Panthers are adept swimmers, although they usually avoid water. They even prey on porcupines and skunks, and large panthers can kill elk and moose.
Panthers are nocturnal and usually solitary hunters, except during mating season and when a mother is teaching her cubs how to bring down prey. As apex predators, panthers play a crucial role in their ecosystems. They keep animal populations from exploding. This never made sense to me because the only black cat is the black leapard indigenous to Asia and none have roamed here luckily. I can t imagine why so many said the same description. I was driving a semi one night around Bartow Florida, I started over a concrete bridge small and witnessed a totally black Jaguar, or whatever you want to call them, he was walking along the the bridge in the path designed for bikes and walkers, it was around 3am, he did not flinch as I went by, and I looked in my mirror and again he did not flinch.
He was just walking along, he was way, way to big have been a cat, I was stunned. For what I could see he was all black, no other colors, and looked very healthy indeed. If we could only educate the human population to respect the panthers, and not destroy their habitat.
Got one in my yard. I live in N. Seen him 3 times now. Also caught him on a security camera last night. So cool. I am going to see what I can do to possibly relocate him. Too many houses and traffic. I have lots of rabbits in the yard. Deer are scarce. Poor fella. They have been seen in southeast Georgia. I have seen and heard many, growing up in the country. They come through one or two times a year. They are moving through right now. One was seen down the road from my house and my mom had one in her yard last night.
It would be interesting if they did research here to see if their population is larger than they think. I think I have one stalking me and my wife and step son where night the animals around the house go crazy around am. Is this possible we live right next to the Gothoe national forest. We have neighbors in Northeasternmost Florida who have video of panthers in their backyards, one just yesterday!
Beautiful cats!! I have no idea what it was but it was about the size of a medium sized dog 45 lbs or so the markings were kind of like a calico cat. Looking at pics of bob cats and Florida panther Cubs I think I saw a panther cub. Your email address will not be published.
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Caracal Facts. Tags: Florida panthers. Related Posts. Big Cat Facts. Caracal Facts June 1, Catfight December 24, Leopard Facts May 5, Liger Facts February 7, Next Post. Rachael Higo says:. November 26, at pm. Monica J Spires says:. She takes care of them by herself. Panthers learn to climb the tree early in their life. They are strongest tree climbers in the cat world. Eyes of the newly born cub are closed and covered with light fur. At age of months, cubs learn how to hunt from their mother.
Just nine months after birth, young panthers can catch medium-sized prey. Florida panthers have a crooked tail and a unique patch of fur on the back. Florida panthers are about six to seven feet 1. The historic range of the Florida panther extended from Florida to Louisiana throughout the Gulf Coast states and Arkansas. Today the only place with wild Florida panthers is the southwestern tip of Florida. Florida panthers utilize a diversity of warm climate habitat, living in wetlands, swamps, upland forests, and stands of saw palmetto.
Florida panthers are carnivores. They are skilled at hunting white-tailed deer, feral hogs, raccoons , and other medium-sized mammals and reptiles. Florida panthers also stalk birds. Florida panthers are territorial and solitary, unless a pair is mating or a female is raising kittens. They use pheromones and physical signs like claw markings or feces to define their territory.
Males roam much larger territories than the females. A male can make a territory more than to square miles in size. In the mating season of November to March, males venture out to find a female mate.
After they breed, the female is pregnant for about three months. She gives birth to a litter of one to three kittens.
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