#it's mountain lion

[slavicgerman]

Two Mountain Lions.

[keymintt]

they say it wasn't humans who found the lost dutchman's gold

(another set of traffic box illustrations!!)

[maastrichtiana]

the mountain lions are unwittingly practicing witchcraft to improve their hunting chances and leaving patches of terra preta behind

[specss00]

idea!!

ALTERHUMAN SLANG. dont tell me you haven’t at least thought about it. Most if these are carnivorous mammal specific, but i will try to throw in some other kinds as well!!

Got on my back paws - got on my hands and knees. Like how animals can stand up as a trick.

ex: yeah, i really wanted that necklace, i had to get on my back legs so she would get it for me.

Showing fang - standing up for yourself/being assertive. ex: he’s really tough, but he’ll show fang at just about anything.

White eye - going crazy/really scared. Like how animals show the whites of their eyes when very agitated.

ex: haha, i saw how scared you were during that movie, you went all white eye at the end!

Riptide Rider - (aquatic) someone who lives dangerously.

ex: stay away from her, she’s a riptide rider, you’re bound to get hurt.

Treetop chaser - (herbivorous) someone who chases unattainable things.

ex: they’re way out of your league, don’t be a treetop chaser.

Cloudy day - (reptilian) usually used as a question, if someone is acting tired or unusual. Like how reptiles need the sun to stay warm, if it’s cloudy, they can’t warm up.

ex: woah, cloudy day? You look like you haven’t slept in months.

Flock brain - (avian) someone who can’t think for themselves. ex: ugh, she’s only hanging out with them now, she’s being a total flock brain.

A hummer with an eagle - (avian) someone who is clearly out of their depth.

ex: are you sure you can handle advanced classes? No offense, but you’ll be a hummer with the eagles.

okay i’ve had too much fun with this, please please PLEASE add on in the comments!!

[choscar-op81]

[zooophagous]

As much as we Americans give guff (and rightfully so) to Europeans for being so weird about nature, let's not forget that Americans are super not immune to it either.

Americans insist constantly that coyotes are going to attack children (your child is exponentially more likely to be seriously injured by their own dog) or that coyotes lure dogs to their deaths by leading them into the waiting pack (your stupid idiot dog with no recall chased a pack of coyotes that fought back and suddenly the coyotes are at fault here?)

But the one that drove me insane the most was the guy who shot the first opossum to be documented this far north in hundreds of years because he was afraid that a 3 pound opossum was going to kill his dog.

It's barely bigger than a guinea pig I promise you it's not going to eat your fucking husky you brain dead idiot loser. Stop being such a mindless coward.

[wayward-delver]

I made a discovery...

[organicmatter]

sleeping puma - photos by me

[letmeinimafairy]

This pebble with a thick calcite streak at the top was already fang-shaped, so I thought I'll try to keep the form as best as I could. Second attempt at stone carving, a big feline (puma? snow leopard?) on a cliff.

[snototter]

A female cougar (Puma concolor) with two cubs in Torres del Paine, Chile

by Richard McManus

[vintagewildlife]

Mountain lion By: Stephen J. Krasemann From: Getting to Know Nature's Children: Cougars 1985

[cainhowlett]

One of the earliest linocuts I made, big bulky line work.

[specss00]

genuinely BAFFLED by the idea that most people DONT wanna permanently become an animal if they could???? I truly thought this was commonplace….my whole family said no…..

girlypop what??

[madmanswords]

If I ever get eaten by a mountain lion, I hope everyone remembers me in my most positive light: irresistibly flavorful to mountain lions