@@timokarff6162 Agreed, cats like the Jaguarundi (Herpailurus) are so unknown to the public that people don't even know if what they're looking at is even a feline, it's honestly sad.
Clouded leopards are part of the Pantherinae with the 5 other panthera cat lineages. Also cougar is one of many names for that cat but the most correct name for it is "puma" it is from the Genus Puma & it's scientific name is Puma concolor.
I would love if you did more videos like this (least deadliest to deadliest) videos on other spices! It would be cool to see a video on the Weasel family, with badgers, wolverines, otters, and skunks and such discussed.
Funny this came out now since I've recently survived getting jumped by a 180/200 pound Mountain Lion while out training to improve my stamina by jogging and hiking near where I live, luckily I had my knife on me for encounters such as this as it was a kill or be killed situation, but I will have some scars from it.
@@gemox3225 Thankfully my survival instincts kicked in when it happened, because my body was so filled with adrenaline at that point I couldn't even feel the wounds until afterwards, and luckily I managed to get one stab into it. But I could barely even walk or run afterwards because my body was in complete mess from the adrenaline, not to mention the pain as well.
Sheesh, I’m pretty new here in Wyoming, and have been getting into some hiking in my region. Just earlier today, while out for a short hike, I kept thinking that I should at least have a knife on me, to slit the throat of a mountain lion in the off chance of my being attacked by one.
@@GuadalupePicasso I mean I would've had a gun for this exact situation but sadly I don't own one, and I didn't even think it'd happen since I've lived in this same area in California since birth and thought they couldn't even live around here as I haven't seen one in my entire life, aside from media anyway. But you really can't be taking chances at all with situations liek this without a doubt.
The thing about cougars is that they are nearly impossible to detect. I grew up in cougar territory and spent a lot of time outdoors and saw cougar tracks and scat now and then, but only once did I see a cougar in the wild (not counting flashes from cars at night). I'm sure many cougars saw me though.
No doubt about it. Cats of any size can move around in almost complete silence. Up here in New England the bobcat is the only thriving population of wild cats we have. Our ancestors in the eastern states were so fearful of the mountain lions that they were hunted to extinction. I have only seen one bobcat in my 67 years, and that was almost 50 years ago when i was a young man. My dad had a sawmill, and this bobcat was in the dirt road driveway. It looked like a good sized healthy male to me. We stared at each other for a few moments, and then he went on his way over a stone wall and into the woods. I used to spend a lot of time in the woods in childhood and into early adulthood cutting a lot of firewood. As you say, i would bet the farm that i was seen many times by cats i never saw. Black bears are much less elusive. I have encountered several of them over time.
My husband was hiking in Glacier with our son on his pack 22 ish years ago, when our son was roughly 3 years old & our son started babbling about a doggy kitty & then he started saying, OHH THATS A BIG KITTY … DADDY. It still gives me the shivers. When my husband recounts looking up on the ridge above the trail & seeing that Mountain Lion stalking & watching them.😳 Acting loud & big & not running but moving w/ a little purposeful swiftness I believe helped. He wasn’t carrying a pew pew, bear spray or much of anything, which is insane in hindsight. Always being hyper aware of your surroundings, listening for that dead quiet moment & having a healthy dose of understanding that in that moment you’re in their home territory helps too I think 🤔 .. but sometimes ya never know. Amazing work Tsuki, as usual. You are very appreciated. 😺
Many years ago I was visiting a friend who had "tame" cheetahs on his property. I took to brushing them, as he did, and they'd patiently form a line and wait for the royal treatment. One day, while sitting outside drinking coffee, some persistent head-butting clued me in to a straggler who wanted some attention. The brushes were already there on the table, so I went to 'er. When my buddy came out of one of the sheds, where he'd be pounding away on something, the big cat up and left me at a trot. "Haven't seen this one before," I remarked. My buddy sat down with a thoughtful look on his face and said, "Neither have I."
Cougars/Mountain Lions may seem really scary. But at heart, like most predators, they're cowards. Make a lot of noise and make yourself look bigger than you are by waving your arms. And if attacked go for the eyes, the ears, or the nose. Use a rock, a stick, or anything else you can reach to make your blows hit harder.
Yeah but that's the thing about mountain lions. Quite a few people that get attacked are ambushed. Hard to try the intimidation technique if you don't know they're nearby.
