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Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean
Before starting the tour, they advised us not to rest against, or put our fingers through, the chain-link fencing. To demonstrate, a handler put a piece of chicken through the fence of a run containing a panther (black mountain lion) who had a balance issue (he wobbled around like a drunk sailor). This cat, as f-ed up as he was physically, made it from one end of the run to the other (about 30') before you could freakin' blink, and snatched the chicken out of the handlers grip. The handler barely had time to pull his hand back before that thing hit the fence.
After seeing that demonstration, you start wondering what a healthy cat could do. Nonetheless, no-one stuck their fingers through the chain-link the rest of the day.
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My friend did some work up in the local mountains for a couple of months. They were working way back in the sticks and regularly saw mountain lions so he wore his .357.
One day got out of his truck left the gun in the truck and walked about twenty feet then saw a mountain lion about thirty feet away. As he is telling me the story he says "but my gun was right there."
I told him "If that lion wanted you you wouldn't be here right now."
I had a eight pound Siamese that from standing still would leap to the top of my refrigerator, she would freak people out.