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OK, are there non-NFL lions that are unaccounted for?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by novelist_wannabe, Jun 26, 2009.

  1. novelist_wannabe

    novelist_wannabe Well-Known Member

    Woman thinks a lion killed her horse in north Georgia. Don't know if she can spell academics or not. [/crossthread]

    http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2009/06/26/big_cat_horse.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab&imw=Y
     
    novelist_wannabe, Jun 26, 2009
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  2. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Unpossible. Lions can't hit that hard.
     
    slappy4428, Jun 27, 2009
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  3. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    I can drive by the enclosure at the University of North Alabama tomorrow and see if they're still there.

    I would think the local paper would mention it if they weren't.
     
    HejiraHenry, Jun 27, 2009
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  4. Just_a_fan

    Just_a_fan Member

    Couldn't it have been a large cougar? They look a bit like lions, and I think they exist in Florida. Why not Georgia?
     
    Just_a_fan, Jun 27, 2009
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  5. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Male cougars can exceed 250 pounds. It's very likely this is a very large cougar, although they've been hunted to extinction in the eastern U.S. I guess it's possible they've moved back into the area.

    Here come the cougar jokes ....
     
    Football_Bat, Jun 27, 2009
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  6. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Why couldn't it be a mountain lion?
     
    Buck, Jun 27, 2009
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  7. Sleeper

    Sleeper Member

    A cougar is a mountain lion, right?
     
    Sleeper, Jun 27, 2009
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  8. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Mountain lion, cougar, puma - they're all the same thing.
     
    Buck, Jun 27, 2009
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  9. Just_a_fan

    Just_a_fan Member

    Catamount and panther too, I think.
     
    Just_a_fan, Jun 27, 2009
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  10. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    I think their presence is underreported in the East. They've been slowly repopulating there, I believe. I've seen them near my cousin's house in upstate New York. In fact, we were damn lucky not to get mauled by one after we came upon its den (and saw its cubs as well) while hiking near his house.
     
    bigpern23, Jun 27, 2009
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  11. crusoes

    crusoes Active Member

    Like Kirstie Alley?
     
    crusoes, Jun 28, 2009
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  12. Just_a_fan

    Just_a_fan Member

    I was thinking more along the lines of Linda Hogan.
    http://itsguycode.com/images/stories/linda-hogan/linda-hogan-thumb.jpg (Marginally NSFW).
     
    Just_a_fan, Jun 28, 2009
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