They are in-game too!(Image removed from quote.)
One time, a long time ago, I was walking late at night in the dense Greek jungle when out of nowhere I hear a voice saying "you are my son, but I m not your father" To this day, I have not figured out who or what it was
I have seen 2 black panthers here in Oklahoma, one where I'm from about 50 miles north of the Texas border and the other about 30 SW of Tulsa where I'm at now. When they scream it'll make the hair on the back of your neck stand up until your completely out of there I promise you.
You got that right . While I was down in Saint Joe in FL I had one track me down a ditch up another road and down another ditch . I could not get it off my track . I was going through 4 to 6 foot water in those ditches trying to ditch that cat . Never seen it but MAN when it screamed It sounded like a baby screaming .Every time just alittle closer . I have never been that scared in my life . When I got to my truck I got the heck out of there and never looked back . I have never went back to that area again . You know it seem's I remember seeing a Black cat at the Memphis zoo back in the late 70's . Seem's I remember it being a Jag tho .
IIRC Male jaguars are black, and the female's are spotted
Either sex can be black or spotted it's a genetic thing,funny thing is even the black ones has spots,well they aren't really spots either they are called rosette's. I wont say you cant find a black mountain lion because it's possible but just not common like in leopards or jags. Ink is correct in saying jags seldom carry prey up trees,that more a leopard thing. Jags have jaws like pitbulls or hyenas and usually kill with a bite to the base of the skull and the leopard usually severs the throat or spinal colum.Jags eat a lot of turtles and they can because of the jaw strength! Long before the US west was settled Jags were quite common and the early settlers often called then tigercats.I see no reason to doubt they are in AZ NM and even Tx as both Mexico and Belise have health populations of them. As for 200 lb pigs up in trees well escaped or more likely released leopards could survive in the glades quite well and it wouldn't surprize me to find a cat or two,lucky they don't live long like the released reptiles that are taking over.
beat me to it I have read everything I could about large cats.....I have known people that have raised all the big cats...I pet a 900lb+ Siberian Tiger...... never have I seen in real life or photo's..... or heard of Black Mountain lions.(I don't think it would happen, just my opinion)
I would say it's as rare as albinoism is in cats,I dont think it's impossible though. Likely a black version of cougar wouldnt have the advantages that the tawny does so natural selection favours the tawny types. Makes sense simce they are usually found were that coloration would make sense. A black leopard or Jag has dense jungle to hide in so more would have a chance to survive. I knew a guy who had a Sib. unfortunately his pet broke his neck being "playful". Personally I kept my distance and only touched it once through the cage..... She was only about 400 to 500 lbs tho!
Wonder if mountain lions and jags could cross bread in the US?
But can they reproduce? Tiger lion combo cant but I bet the jag mountain lion could.
