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The MeatEater Podcast
The author discussed his book, detailing surprising facts about the puma's history in North America, its wide distribution, and its various names across different cultures. He also shared anecdotes from his career studying pumas and their interactions with other wildlife and humans.
I'll tell you the thing that surprised me most about that book, like the singular fact that I would have never imagined, is that you're saying in here that at the end of the last ice age...that North...
— Episode: Ep. 149: Path of the Puma
Episode: Ep. 149: Path of the Puma
The author discussed his book, detailing surprising facts about the puma's history in North America, its wide distribution, and its various names across different cultures. He also shared anecdotes from his career studying pumas and their interactions with other wildlife and humans.
I'll tell you the thing that surprised me most about that book, like the singular fact that I would have never imagined, is that you're saying in here that at the end of the last ice age...that North America lost mountain lions?
if we ranched worms, we'd declare war on Robins
the furthest north was a cat that was found frozen in the back of an old car
That was your inspiration?
I personally think that as humans...we hold these, uh, both prey species and predators or large carnivores in very high regard.