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Nature in action - Epic struggle ends in death
imgur website ^ | 7/7/13 | Baynative

Posted on 08/07/2013 6:48:36 PM PDT by Baynative

Mountain goat and lion found dead on a closed road in Glacier National park. It seems they both fell to their deaths when the cougar attacked the goat far up on the cliffs out of sight and to the right. (Not sure where to post this, but I think it was is interesting)

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Actually it was a Big Horn Sheep, not a Mt. Goat, that was attacked by a cougar. The pictures on the website are gruesome and not for the squeemish. But, they show a vivid story we can only imagine by looking at the aftermath.

It appears that the two animals were locked in a life and death struggle and fell to their deaths from the rock cliffs above the highway in Glacier National Park.

There are more pictures on the link, but they are not for the faint of heart. It makes me wonder how many stories of cruel reality play out in the wilds everyday, just as they do in what some still think of as civilized society.

1 posted on 08/07/2013 6:48:36 PM PDT by Baynative
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To: Baynative

I found half a rabbit out in the woods the other day.


2 posted on 08/07/2013 6:50:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Baynative

I expected to read about Zimmerman - Martin again.


3 posted on 08/07/2013 6:54:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Baynative

yeah, full curl sheep. looks like a dall to me.

amazing.


4 posted on 08/07/2013 6:55:21 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: cripplecreek

A moose once bit my sister.


5 posted on 08/07/2013 6:56:42 PM PDT by occamrzr06
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how is your sister by the way?


6 posted on 08/07/2013 6:59:39 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: occamrzr06

Was if a European Moose, or an African Moose?


7 posted on 08/07/2013 7:00:35 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: Baynative; Lady Jag; Slings and Arrows

8 posted on 08/07/2013 7:01:46 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: occamrzr06

I hear the European Moose like cheese


9 posted on 08/07/2013 7:02:03 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: Baynative

Isn’t this quite a few years old? 6 or 7 years.


10 posted on 08/07/2013 7:02:08 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: beebuster2000

Well it’s a Road Dall now.


11 posted on 08/07/2013 7:02:14 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Baynative

Whoah! That is epic!


12 posted on 08/07/2013 7:02:32 PM PDT by Thorliveshere (Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
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To: DanielRedfoot

It was a majestik moose. The swallow was European or African.


14 posted on 08/07/2013 7:04:03 PM PDT by occamrzr06
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I should have looked at the photos first. This is not the one from several years back.


15 posted on 08/07/2013 7:04:13 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Baynative

tough way to make a living


16 posted on 08/07/2013 7:15:12 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Baynative

Dang!!!


17 posted on 08/07/2013 7:31:44 PM PDT by jodyel
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I watched the cruelty of nature on an eagle cam a couple of months ago.

It was so sad.

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18 posted on 08/07/2013 7:34:16 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Baynative

Mountain lions really get my goat.


19 posted on 08/07/2013 7:35:32 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: Baynative

“Alright, we’ll call it a draw.”


20 posted on 08/07/2013 7:36:12 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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