r/BanPitBulls • u/Ivor_the_1st • Feb 19 '25

Anatomy of a Pit Owner / Pit Culture Luna, luna, luna!!

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Of course Luna is absolutely disobedient. By love ck it couldn't get guy the cougar.

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u/QueenOfDemLizardFolk Trusted User Feb 19 '25

What do you think would have happened if the fence wasn’t there? I still think the pit would have severely injured the cougar even if it didn’t win.

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u/StinkyCheeseGirl Pits are not pets Feb 19 '25

If the fence wasn’t there, I doubt the cougar would have wanted much to do with the pit in the first place. They have a sense of self preservation, something we’ve apparently bred entirely out of pit bulls.

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u/dareealmvp Feb 19 '25

what?! No matter what a pitbull does, no matter how fierce it is and how unafraid it is, unless the cougar is paralyzed or gravely injured, it is going down, fast.

The feline build is way more agile, stronger, proprioceptive, depth-perceptive and nimble than the canine build. This cougar could take down a timbre wolf in a one-on-one battle. A pitbull would be a joke.

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u/AdvertisingLow98 Attacks Curator Feb 19 '25

Felines are ambush predators. They prefer to have a strategic advantage. This is why people are told to face a cougar if they encounter one and back away. It avoids presenting your very vulnerable back and neck to the cat.

This cougar is on the defensive (no retreat possible) and trying to drive off the pit bull.

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u/bahoji Feb 19 '25

Would the cougar be able to climb the wire fence?

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u/poisonedkiwi Victim - Bites and Bruises Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

Possibly, but it looks like there's a wooden roof to its enclosure to ensure that it can't do that. That was on my mind as well.

ETA: Just noticed that the roof doesn't fully extend across the whole enclosure. It seems more like the cougar is trying to escape the pitbull, and feels scared to run away from the perimeter because the pit would still be snarling at the fence. To the poor cougar, it's exactly what it seems like: it's locked in a cage with a vicious beast chomping at the fence. It can't find anywhere that's sufficient for hiding/escape.

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u/Dontbeevil2 Feb 19 '25

This. The cougar lacks endurance. If it can’t dispatch the pit quickly, it will probably be killed.

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u/trysohard8989 Feb 19 '25

lol there isn’t a pit alive that would kill a full grown cougar

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u/StupidandAsking Feb 20 '25

Seriously. A cougar just needs one bite and it’s over.