Mountain lion, house cat stare-down captured on camera

http://www.kdvr.com/ ^ | 0/18/2011 | staff reporter

[Daffynition]

BOULDER, Colo. -- Mountain lion encounters in Colorado aren’t exactly rare, but they don’t usually produce such great photo opportunities.

Gail Loveman, who lives in Boulder’s Pine Brook Hill neighborhood, snapped a handful of photos of a standoff involving a mountain lion and her Maine cook [sic] cat, Zeus.

It happened last Thursday evening when the cougar walked up her porch and peeked through a sliding glass door.

Don't miss the slideshow!!!: http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-slideshow-mountain-lion-vs-house-cat-20111018,0,964756.photogallery

[Daffynition]

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[the invisib1e hand]

we had a cat that looked just like that when I was growing up and you did not want to mess with it. It used to chew cigarettes.

[Daffynition]

Greta photos at source, FYI.

[GOP Poet]

Callie?

[rintense]

Awesome. What beautiful cougars!!!!

[50cal Smokepole]

As soon as I figure out how to get this door open, it's snack time, fuzzball.

[Daffynition]

LOL...This big cat looks like he wants lunch ...and a cigarette afterwards. :)

[SES1066]

My tail is better than yours!

[GOP Poet]

Cool. The cat is so bored with him. HAHA. We have a cat that is tiny and often jumps at the french door at night in the bedroom waking us up. She once was attacking (not really) 4-5 raccoons standing there watching her pounce against the glass. Our cat girl is a real killer :-D. Cool mountain lion pictures though. He or she loves the statue and is actually getting much more enjoyment of it then the cat. He can’t touch the cat.

[rintense]

Sweet!

[steve86]

Photoshopped. The similar pic at the source even more blatant.

[khnyny]

Beautiful pictures. Glad that both the house kitty and Mountain Lion are safe...

[ColdOne]

awesome photos

[Daffynition]

Even with a substantial fence, that family is still not safe!

[taildragger]

2nd picture of Zeus, notice the fir on the back and tail going up...Wow. The big cats are beautiful but I don’t want to mess with um’ dangerous as all get up...

[the invisib1e hand]

Glad that both the house kitty and Mountain Lion are safe...

For now.

[rintense]

If that is an outdoor cat, it’s an indoor cat now! No way I’d let it outside.

[Daffynition]

Glad you enjoyed them.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Well,,,, my old girl, Hu, weighs only 7 pounds. The much younger girl, Mao, weighs in at 14 pounds. Moa should kick Hu’s butt in a fraction of a second. But that’s not how it works with felines. Attitude and a dominant behavior trumps size. I’ll wake up and find clumps of Mao’s hair on the floor, and know that she challenged, and lost. Still,,,, if this Coon Cat was out on the porch,,,, it probably would have ended up as lunch.. Don’t know fur shure though.

[NorthStarStateConservative]

Maine Coons aren't slouches either. I've seen a few that were 25 lbs of lean weight. In fact, the largest cat in the world is a Maine Coon and is about the size of a golden retriever.

[Daffynition]

LOL...*this* is a photoshop...

[Daffynition]

No way *I’d* go outside w/out a whole platoon of Navy Seals guarding me.

[SJackson]

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[jazusamo]

Great mountain lion pics, Daffynition. Thanks for the ping.

[Larry Lucido]

I used to have a Maine Cook cat. Got tired of him yelling “bam!” every time he prepared a dish.

[angcat]

Beautiful animal wow.

[thesearethetimes...]

Lol, ain’t that the truth. It might be photoshopped, but it just might be real and as an old cat caretaker, I am believing it ; }

Amazing, beautiful animals, both domestic and wild. We are blessed to exist with them.
Tatt

[decimon]

Thanks.

Greta photos at source, FYI.

Where's Greta? I wanna see Greta.

[fso301]

She would make a beautiful rug on the floor in front of our fireplace.

[mardi59]

I thank God for these beautiful gifts, and I thank Him for giving me the brains to keep from becoming mountain lion dinner.

Great photos and the cats are so magnificent, big and little.

I have a Maine Coon, Hannah Leigh (big and beautiful) and she is so gentle. She would want to play with big kitty and become a snack.

[Inyo-Mono]

BTTT.

[Daffynition]

LOL...I've had a traumatic brain injury.....looked fine to me! LOL

[Daffynition]

I just *love* Maine coons. This sweetie was so close to lunch...thank goodness for Thermopane. :)

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[fso301]

Our family is jealous!

[JoeProBono]

[Charlespg]

pretty animal

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[mardi59]

It really was close to lunch and I’m thankful Maine Coon is alive and well.

I just love my Hannah. Very spoiled and cuddly. I have to sit down to hold her she’s so big. I told my oldest son she looks like a raccoon when she lays on her back, so I rolled her over to play roadkill (she lays on her back with her paws extended above her head) and he said she looks exactly like a coon.

She’s my sweetie.

[SVTCobra03]

[Guy Gardner]

My parent’s tiny Siamese cat had a virtually identical stare-down with a mountain lion through the window about 10 years ago!

[Stonewall Jackson]

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That's what I'd do ...have a sniper take care of these guys.

[Stonewall Jackson]

My second-cousin is a game warden in Wyoming. A few years ago, when my dad and I were out visiting family, his folks showed us a photo of a mountain lion he’d killed because it was killing livestock over near Laramie. It was so big that it’s head hung off one side of his tailgate and part of the hindquarters hung off the other side.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

Some pictures I've seen, these critters can be mammoth!

[familyop]

Good photos of what appear to be juvenile mountain lions. Curious, aren’t they. The older ones tend to be more cautious and are seldom seen. They’ve been seen a few times stalking around livestock at night in my area. I’ve only seen sign (tracks, dung) a few times and a couple—each on different nights—in the headlights.

[Daffynition]

An evening clan meeting...caught on trail cam....