09-17-2022, 06:03 PM
Australia has a lot of feral cats and some of them are getting up there in size. They also have a healthy rumor mill about large black cats like maybe puma sized. The pictures are all very ambiguous. A housecat crossing a field in the distance can easily be mistaken for a much larger animal. Hunters posing with cats have taken a page from the fisherman's book and hold the animal way out in front close to the camera, making it seem big.
Anyhow, there is plenty of precedent for rumored big cats to be something much more mundane.
A little internet nerd trivia: There have been many documented black (melanistic) leopards and jaguars but there has never been a documented black american mountain lion. I know the color in this case was not necessarily black but it just seemed relevant.
Anyhow, there is plenty of precedent for rumored big cats to be something much more mundane.
A little internet nerd trivia: There have been many documented black (melanistic) leopards and jaguars but there has never been a documented black american mountain lion. I know the color in this case was not necessarily black but it just seemed relevant.