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Why don't Pumas/Mountain Lions/Lynx form packs?

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which are also animals) On Netflix's "Predators" they show a Puma family that doesn't form a pack but it seems like life in a group would be a lot easier. It seems like creating packs is the best survival method for animals and humans. Similarly wolves and coyotes do form packs and have quite a bit of success.

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Twitching Solitaire En Masse

10,000 Birds

In short, it’s exactly the sort of place that a family would visit even if there weren’t a state first record at the top of the mountain. After we’d looked at this plain gray bird long enough, we headed to the nature museum and gawked at Black Bears and River Otters and search unsuccessfully for the Mountain Lion.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

He says he hunts out of a need to take responsibility for his family, who evidently live where the supermarkets offer no meat. 26, 2011 To the Editor: Seamus McGraw mounts all the standard defenses: I am feeding my family; there are too many deer; I kill as mercifully as possible. Who wiped out the wolves and mountain lions?

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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

10,000 Birds

If you’ve birded Los Angeles County, then you know it encompasses an incredible variety of habitats, from beaches to mountains, from conserved wetlands to rapidly populating desert. It’s an excellent resource for family and child-learning adventures. So, now we have four guides to nature for children and families.