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Where does a cougar hunt?

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9y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Cougars live in a wide variety of habitats - coniferous forests, deciduous forests, rain forests, wetlands, grasslands, savannas, mountains and deserts. They are ambush hunters and remain quietly in hiding for a prey animal to pass by. They then make a sudden pounce and take the animal down.

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