There was a video that I saw on the news the other day of a guy who is hiking in the mountains of Utah and the cougar attacked him, but that was because he was too close to her cubs
Cougars / pumas are no joke.. Back in 2007 when a friend and I purchased property in East Texas, I had heard talk about a black jag was killing cattle close to me.. I blew it off as inbreeders gossip.. However, I was walking the fence line one evening, and for some reason I did have the G27 on me like I usually did.. No biggie (I thought)... Coming back down the fence line, where it was dirts and almost sand from heavy rains washing the area out, I noticed BIG paw prints... What seriously almost unnerved me is they were NOT there when I walk past before.. And these prints were literally in line with my own boot prints. My "radar" went max and I was scanning all around me, and up into the trees.. We're talking maybe 15 minutes at most since I had previously been in this spot. Reached for the G27 that wasn't there.. I had probably 500 yards back to the house and I was absolutely on guard.. Before we finished up the project (I was living out there at the time to oversee it) I finally saw one while glassing around our neighbor's property. I found it laid up in his hay bailer.. Pulled my rifle out and put crosshairs on it, but ole' "Wayne Ray"'s house was right behind it / in line, so no joy.. By the time I got in touch with him it was gone.. Cats are some seriously sneaky fkrs.. Having one stalk / walk right behind me with huge pads (for what I'm used to seeing) really got my attention... RIP to the brother that died which you listed here.. Probably scared it somehow..
@@Mary_Beth_Reimer Honestly, with regard to my experience above.. Even if I had the Glock 27. or a shotgun on me, I don't know if I would have even heard it coming and attacking me outside of probably a fraction of a second prior to impact / contact. Like Orcas, I am glad most cats don't consider us their food source.. IF theu did, we'd be seriously in touble for a long time, and eventually all cats would be 'removed' by "hunters".... As for Orcas.. No human would step food into an ocean for a very long time.. Glad people are not allowed to shoot these cats by permit (etc) in a lot of places.. Don't mess with them... Generally speaking, the don't care to mess with you / us..
@@frisk151 The cat that those young women eventually fought off was a 110 pound female, and one of those women was severely injured. When she was asked what it felt like when the cat pounced on her, she said it felt like the same force as being hit by a car. And that same cat killed a man earlier that day who was also biking, and dragged his body into the bushes to eat later. The only reason the woman survived was because she was not alone. People should not go hiking or biking in cougar or bear country alone, especially biking. If you are armed, alert and on foot, at least you have a chance. Riding a bike you are completely vulnerable to an attack.
California has a huge mountain lion population. But still considered endangered, while necropsy’s on these predators show that at least 30% of a mountain lions diet are domesticated pets, ie cats and dogs.
I imagine coyotes' diets are similar as well. We had one come into someone's yard and take off with their dog a couple years back, with the owner right there!
Great video brother! My favorite big car is the Jaguar... Did you know they get high on Ayahuasca? Actually dropping a video tomorrow about that, if anyone wants to check it out.
The cat that those young women eventually fought off was a 110 pound female, and one of those women was severely injured. When she was asked what it felt like when the cat pounced on her, she said it felt like the same force as being hit by a car. And that same cat killed a man earlier that day who was also biking, and dragged his body into the bushes to eat later. The only reason the woman survived was because she was not alone. Never go hiking or biking in cougar or bear country alone.
Cougars seem to attack bicyclists especially traversing park lands. Males can weigh close to 150+ pounds. Cougars have been sighted in Michigan. One used to travel along the Rouge River in Plymouth, MI and put a scare in the community with missing dogs.
Note that both caracal and cheetah were once used to hunt as a "hound for nobles". Rich families kept them in their kennels in India and Africa up to XIX century. So, these cats are not more dangerous to a human than, f.ex. Hungarian shepherd dogs.
Bobcats are very tough little guys pound for pound. They don't attack humans, but not someone to mess with. There is a Bobcat family in our vicinity which abounds a wetland area.
There was a man who was attacked by a bobcat in Massachusetts a few years back. That cat messed him up. What happened was the bobcat went into the guy's garage. Later the guy went into the garage without knowing the bobcat was in there. The cat felt like he was trapped or cornered and attacked the guy and ripped into his head chest and arms.
@@tonyprice2256 I would guess that Bobcat may have had rabies. Or it felt its territory was being invaded. I would bet on rabies. I have seen raccoons getting very aggressive when they have rabies. Or maybe protecting babies.
@@michaelsheedy Good point. Any animal with rabies becomes ultra aggressive. That would be very possible in this case. And there was another case of a bobcat attack on a woman as she was unlocking her car door. Her husband grabbed the cat and threw it in the yard away from them. That cat was rabid and that couple was required to go through the rabies treatment which is very unpleasant from what i have heard. That event was captured on a residential video camera and was also a news story posted on RU-vid.
