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I had no idea there were lions in Alaska and Canada before. If they made it until there, I wonder what stopped them from going down south...
by abc_lisper 11y ago
I had no idea there were lions in Alaska and Canada before.
If they made it until there, I wonder what stopped them from going down south...
- bluedino 11y agoThe American Lion reached all the way down to South America. They were even bigger than today's African Lions
- abc_lisper 11y agoHmm. That's interesting. For me, their extinction must then be related to humans than any climate change.
- yareally 11y agoThere are still lions in the Americas today, just most people don't think of them[1][2][3] as such despite being nearly as large as their African counterparts. Same subfamily as cheetahs[4]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_panther https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_panther [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felinae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felinae
- abc_lisper 11y agoAw, come on, those aren't real lions :)
- jakeogh 11y agoHeh, true. A 200lb adult Cougar that can jump _40ft_ or 18ft up is 'perspective enhancing' enough. The first thing you notice is it's paws. Common in southern Arizona, but it's rare to see one and there are no recorded fatal attacks (here).
- drcode 11y ago> I had no idea there were lions in Alaska and Canada before. There were way more large mammals everywhere in the world around that time. Somehow all these species disappeared as soon as humans showed up on the scene, strangely enough...