The thing about cougars is that you need to see them live. Seeing them in pictures, or even on TV, doesn’t really do them justice. There are a couple of videos on the Internet that get close, but they don’t quite pull it off. To really understand the power of these magnificent animals, you have to see them in the flesh.
I had the pleasure of spending time with some cougars this evening. They ambled back and forth in the Nature Center, doing what cougars do when they are not trying to score some prey. But you could tell that they were ready to pounce if and when the opportunity came. Not that they needed to, but they could. Never underestimate the strength and agility that lies just beneath the skin of a cougar.