The Cheetah’s closest relative in is the Cougar, and you can see this if you look closely to the head wich are very similar and also the built of both species is somewhat similar
When I grew up, back in the 90's the cheeta and the clouded leopard were considered big cats. I've always found it strange that the puma wans't a big cat also.
Here in Washington state cougars are everywhere and in the last few years a few attacks like one killed a biker in the forests thats why i dont go in the woods anymore without a weapons those animals can be vicious
If you ride a bicycle in a "wild" area or an area where dogs run loose be cautious. I've been chased by dogs and been stalked by a cougar once. The best thing you can do is get off your bike. The animal(s) will then see that you are a human and not some four legged beastie, and usually run away. Still it helps to carry pepper spray or bear spray just in case. Never had to use mine but had to pull it a couple of times.
I don't known the two individuals but I do live very close to them and do know many of their friends and family Really sad situation and lots of support from the small comunitys
we have lynx, bob cats, and cougars/panthers here in Florida and Georgia dont know if the one in Atlanta/ATL was wild or a pet but when i was a kid kids in my neighborhood would chase the lynx and bobcats because they would fight and sometime kll the stray cats thank god we never could catch them lol
honestly when i lived where cougars were common it wouldn't have been much of a fight, hollow points do a good job (I never had to exercise that option)
I think you missed the "Fishing Cat". Pound for pound, one of the deadliest cats .I think Cheetahs and Cougars fit closer to the big cats category, than they do in the smaller cats category.
Those are less dangerous to humans than anything else on this list. Also I agree, but the big cats are separated by actual scientific relation to each other, not by just visible physical attributes
Why do humans want to keep wild cats as pets in the first place? House cats are every bit as beautiful and there are plenty of wild-looking house cats. I am looking after a new litter of three beautiful kittens that a feral tortoiseshell cat had in my bedroom.
To be honest most non big cats are just not that dangerous to humans. Only exception and probably the only non-big cat that has ever killed people before are cheetah and mountain lions. They can definitely injure you, but something like a bobcat or a european wildcat is gonna have a real hard time actually killing a human
Black bears in Tacoma Washington and Lakewood😂 plus mountain lions. Michigan also has breeding mountain lions saw tracks and her cubs right next to hers. Saw no deer 🦌 but did hear turkeys getting killed by her😂 seeing tracks and feeling a momma mountain lion but not seeing her is sketchy even with semi auto high power rifles.
1. African sand cat or black-footed cat. 2. Domestic cat. This killing machine outdoes as all other medium-to-large cats except the cheetah. Anything but a dog (too similar), human (it knows the rules), turtles (too tough), or crab (likewise) on land smaller than itself is meat. This cat kills rattlesnakes.
Yes, and those are only the cases we know about. There are many people who have gone missing over the past 100 years, and whatever happened to them remains a mystery.
my uncle had a petting zoo in South Florida back in the 1990s and early 2000s he had a few medium sized cats running around they were a cloud leopard, four bobcats, and a Florida panther they never attacked any one in the 8 years he ha them but the government took the bigger cats away when the laws changed in Florida
A cat of the same size as Arnie meets Arnie. It's the cat who will eat the tasty dog. Cats are pound-for-pound stronger than dogs, plus they are faster they have a better weapons arsenal etc. Cope...
I wish we had a more diverse array of creatures on this planet. If u really think about it the largest land animals u gotta think about are Bears and Tigers/other Big cats. Ya there is other animals but when we look at what was around during the prehistoric ice age eras then it really starts to show just How Many different types of Animals we've lost in our relatively recent past. We had tons of different mega fana and all sorts of fascinating creatures roaming around. I know certain things would make things unsafe but sometimes I'm just bummed out that we've thinned out the animal population across this planet in order to replace it with... (drum roll please 🥁) More Humans!! Yay. Imagine, imagine what life would be like if we basically had mostly humans on this planet and hardly any animal life? Sounds like a Dystopian horror movie that ends in cannibalism lol
@@gordonwaldner9792 they shouldn’t be pets but i guess if they need it in zoos probably to bond with their emotional support dogs who need walking they probably should be walked but at times when there isn’t a lot of guests bc it’s still a cheetah
Mosquitoes would be number one. They kill more people than any other animals on the planet. The only creature that kills more people than mosquitoes would be other humans.
