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Here in Santiago, Chile, where many neighborhoods are in complete lockdown, a wild Puma was seen roaming the streets[1]. This was their natural habitat before t
by phaser 7y ago
Here in Santiago, Chile, where many neighborhoods are in complete lockdown, a wild Puma was seen roaming the streets[1]. This was their natural habitat before the city was established, and many of them still live in the mountains, which are not far from the busiest streets of Santiago.
https://www.france24.com/en/20200324-wild-puma-captured-in-deserted-chile-capital https://www.france24.com/en/20200324-wild-puma-captured-in-d...
- RandallBrown 7y agoSeattle has occasionally gotten mountain lions and bears in the city. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/discovery-parks-cougar-is-captured-released-into-wild/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/discovery-parks-co...
- tjr225 7y agoI used to live in Olympia before living in Seattle and wash pretty shocked to see a coyote casualty walking down the street one morning when I was drinking coffee. Turns out it is pretty normal.
- s0rce 7y agoLA as well.
- dredmorbius 7y agoSimilarly Palo Alto, for years now: https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2004/05/17/mountain-lion-shot-and-killed https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2004/05/17/mountain-lion...
- ComputerGuru 7y agoThe same animal also taking advantage of the lockdown in Boulder, CO: https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/fos9k0/mountain_lions_moving_back_into_boulder_during/ https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/fos9k0/mountain_lions_...
- joejerryronnie 7y agoI live south of San Jose up against the mountains and our neighbors will post pictures once in a while of mountain lions drinking out of the swimming pools in their back yards. It’s more common in bad drought years.
- abhiminator 7y agoAre you anywhere near Joseph D. Grant County Park?
- joejerryronnie 7y agoA bit further south, closer to Mount Madonna County Park