Cougar doing a kitty-sleep

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Cougar doing a kitty-sleep

This photo is taken at the Olmense Zoo (Olmen, Belgium).
Don’t you just love their cute look (claws and teeth not included) (:

A quick bio on these beautifull creatures:

class: Mammalia (mammals)
order: Carnivora (carnivores)
family: felidae (felines)
genus: puma

They go under the names Puma, Panther, Mountain Lion, American Lion and Cougar etc…. The cougar holds the Guinness record for the animal with the highest number of names, presumably due to its wide distribution across North and South America. It has over 40 names in English alone!!!

Being the largest of the small cats, they are slender and agile cats.
And although they resemble the domestic cat, they are about the same size as an adult human, with a maximum of about 3 metres!!

An adult paw print is approximately 10 cm… that’s 4 inches!

The gray wolf and the cougar compete more directly for prey, especially during the winter. While individually more powerful than the gray wolf, a solitary cougar may be dominated by the pack structure of the wolves.
Wolves can steal killings of the cougar and occasionally kill the cougar as well.

Cougars (as well as other cat-likes) deserve respect and admiration from all humans! They may look like domestic cats, but are none the less wild animals living on survival instincts only!

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Cougar doing a kitty-sleep by Glitter
Cougar doing a kitty-sleep by Glitter
  • Shannon Donovan

    Shannon Donovan

    Wow! This is great An!! What a beautiful capture..gorgeous creature! Well done! xoxoxo

  • Glitter replied

    thanks Shannon! :)
    yes, aren’t they just great!!! I really love big cats and these are just so cute kitty like… If I didn’t know better I would walk up to him (or her) and give him a kitty-scratch behind his ears… so cute..
    This one was enjoying the afternoon-sun on his nose and taking a kitty nap :    )

  • poupoune

    poupoune

    LOL … oh wow what a huge and cute fella!!!

  • Glitter replied

    Thanks Poupoune!
    they sure look cute, but I don’t want to upset him, ‘cause one punch with his paw and I’d be KO in a second..
    But they sure look cute… would want to cuddle him but don’t think I’d survive it… :)

  • Wildwings

    Wildwings

    Beautiful shot. Deceivingly adorable !This goes immediately into my collection of favorites. Wonderful work. I hope that you enjoy my portfolio as much as I enjoyed yours.

  • Glitter replied

    thanks so much!
    and thanks for those lovely words about my work!
    I’ll will most certainly enjoy your portfolio as well !

  • solareclips~Julie Alexander

    solareclips~Ju...

    Great capture!!! He looks very cozy up there!

  • Glitter replied

    haha… yes, I would snuggle up close to him, but I think that would be a bad idea…
    thanks Julie! :-)

  • solareclips~Julie Alexander

    solareclips~Ju...

    lol – very bad idea!!!! ;-)

  • MDomaille

    MDomaille

    I absolutely love this photo! Instant favorite! Great shot!

  • Glitter replied

    thanks so much!
    it’s very adorable huh!! :-D

  • Carol Barona

    Carol Barona

    Excellent capture. The look is priceless.

  • Glitter replied

    thanks very much Carol !
    yeah, I thought he looked very sweet resting like this :)
    they are so much alike with common housecats when you see them like this :)

  • clarkey

    clarkey

    Thank you for the info on the Cougar, it’s very interesting.

    I love this photo, the cougar’s pose is just so “cat” – taking in the sun whereever it’s available. Stretched out on the roof like that makes him seem quite “domestic”. Beautiful lighting, lovely shot.

  • Glitter replied

    thanks so much Clarkey!! :)
    I really adore their cat-like behaviour! they are such strong creatures and yet they seem so domestic with this kind of behaviour :)

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    What a cat! A big one, but a cat, dozing in the sun, on the highest place it can get to. This is one of my all-time fav cat pics!

  • Glitter replied

    thank you so much Dayonda!!
    Ain’t it fab to see such a powerful creature in such a kitty cat position.. :-D

  • Gene Praag

    Gene Praag

    Excellent capture of this beautiful animal!

  • Glitter replied

    Thank you very much Gene!
    much appreciated! :-)

  • Jim Caldwell

    Jim Caldwell

    I don’t know how I ever missed this photo, it’s terrific.

  • Glitter replied

    haha :D
    thanks so much Jim!
    that’s very kind!

  • Peter Evans

    Peter Evans

    Now THAT is something you don’t see every day !!
    Fantastic shot :-)

  • Glitter replied

    yes Peter, I couldn’t agree with you more :-D
    thanks!

