Kitten And Mountain Lion

An adorable four week old mountain lion kitten born in santa monica mountains in la is bringing hope tempered with a little concern for the species.

Kitten and mountain lion. Mountain lions are classified as kittens until they are roughly 60 pounds at which point they fall into the sub adult category. The call was from a woman who said the cat in the mountain lion video was actually her rescue cat named cookie. The mountain lion killed in colorado by a runner who said he was in life and death struggle was an orphaned kitten state wildlife officials said on friday.

The brave kitty doesn t seem to care and even turns his back on the lion. Attentive lion playing with rock. A wildlife biologist holds a mountain lion kitten born in the central santa monica mountains in malibu creek state park july 3 2012 near calabasas california cute mountain lion cub.

A full grown mountain lion can weigh anywhere from 120 220 pounds if male and 64 140 pounds if female. In a classic case of explainable serendipity a few minutes after this conversation morgan s office received a phone call. Cougar mountain lion puma concolor captive raised.

Male lion lying down. And with the average mountain lion weighing 150 pounds the cat in the video didn t look bulky enough. The national park service announced this week that a whopping 13 kittens were born to five mountain lion mothers in the santa monica mountains and simi hills in california this summer.

The kittens were discovered in simi hills california after their mother a two and a half year old female mountain lion was found dead. P 54 a three year old mountain lion living in the santa monica mountains recently gave birth to a litter of kittens male s p 82 and p 83 and female p 84. With this in mind we hope that our recent discovery of a den of mountain lion kittens can perhaps bring a small smile to your face today.

The lion hears people talk. Researchers believe this is her first litter. The kitten known as p 54 was marked by national park service researchers together with biologists from the california department of fish and wildlife.