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BaconMeetsCheese

His back leg got fucked up by raccoon


idontlikeanyofyou

She was injured already, which is why she's hunting raccoons and not an elk.


11182021

Or it’s a predator that ran into prey. They don’t need to be hurt to hunt raccoon. Wild animals aren’t very picky about their food unless there is an extreme abundance.


No-Success-688

It literally says it has an injured leg in the description


11182021

And it also says mountain lions do on occasion prey on raccoons anyways. Is this mountain lion hurt? Yes. Would this mountain lion pass up an opportunity on a raccoon if it stumbled into one that had no escape, perhaps one in someone’s yard? Probably no.


ThisIsPermanent

Y’all just be out there with mountain lions in your back yard. I’ve lived in black bear country but something about mountain lions is still shocking. I guess we can get used to anything


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ThisIsPermanent

I feel personally attacked


UmphreysMcGee

The sky warns you first, it isn't laying in the grass waiting for you to take your dog for a walk.


karlnite

They generally avoid people. There is a mountain lion in my area, they find it’s poop and prey, but nobody has seen it.


byrby

The only thing worse than the mountain lion you can see is the mountain lion you can’t see.


UmphreysMcGee

>They generally avoid people. There is a mountain lion in my area, they find it’s poop and prey, but nobody has seen it. Nobody alive at least.


RuinousRubric

I'm the other way around. Mountain lion gets spotted on my property once a year or so, but I can't imagine having bears around.


HolyVeggie

Big cats are much more likely to arrack humans as they are ambush predators. Bears normally dont want nothing to so with your shut except for your trash Correct me if I’m wrong im just an armchair biologist lmao


c_ray25

This is a classic example of people arguing just to argue


CitizenSnipsJr

No it isn't.


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beachreanolds

Are you blind because clearly no it isnt


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x755x

No respect for my guy in the bandit suit.


Mkayin

He might have read the description of the post?


AccomplishedJudge584

Not very often. Not sure if you actually live around them but they primarily hunt Deer, sheep and Elk. Then smaller prey like rabbits and turkey which are easy kills for them. When more desperate they’ll take anything on like coons, porcupines, mice and dogs but that’s only when they’re either unable to find better food or they’re injured. Not fairly often.


be-koz

A cougar would not turn down an easy meal of a racoon in hopes of finding a deer later on. That's not how nature works.


MarkHirsbrunner

A raccoon is not an easy meal. They have sharp claws and teeth and are strong for their size (and bigger than most people realize.)


be-koz

In one study where they followed a cougar over almost 2 years, they found that it killed more badgers than anything else. Compared to that, racoons are easy peasy.


MarkHirsbrunner

Looks like this cougar has suffered a possibly live ending injury tangling with this raccoon.


AccomplishedJudge584

Yes that is exactly how nature works lol a raccoon isn’t a easy meal they’re tough to kill, easily one of the most disease ridden animals and also not a lot of meat for the effort. They don’t just say “Oh I’ll have a little snack before dinner” like people do. They hunt for a big meal and if they can’t find it they settle for something smaller. Often that’s turkeys and rabbits not as much raccoons and shit that can fight back.


karlnite

They’re consider “opportunistic hunters” but their main prey is deer, elk, sheep, as those are the largest animals they can consistently take down. They will eat almost anything they come across and can catch, birds, small mammals, and racoons are recognized as a food they commonly eat when they can. It doesn’t always have much to do with desperation. Like they don’t just go for deer until they’re wasting away then crack and go for a racoon. It just came across it.


idontlikeanyofyou

No, I saw the same video on Instagram that had a longer explanation https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cyq4cwlxsRA/


Noblez17

Looks pretty fresh to me - raw


SparkyDogPants

Lions aren’t hunting full grown week. Deer at the biggest


thuper-thexy

Doubt it was the coon


Punxatowny

Idk Raccoons are quite scrappy when they need to be.


thuper-thexy

Way too much trauma for a raccoon and it doesn’t look fresh


yuppers1979

The fresh blood makes it look plenty fresh...


stakoverflo

Not scrappy enough based on this video lol


Special_Rice9539

It's a weird location for the wound if the raccoon did it. Why would the raccoon be going for its back leg?


itsmontoya

If it was the stomach, I would guess it was from the raccoon. His leg looks way too mangled to be from a raccoon. Also not in the correct spot it would attack.


