C is for Catamount
Jul. 4th, 2008 11:04 amCatamount is a term used for a wide variety of wildcats, such as those with short tails and tufted ears like the lynx or bobcat, and bigger lion-like cats such as the panther or puma (not to be confused with an armored vehicle that might also be called a warthog and found in certain video games). Most commonly it is associated with the mountain lion.
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painted_wolf and I shrug off our disdain for the local science center (the source of our disdain being that they dug up an Abenaki burial ground to install a septic system. nice.) and visit for NH Day, when any NH resident can get in for $1. They have a few catamounts there, including a pair of mountain lions that apparently recently gave birth to cubs. I was rather concerned when last we attended this spring because the female of the pair was pacing around the enclosure (which if you ask me is WAY too small for them!) as if stressed. I'm not sure if it was the lack of her newborn cubs around or just general stress from being caged in.
New Hampshire definitely has bobcats, and I'm not just talking about the local high school sports teams. I've yet to see one in the wild around here (which I can only assume is a good thing), but I know they're around. There may also be the odd lynx, though certainly not as common as the bobcat. According to painted_wolf, there's some speculation that there might even be mountain lions i the state now, which is supported by not only sightings but also tracks and scat, but this is something that she says the state wants to keep hush-hush, just like the whole rattlesnake thing.
Every year
painted_wolf and I shrug off our disdain for the local science center (the source of our disdain being that they dug up an Abenaki burial ground to install a septic system. nice.) and visit for NH Day, when any NH resident can get in for $1. They have a few catamounts there, including a pair of mountain lions that apparently recently gave birth to cubs. I was rather concerned when last we attended this spring because the female of the pair was pacing around the enclosure (which if you ask me is WAY too small for them!) as if stressed. I'm not sure if it was the lack of her newborn cubs around or just general stress from being caged in.New Hampshire definitely has bobcats, and I'm not just talking about the local high school sports teams. I've yet to see one in the wild around here (which I can only assume is a good thing), but I know they're around. There may also be the odd lynx, though certainly not as common as the bobcat. According to painted_wolf, there's some speculation that there might even be mountain lions i the state now, which is supported by not only sightings but also tracks and scat, but this is something that she says the state wants to keep hush-hush, just like the whole rattlesnake thing.
