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Federal researchers declare eastern cougar extinct
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| March 2, 2011
| MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Posted on 03/02/2011 6:40:18 PM PST by americanophile
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To: Fido969
They make great bait trolled behind a fast boat
and the rhinestone collars give quite a flash.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:01:34 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: EternalVigilance
Yes, I think they look like yearlings, plus the fact that they are running together.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:04:05 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: americanophile
This will come as a huge surprise the the pair roaming the forests of the southern Albemarle peninsula in eastern North Carolina.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:04:35 PM PST
by
Prospero
(non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
To: Prospero
I think we have pretty well exploded the notion that the big cats do not inhabit the East. They may have wandered here from out West, but they are here.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:12:57 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: Prospero
Here is the Eastern Cougar. What is different about them from the Western cat?
145
posted on
03/02/2011 10:21:44 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: WVNan
Comparing this to the WV cats, I can’t see any difference. They have the same markings on the face, the same extra long tail, smaller head. I’m saying the Eastern Cougar is alive and breeding.
146
posted on
03/02/2011 10:25:49 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: WVNan
Here is a Western Cougar. Not any difference I can see.
147
posted on
03/02/2011 10:55:35 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: americanophile
I don’t get how you can imply that each person like the picture is worth less just because there are ~800 million of them. That’s just not how I view the world.
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posted on
03/03/2011 5:56:16 AM PST
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
To: Graybeard58
HA Very good.
John Kerry walks into a bar, and the bartender says “hey John why the long face” ?
To: Grammy
When we got to western SD in 1979, the only thing seen of cougars was the occasional footprint. Now they are prolific, with a hunting season and a bag limit that has risen steadily as the true numbers become more evident.
After the hunting season three more were killed due to predatory behavior. Killing geese goat and pets.
This topic eases into another being pushed by a senator from SD who as an adult ought to know better but does not, and that is wilderness designation. My forefathers spent untold money and effort ridding the country of wilderness, and just like bad pennies, and early in life mistakes, it and wolfs are coming home to roost.
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posted on
03/03/2011 7:04:27 AM PST
by
wita
To: Christian Engineer Mass
I didn’t. You perhaps wanted me to imply that. I never did.
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posted on
03/03/2011 8:46:21 AM PST
by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
To: americanophile
OK cool! I misunderstood this post then:
“...and 6+ billion strong.”
I thought the only thing that could mean is that the number reduces the value? If I misunderstood I apologise. What did you mean?
After reading the thread, I am pleased that there is really only a very minor (if any) difference between the eastern and western cats - less than the difference between an Indian and a Pakistani if you ask me! I thought for a moment it was a distinct type of cat.
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posted on
03/03/2011 8:59:29 AM PST
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
To: Christian Engineer Mass
Your post seemed to imply to me that the two were mutually exclusive; that it was us or them. My point was that we’re doing just fine.
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posted on
03/03/2011 9:11:05 AM PST
by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
To: americanophile
"mutually exclusive"
No, it's not my point that for us to live they must die, or vice versa. But, I've seen the attitide expressed in post #1 many times before. And in my experience, people that have that kind of reaction do not have the same reaction about people.
"My point was that were doing just fine."
Right, yeah. I see this as a "group mentality". "We're doing just fine" implies that because there's Jane and Harry and Joe and Karen and Bob, we don't need Laura or Kathy or John, because there are already plenty of people. I see each person as unique as if they were their own "species".
I think modern liberal society has devalued people to the point where not many people see it like that any more, and that if there's a million people who look like you, then we don't need one more. And to be honest, I think that's no more than a stone's throw from gas chambers.
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posted on
03/03/2011 9:22:13 AM PST
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
To: Christian Engineer Mass
Well, it is group mentality, because ‘we’ are a species. We’re not big cats. To make any meaningful statements, you necessarily have to generalize...just as you might into other groups such as ‘Christians’ or ‘Engineers,’ or ‘misanthropes.’
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posted on
03/03/2011 9:28:36 AM PST
by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
To: americanophile
“it is group mentality”
What is a group mentality? Do you mean to say that a group mentality is justified?
156
posted on
03/03/2011 9:44:35 AM PST
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
To: Christian Engineer Mass
"What is a group mentality?"Referring to humans as "we're."
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posted on
03/03/2011 9:47:05 AM PST
by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
To: mamelukesabre
Maybe we should feed YOU to the cougars, you dog hater.
To: Emperor Palpatine
blah blah blah
I own a lab.
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posted on
03/03/2011 10:56:32 AM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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