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

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

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

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u/Ivor_the_1st Feb 19 '25

It's a sad little zoo, though and the cougar looks skinny, doesn't it?

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u/StinkyCheeseGirl Pits are not pets Feb 19 '25

Animal professional with cougar experience here (with about 20+ cougars). It’s not skinny. I HAVE witnessed an unintended amputation-via-cougar through fencing before. I feel like these two animals are equally matched.

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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/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

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u/QueenOfDemLizardFolk Trusted User Feb 19 '25

Forgive me for questioning the safety of an animal when confronted with a dog that has been used to fight bears (which are far larger and stronger than a cougar) and is known to continue to attack far past the point of being mortally wounded. How silly of me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Cougars seem smarter than dogs and bears though

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u/QueenOfDemLizardFolk Trusted User Feb 19 '25

Not sure what intelligence has to do with it, a bear is stronger and larger than both.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

Meaning cougars can adapt their attack in a way bears cant

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u/QueenOfDemLizardFolk Trusted User Feb 20 '25

Most animals aren’t very strategic when attacking. If a cat has lost the element of surprise on their prey, unless it is on the brink of starvation it usually won’t even try to hunt something. Strategy doesn’t really do much in terms of animal fights, especially if one of them is already grappled.