Thursday 14 June 2012

Girls gone wild



The American cougar is now re-populating parts of the US, scientists say.



Their numbers had plummeted in the last 100 years because of hunting and a lack of prey.



Now researchers have published the first scientific evidence that cougars have returned to the mid-west and are now to be found as far south as Texas and as far north as the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba.

Read more on the BBC

Cougar (slang) on Wikipedia

8 comments:

  1. No longer is it just dingoes who'll eat your babies.

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  2. I just love those two on lookers (hookers?) in the background of the picture of Madge. Did you check out those outfits? Hilarious.

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    1. Simultaneously hilarious and just oozing jealousy! Jx

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    2. I can't get enough of this picture!!!!! It's just priceless. Right down to the Gucci slippers and the SMIRK on Madge's face. I'm sure they must have made a comment that she overheard.

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  3. I was too busy looking at my queen to notice these, erm, persons in the bakground. I am now blind! And I certanly wouldnt just STAND there - I'd throw myself on the ground before her and beg her to adpot me!

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    1. I'd be on my knees in front of Brahim... Jx

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  4. Good, good - I was hoping someone would keep him...occupied, while I was tackling the queen! Jon to the rescue then!!!

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