  • artsphotoshop

    artsphotoshop

    it is AMAZING shot! wow! :D

  • Glitter replied

    thank you very much!
    :-)
    glad you like it =)

  • SueAnne

    SueAnne

    What a great cpture this was…. Very cute shot

  • Glitter replied

    thank you so much SueAnne!
    :-)

  • DAViD ALLeN

    DAViD ALLeN

    Great image!

  • Glitter replied

    thanks David!
    =D

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington

    Absolutely Gorgeous :) :) He looks so relaxed up there :) :) I wish I could give him a cuddle :) VBS

  • Glitter replied

    haha.. yes I know what you mean, I wish I could the same thing.. but I think he’s not as sweet as he appears in this photo :)
    thanks for your visit and comments!!

  • ziko

    ziko

    prachtig beest

  • Glitter replied

    dankjewel Ziko!
    :)

  • Laurie Puglia

    Laurie Puglia

    hey love this!!!

  • Glitter replied

    thanks Laurie!!
    :D

  • Alistair Wilson

    Alistair Wilson

    such a cute photo glitter, if you hadn’t said it was in a zoo i would have figured it was asleep on someone’s roof!

  • Glitter replied

    haha..; well that would be the story of the day it that would have been for real !!!!
    would have scared the hell out of everyone probably too :)
    thanks for visiting and thanks for your nice words!

  • Earl McCall

    Earl McCall

    wow! Amazing shot!

  • Glitter replied

    thanks so much Earl !
    much appreciated!
    =)

  • PhotoFox

    PhotoFox

    Wow! What luck that you saw this, great shot!

  • Glitter replied

    yes indeed… great luck to be at that zoo at the time he (or she) was sleeping like this on the roof :)
    Glad I had the chanse to witness this :)
    thanks for you visit and comment!

  • Archetipo

    Archetipo

    I so love this!!!

  • Glitter replied

    thanks so much Luca!
    thanks for your visit and comment! :)

  • karenuk1969

    karenuk1969

    Stunning animal & stunning photo!

  • Glitter replied

    yes, I was very happy to witness this moment and to able to photograph him/her this way!
    thanks!
    :)

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Fabulous capture!

  • Glitter replied

    thanks!!!
    =)

  • AnitaInverarity

    AnitaInverarity

    Wow x

  • Glitter replied

    THANKS!
    =)

  • MarianaEwa

    MarianaEwa

    Awesome shot of this beautiful Cougar.

  • Glitter replied

    thanks so much Mariana!!
    =D

  • Dave Corn

    Dave Corn

    A most unique capture!!

  • Glitter replied

    aw thank you very much Dave!
    appreciate that! =D

  • Randall Spencer

    Randall Spencer

    I had one of these stocking me in the wild once. Now every time I go into the mountains alone, I think about it. Think I need counseling? Ü

    Randy

  • Glitter replied

    counseling? why would you need that? being alone in nature can help you reset your thoughts and get your focus to the right things… so that’s good… but I do however have my doubts about the cougar following you… if he is determined on following you and eating you… that he would have done it immediately.. there’s no doubt about that… so I think you were very lucky that he/she wasn’t hungry at that time…
    thanks for you comment!

  • Randall Spencer

    Randall Spencer

    He was coming directly at me, when my eyes met his he crouched down, layed his ears back, and started moving his shoulders up and down, pawing the dirt. I had seen my own house cats do this before they pounce. I had a high powered rifle with me at the time that was sighted in for 150 yards. I probably shot right over the top of him, he was so close. He bolted up and over a cliff so fast, I just stood there shaking. Knowing that if he choose to come at me instead, I wouldn’t have had time to reload.

    There were sheep in the area, and I think he thought that’s what I was. But when he crouched down and prep ed himself, it looked like I was on his list.

  • Glitter replied

    well, sounds like you really were a very very lucky person!
    and if he indeed was thinking of coming back at you… well then I probably would not have been speaking to you right now in RB!
    I do however am very glad you didn’t kill him with your rifle…although it would have been a clear case of self-defense… I still would feel very sad that a glorious creature like this had to die..

  • Randall Spencer

    Randall Spencer

    Now that it has been years and I am safe at home talking to you in RB. I have to agree with you, and say that I am glad that I missed him. He was a very beautiful animal. Very powerful. I was awe struck at being able to be so close to him.

    Thanks for hearing me on this. Have a good one and keep up the good work.

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