Bears interactions with cougars

[arctozilla]

Black bears generally dominate cougars while cougars will prey occasionally on cubs.

www.researchgate.net/publication/318181002_Eavesdropping_in_solitary_large_carnivores_Black_bears_advance_and_vocalize_toward_cougar_playbacks
That means that cougars rarely prey on bears and will chose cubs.

[arctozilla]

/\ three more biologists favoring bears over cougars.

Wittmer & Wilmers, wildlife biologists.
Kerry M. Murphy, wildlife biologist.

[Gorilla king]

Book: Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter.

Author: Theodore Roosevelt.


"My dear Mr Bostock:

"In connection with your book on the training of wild animals, in which i was greatly interested, i would like to ask whether you find that the puma or cougar shows a different kind of temper from the leopard or old world panther, and from the jaguar? I ask this because in hunting it i have found it to be, compared to the big bear, a cowardly animal, and if what i read of the danger of hunting the Indian and African leopard is true, then the puma is not nearly as formidable as the leopard or the jaguar."








books.google.com.ar/books?id=HuuRGwvnLoAC&pg=PA363&dq=Leopards+are+cowardly+animals&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj64JHC1eT2AhXBEEQIHW-fC7g4FBDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=Leopards%20are%20cowardly%20animals&f=false

[arctozilla]

According to the ecologist Roland Koys cougars are subordinate to bears and are more likely to retreat than put a fight.

books.google.it/books?id=6lcjDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=cougars+subordinate+to+bears&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRrZT8j5b4AhXRS_EDHSkjBaEQ6AF6BAgHEAM

[arctozilla]

Cougars are dominated by both bears and wolves. The bear is also typically favored in the interactions and is the dominant predator in the park.

books.google.it/books?id=QKMsAQAAMAAJ&q=cougars+retreat+into+Wolf+-+grizzly+interactions+typically+favor+bears+,+which+are+more+dominant+at+the+park&dq=cougars+retreat+into+Wolf+-+grizzly+interactions+typically+favor+bears+,+which+are+more+dominant+at+the+park&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm2J_nqaL4AhVRh_0HHWfyDzoQ6AF6BAgLEAM

[Gorilla king]

CAPTAIN/HUNTER WITNESSES GRIZZLY BEAR DEFEAT A MALE COUGAR AND A FEMALE COUGAR AT THE SAME TIME, THE FEMALE DIED AND THE MALE WAS SO BADLY INJURED THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD DIE IN A FEW HOURS.















trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123933383?searchTerm=A%20grizzly%20bear%20would%20destroy%20a%20lion

[arctozilla]

/\ Wow, never seen that before. It looks awesome. But is It reliable?

[Gorilla king]

Jul 1, 2022 3:15:23 GMT -5 arctozilla said:

/\ Wow, never seen that before. It looks awesome. But is It repliable?

I just found it yesterday while doing a hard search. Is it reliable? Well, its like most old newspaper accounts, each person can believe or not believe. I will tell you this though, a grizzly defeating 2 cougars at once is sure as hell alot more credible than a single cougar killing a grizzly, that's for sure, lmao.

[oldindigosilverback]

The article said the female cougar is more aggressive than it male counterpart which I agree with as it is looking after its young which was killed. If the weights of the animals were specified, it might enable us to make a more objective opinion in the thread:

beargorillarealm.proboards.com/thread/192/lions-needed-huge-kodiak-brown

While it is an old account, it seems credible.

The average grizzly bear does outweigh the average male cougar and female cougar combined.

[Gorilla king]

Reply #65:

There are not many accounts of bears killing cougars, reason is cougars can easily run away from bears by their faster initial sprint. Nevertheless, this is now the 4th account of bears killing cougars. These are the previous 3:


I found this one:

Reply #5

beargorillarealm.proboards.com/post/220/thread

I found this one:

Reply #7

beargorillarealm.proboards.com/post/222/thread

Warsaw found this one:

Reply #11

beargorillarealm.proboards.com/post/228/thread

[arctozilla]

According to the naturalist and wild photographer José R. Castelló cougars are subordinate to bears and wolves.

books.google.it/books?id=AyvkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&dq=cougars+subordinate+to+bears&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiImuHGjeL4AhX5QfEDHWgYDWY4ChDoAXoECAIQAw

José R. Castelló.
mobile.twitter.com/doctor_castello

[arctozilla]

According to Kortello, Elbroch and Ruth cougars are subordinate to and displaced by bears and wolves.

books.google.it/books?id=-28NEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA236&dq=Cougars+are+subordinate+to+bears&hl=it&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjolN6Nx7z8AhVURPEDHXGSChsQ6AF6BAgKEAM

[arctozilla]

According to the professor W. Andrew Marcus bears and wolves dominate cougars.

books.google.it/books?id=eAVBEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA226&dq=cougars+subordinate+to+bears&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXrYyH9OP4AhXCm_0HHbF6AzwQ6AF6BAgCEAM

[Gorilla king]

arctozilla

Nice finds bro. Yeah, add those authorities to the ones we had before, all of them state bears dominate cougars. There is not 1 authority stating the opposite.

[arctozilla]

/\ Yeah, exactly. Cat fanatics will cry a river going against facts. They always think of themselves being the “speaker of facts” yet when someone shows them proof they get butthurt and starts attacking you like pigs. They are the most delusional and toxic animal fanbase ever.

[arctozilla]

Jul 2, 2021 9:54:35 GMT -5 Gorilla king said:

COUGAR RUNS AWAY FROM APPROACHING GRIZZLY BEAR:

That wasn't a grizzly it was a black bear. It had no hump and had long ears, which are typical of black bears. Some black bear subspecies like cinammon bears are brown.

[Gorilla king]

That wasn't a grizzly it was a black bear. It had no hump and had long ears, which are typical of black bears. Some black bear subspecies like cinammon bears are brown.

Very hard to see, the bear is very far away and the video gets kind of blurry. Maybe its just an optical illusion. But its possible yes.

[Montezuma]

Email from Dan Lambert, an ecologist and photographer in North American wood wildlife. According to him, bears dominate cougars.

Me:-

"Hello, i am a great fan of your work. I just want to ask a question that do black bears dominate cougars in North america?"

Lambert:-

"Thanks for your question. To the best of my knowledge, bears and cougars can occupy overlapping home ranges and tend to avoid each other except when a bear scavenges a cougar kill. In those instances, cougars are more likely to give way to the bear rather than stand their ground. For more information, visit:

 www.bearbiology.org/publications/ursus-archive/encounter-competition-between-bears-and-cougars-some-ecological-implications/ "

[arctozilla]

/\ Good post. The biologists are clearly on bear's side.

[Gorilla king]

PUMAS ARE ABLE TO ESCAPE (ARBOREALLY) FROM POTENTIAL AGGRESSORS, SUCH AS BEARS.






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