How about the Colorado man, out for a leisurely run in mountain country, being put upon by a young and rambunctious cougar? This wasn’t just a cougarly love-tap, or merely a territoriality message. It was a deadly predator v. prey takedown, replete with slashing claws and jugular-seeking bites. This big cat was on a spleen-seeking mission. They love spleens for some dang reason. While the mountain lion viewed the jogger as a munchie on the hoof, this bipedal meal bit back, so to speak.
As one would expect, the stealthy cat easily got the initial upper claw/hand, quickly inflicting ER-grade damages to…
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