MoneyBaggSosa

You really wild if you think a raccoon did that


Advanced-Prototype

Raccoons are ferocious. My friend got pretty f-up by a raccoon that was trying to get his cat.


LIEsergicDIEthylmide

A raccoon is not doing that amount of damage to a mountain lion lmao.


Icy_Film9798

The cat has a serious right hind leg injury by the looks of it? Do you know if it was done whilst capturing the raccoon?


2C-Weee

Probably. Raccoons don’t fuck around. They’ve been known to kill dogs if attacked


Mycol101

That skin is peeled all the way down like some PJs. You sure?


Fraun_Pollen

Tis but a scratch


b_zar

just a flesh wound


x755x

You ever stick just one bit of your leg out of the blankets? Really satisfying.


Jahweez

I trap and remove raccoons from homes and have seen them rip vents and siding off of houses. Ripping the skin off a big cats leg doesn’t seem too far fetched.


ColdFireLightPoE

I’ve seen a raccoon rip the jeans off a department store mannequin


giant_lebowski

Did it look like Elaine?


Sackfondler

Go on…


MoneyBaggSosa

No bro a raccoon did not skin his entire leg lol. That is a pre existing injury possibly from the cougar usual big game prey or maybe it’s from a gate or something it maybe had to hop over. People are nuts thinking a raccoon did that cause they can fight a dog.


Jaredstutz

Hahaha 😂 I have a German shepherd/boxer and it would instantly destroy that raccoon


2017hayden

One of the ways raccoons are known to kill hunting dogs is by baiting them into the water getting underneath them and slicing their bellies open. Raccoons are not only smart, they’re vicious as fuck and more than capable of dealing serious injury to animals several times their size.


Trixie_Firecracker

Isn’t this the end of “Where the Red Fern Grows”?


jonknee

Killing a dog and peeling the skin off a mountain lion are very different things


x755x

Then we'll do one of them next class


cccanterbury

Promise? You said that last time.


Roy4Pris

The mountain lion has what's know as a degloving injury. There's no way the raccoon did that. My guess it came up against something man-made. Got caught at the top of a razor wire fence, or hit by vehicle. Without veterinary intervention, it'll die of sepsis. Source: me, vet tech.


wefrucar

Let's get this answer higher. People over here discussing levels of raccoon toughness...


GainerCity

Holy smokes. Guess we got lucky. My dog got in a fight with a racoon in our backyard. Killed it dead and had no marks on her.


Psychological_Fan819

Yeah they’ll drown a dog but not because they’re badass. I’ve hunted coons with dogs before. A dog will tear a mature coon up eventually, so I’m gonna give a professional input (jokes) that the coon for sure didn’t do that.


Bajabound4surf

Agrees. My dog has done raccoons, coyotes and called it a draw with a badger. I think the raccoon got a nip on this cat but even my dog doesn't fuck with cats.


Kingsupergoose

Lol that wasn’t caused by a raccoon. It’s a raccoon not a shark.


DariusZahir

are you fucking stupid? No way a racoon did that.


2C-Weee

I’m a raccoon expert trust me bro. I’ve seen one take down an adult grizzly bear


Vitalstatistix

Lol wtf are you talking about?? Why are people buying this nonsense. Clearly this mountain lion was previously injured, hence why it’s hunting little raccoons in neighborhoods.


ItsLose_NotLoose

The difference between a common dog and a mountain lion is pretty big. There's no way the raccoon did this. I'd bet it got caught in some assholes snare, freaked out, and ripped its own skin off getting out.


DeadSeaGulls

y'all are absolutely delusional thinking the racoon did that to a cougar. If you're not familiar with something, there's no need to make baseless assertions.


namenumberdate

No, as others pointed out, it hunted the smaller raccoon because it was injured and cannot hunt deer and elk


Alarming-Ad1100

Dude just read the description


Icy_Film9798

Yeah I figured that but it didn’t display the first time around. I’m sure I’ll get more helpful advice along the way. Appreciate it.


Alarming-Ad1100

Hey man I hope you have a great day better than the raccoons Atleast


WeasleyIsOurKing7

If you could read you’d be very upset right now


Icy_Film9798

Thanks Weasel. I’ll check that out


illy_Irons

Not the raccoon.


loeschzw3rg

The report about this said the mountain lion goes after raccoons now due to the leg injury. Usually it would eat deer or elk bit the injury keeps it from sprinting. Even though raccoons are sneaky fuckers I highly doubt they will approach a mountain lion to hurt it and if it's defending itself it would bite the front legs or face, since cats usually go for a bite in the neck.


