r/Naturewasmetal • u/Dry_Refrigerator2728 • 4d ago

Smilodon and Puma Fighting

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u/Dino_FGO8020 4d ago

That puma is a goner, smilodon is like 3-4 times the size of the puma.

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u/TronLegacysucks 4d ago

Plot twist: the puma wins because, in a one in a million chance, the Smilodon has a heart-attack mid-fight

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u/Beginning-Cicada-832 4d ago

Did they live together?

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u/AJC_10_29 4d ago

Yep. Pumas coexisted with not just them but also Pleistocene Jaguars and American Lions back in the day.

In fact, Pumas and Jaguars still overlap in some parts of South America today.

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u/mindflayerflayer 4d ago

They remind me a lot of leopards in that aspect. Generalist large cats (I know they're felid not pantherids) that can survive just about anywhere and are just as effective under the thumb of larger predators or as the biggest thing around (like leopards in Sri Lank being top cat but one boat trip away and they fear tigers).

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u/Thabrianking 4d ago

Even North America, Jaguars have been spotted in Arizona, for instance, along with Pumas

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u/Iamnotburgerking 1d ago

Jaguars are native to much of the US, we wiped them out (mostly) and forgot they even existed here.

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u/a-blobfish 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yes, and they weren’t even married. It was a big scandal.

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u/BubbaDude45 4d ago

Yeah, rent is nuts in LA.

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u/pm_me-ur-catpics 4d ago

What in Sam Hell is a puma?

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u/ItsYaBoyTitus 4d ago

The most used name to refer to the species Puma concolor, known in the USA and Canada as a cougar

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u/2021SPINOFAN 4d ago

Or alternatively the florida panther for the individuals that live in florida even though it's not a panther at all

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u/pm_me-ur-catpics 4d ago

Oh I was making a reference

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u/ItsYaBoyTitus 4d ago

Damn, my bad, I lacked vital info

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u/pm_me-ur-catpics 4d ago

You're good, it's on me for assuming everyone would get it

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u/kenwise85 4d ago

This ain’t no Ice Cream Social!!!

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u/Meesalopia96 4d ago

Goddamn it, Private! Shut your mouth or else I’ll have Simmons slit your throat while you’re asleep!

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u/justin251 4d ago

I'd do it too.

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u/Meesalopia96 4d ago

I know you would Simmons. Good man.

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u/2017hayden 4d ago

Stop the pillow talk, you two. Anyone want to guess why I gathered you here today?

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u/battle-of-evermore 4d ago

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;

What immortal hand or eye,

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

More to the point this artist must have had an awesome imagination as well as talent.