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For years, experts have thought and reported that the cougar (puma, mountain lion) is a loner. I attended a program recently during which the commentator said that once a cougar is old enough to leave his mother, he needs an extraordinary number of acres of his own in order to survive\u2014some were saying fifty to one-hundred square miles. And it was thought that the cougar survived alone, shunning contact with other cats except during mating season. In recent months, however, they\u2019ve discovered that this big cat is more social than they thought. He shares meals with others of his species and actually hangs out with them among the brush and boulders. Here\u2019s the new report that, I\u2019m sure will lead to many others. It\u2019s really cool to know that we\u2019re finally getting a more realistic view of the elusive mountain lion.<\/p>\n