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From the article: "Powerful predators that kill by puncturing skulls with their tremendous bite" "we were a leap away from an apex predator that kills with a
by midvar 8y ago
From the article:
"Powerful predators that kill by puncturing skulls with their tremendous bite"
"we were a leap away from an apex predator that kills with a single bite"
In this lone case you might just be wrong.
- tcoff91 8y agoYeah big cats are one of the more merciful predators in that regard, many animals begin eating their prey without bothering to kill them first.
- dotancohen 8y agoAbout two years ago there was a well-known incident in which a daughter called her mother while being eaten alive by bear cubs. The mother heard the whole long, agonizing thing by telephone. The call was even recorded: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/olga-moskalyova_n_930464.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/olga-moskalyova_n_... After an hour on the phone: "Mum, it’s not hurting anymore. I don’t feel the pain. Forgive me for everything. I love you so much"
- amelius 8y agoGood story, but two points strike me as odd. How did they record the call? I wouldn't even know how to do that on my phone. Also, does Russia have such good cellphone coverage, even in areas where bears live?
- dotancohen 8y agoYes, Russia is not the US. Cell coverage is excellent, even outside cities. If you get deep into the Taiga of course there will be no coverage, but in this case the camping ground was not too far outside a city of 200,000 people. Almost all the cheap Chinese phones, such as Xiaomi, come with call recorder built in. My exwife has one, for better or worse, I need to be careful what I say!
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- nickthemagicman 8y agoI agree. It super suspicious sounding.
- skookumchuck 8y agoI thought they killed by clamping the neck and suffocating their prey.
- arcticfox 8y agoNot jaguars. They have much stronger bites proportional to body size than the other big cats, and kill by puncturing the skull and brain.
- im3w1l 8y agoI couldn't help but take that as a challenge.. > While the jaguar often employs the deep throat-bite and suffocation technique typical among Panthera, it sometimes uses a killing method unique amongst cats: it pierces directly through the temporal bones of the skull between the ears of prey (especially the capybara) with its canine teeth, piercing the brain So maybe, maybe not.