaptations

• 200 lbs. of muscle is one thing you cant see
• a lot of muscle in the leg helps them jump off
  flat land to up to 40 ft. of flat land
• some of the muscle is used for comforting the
  claws when they come out
• excellent sight and hearing to get prey

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Behavioral Adaptations

• pumas hide so they can catch their prey by
  surprise
• pumas hunt more in the day so they dont run
  into other big cats
• an angry puma may snarl or lay its ears back to
  warn off prey and predator

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? Fun Facts ?

• the puma is largest cat in north America
• the pumas other names are mountain lion,
  catamount, cougar, panther, silver lion, mountain
  devil , mountain demon, Mexican tiger, brown
  tiger, deer tiger and mountain screamer
• Pumas will scamper up a tree because of a yapping
  poodle
• pumas are considered threats to cattle