I always wondered about the mentality of a lion that runs from a pack of dogs.
I can't google it up, but I'm recalling that when when wolves first returned to Idaho one pack took up the practice of systematically trailing mountain lions and stealing their kills. Again I'm recalling an eventual death toll of nine (?) lions either dead by starvation or killed by the pack when reduced to a weakened state.
Dogs are generally considered a wolf subspecies now, leastways the lions apparently think they're wolves. Turns out around suburban backyards and such they learn to view dogs differently.
Birdwatcher
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