Giant paw prints found, Big Cat?

[radge]

Big cats can live up to 30 years.

[tarrant]

Feb 9, 2009 23:03:17 GMT radge said:

Your answer still doesnt deal with the fact that maybe the majority of cats are one sex? thats certainly possible. As for finding each other, cats do territories, thats their patch so unless an opposite of sex cat comes into their territory then they arent going to hook up. Food? we have plenty rabbits across the land, foxes, badgers, deer, and yes there have been reports of farm animals being mauled in a dubious way as to suggest something rather large attacked them. Whether those stories are made up i dont know...but there have been mentions. But then again if there are only a few big cats out on our hills then you arent going to hear of too many attacks.

Unlikely to be all one sex.

Assuming there are very few females, for example, tat would increase the likelihood of mating.

Assuming there are very few males that would almost certainly create harems.

Female cats do maintain territories. Male cats tend to roam until they find a group of females. Cats in cities have different habits simply because there are so many of them.

These supposed cats may well be hunting wild prey, but would be much more likely to go after domestic farm animals, sheep especially.

[radge]

It wouldnt increase the likely hood when they are 100 miles away from each other!?
What happens if the cats are male?
And yes farm animls are likely source of prey. Which as i said there have been reports of farm animal mauling. But then again farm animals are in much closer vacinity to humans so also possibly detracting away from the idea that farm animals would be their first choice of target.

[radge]

and who are you to say they are unlikely to be all one sex?? You have as much clue as anyone else, apart from those people who have possibly released them.

[tarrant]

OK.

Fine.

I lived in the Highlands for about 3 years in the 70s. I hope you do as well with your big cat story as they did with the Loch Ness Monster.

[radge]

yeah ive not heard any reports of big cats in sCOTLAND, ITS ALWAYS DOWN SOUTH IN eNGLAND. I live in Ediburgh and work in the highlands, I know the Loch ness story inside out because i tell it to people every few days. I think Nessy as a plasiosaurus is pants, but i wouldnt disregrad the idea of something large living in that loch that we dont know about. Been too many sightings of something, too many sonar readings of something, still plenty pictures of things that cannot be verified nor denied.

[tarrant]

Now I recall stories of big cats in E Lothian and the borders.

And there was something rumoured to be wandering around Queens Park for a while.

[KrispyKoala]

I think Nessy as a plasiosaurus

Couldn't possibly be a plasiosaurus, they lived millions of years ago, apparently a lot of you guys up there think that the earth is only 10,000 years old. The maths just doesn't add up.