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Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), sometimes called the mountain lion, catamount, or puma, is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
Mountain lions tend to keep to themselves. But they’ve been spotted prowling through neighbors’ yards.
Mountain lions are 7 to 9 feet long, while bobcats are around 3 feet long. Wes Monk with 110-pound mountain lion he shot on private property while hunting for whitetail deer on Dec. 6, 2014. The ...
Make sure your sound is on so that you can hear the lion's soft roar. It's starts off sounding more like a growl, then grows into what sounds almost like he's barking.
Other sounds produced include puffing, bleating and humming. Roaring is used to advertise its presence. Lions most often roar at night, a sound that can be heard from a distance of 8 kilometres (5 mi). [196] They tend to roar in a very characteristic manner starting with a few deep, long roars that subside into grunts. [197] [198]
Seeing the mountain lion “didn’t bother me at all. I found it fascinating,” Winston said with a laugh. “I’m kind of a day person, so I’ll take the day, and they can have the night.”