Mountain Lion Name: Sarah Tarayao

Appearance Mountain lions can leap 15 feet up a tree. Mountain lions can climb over a 12 foot fence. Mountain lions weight lighter that a piano there weight is about 64-265ibs . Mountain lions are slower that a car there speed is about 50 mph. Mountain lions length is shorter than a school bus there length is about 3.25-5.25 feet.

Behavior Interactions between mountain lions and humans have increased over the past 3 to 5 years in Colorado and throughout most of the Western United States and Canada. Some of these encounters resulted in physical injury and loss of human life. Although mountain lion attacks on people are extremely rare, with fewer than dozen

Eating Habits Mountain lions like to prey on deer they also eat smaller animals such as coyotes, porcupines, rodents, elk , and feral hogs. They usually hunt at night or during the gloaming hours of dawn and dusk. These cats employ a blend of stealth and power. Stalking there prey until an opportunity arrives to pounce there back of the neck with a fatal bite. They will hide large carcasses and feed on them for a few days.

Life Circle A lion’s natural life span is probably about 12 years in the wild and up to 25 years in captivity. Lions are very powerful and usually kill large predators such as bears , wolves, and other lions.

Natural Environment The mountain lion used to be found all over the United States. However is primarily seen in the Western U.S. An endangered subspecies of mountain lion also remains in Florida. These felines are comfortable in many different habitats and aside from humans have the widest geographic range of any land mammal in the Western Hemisphere.

Questions to the class How much does a mountain lion weight? Name one animal mountain lions eat? Name one place you can found a mountain lion? What does a mountain lion do to save there food from other animals?