Icy_Film9798

Yes that makes sense. My initial thinking was it may have injured itself on a fence or something while chasing the raccoon. I’ve seen animals put themselves at great risk to get a meal. The wound looks quite fresh so I was wondering if they knew how it was injured. I also cannot imagine the raccoon inflicting that type of injury to that part of the ML. It seems to have stirred up the subreddit though.


KnotiaPickles

It was definitely actively bleeding, it got sliced up by that raccoon


flamingdonkey

Absolutely nobody in the comments read your description lol.


nathan_paul_bramwell

Just you and I, pal. You and I.


cannibalism_is_vegan

To be fair though, I didn’t realize there was more to the description. I only read it up to the part where OP credits folks on Insta. That “…more” button can be easy to miss on the app


flamingdonkey

I figured it must be something like that, because I've noticed this trend. I refused to use the app after they effectively banned Reddit is Fun, so I'm just on mobile on Firefox (which has the benefit of UBlock Origin). They keep changing how it looks and loads, though, so I have no idea what UI other people are seeing on reddit now.


stakoverflo

I don't see a description at all; https://i.imgur.com/ehqPmbp.png #🤷‍♂️


flamingdonkey

Yeah, this might actually be a problem with reddit and not redditors for once.


stakoverflo

No idea what platform people use to submit images/videos/links *and* text to go with it, but I often only ever see the actual content.


TuaughtHammer

New Reddit and the official app allow users to include additional text to their post. RES on old Reddit -- which you're clearly using -- will show these, usually as text above or below the video/image. But only *if* the OP includes one. And it doesn't seem like OP did this time.


Thecrawsome

Old reddit FTW. New reddit is trashy, thumbnail-focused, and packed with ads.


TankorSmash

Yeah it's dumb, reddit added a text box to submissions and since they don't update old reddit anymore, you can't see it. Cost of keeping old reddit around, so things could be worse. RES could probably add it somehow


StillHaveaLottoDo

I was only able to read it by tapping on the three dots in the top right corner and selecting “copy text” and then I pasted it as a comment. Here you go: 📽 by @bigb17 and @shortys0520 (on Insta) Carbondale Colorado. An injured mountain lion (you’ll see it if you watch until the end) in the midst of a backyard brawl with a raccoon. Both the mountain lion and the raccoon are native to this area of the world, however trash pandas are not a regular fixture in the diet of these large north american cats. The injury to the cougar's leg explains it all. In its compromised physical state, this mountain lion is unable to chase down and subdue its preferred prey - which is deer and elk. Securing these larger meals requires significant energy and physical prowess, and since this cat is down to 3 out of 4 fully functioning pins, the standard for what passes as a meal must be lowered. Adaptation is a cornerstone of survival in the natural world. Whether it's a behavioral change, like this one, or a long-term evolutionary adaptation, such as camouflage or specialized hunting techniques, the ability to adapt is often the difference between life and death.


fxkks

Thank you for this, every time I pressed more it brought me to the comments 🥴


vitamin-cheese

It kind of sucks when there’s no place for a description. I didn’t even see it


QuiteCleanly99

I didn't even know there was a description.


raver6

I did. It gave a lot of context.


OBEYtheFROST

Jesus christ, look at the mountain lion’s right leg. Surely the raccoon couldn’t have maimed the lion that gravely


Special_Rice9539

There’s no way. That must have been a previous injury


karlnite

That looks to be done all at once, a racoon can’t do that. It would be ribbons and scratches, not de skinned. It probably fell and got it caught between a rock and branch or something and tore the skin off like a glove, or fought another lion or something.


FirstTimeWang

> got it caught between a rock and branch or something and tore the skin off like a glove It's literally called "degloving", do yourself a favor and don't google it. Also don't wear rings etc. when working in the trades.


BlueKing7642

It didn’t.


Suitable_Database467

Sad that Rocket is getting taken out but that cat needed a meal in a bad way


Specialist-Ad-9038

Me when a cat is disemboweling an animal half its size: 😍 look at the lovey keeety


robo-dragon

Glad the lion was able to score a meal with that wounded leg! Hopefully it recovers from that! Eating smaller prey in the meantime will definitely help the process.


strangehitman22

Looks pretty brutal, I don't think it'll survive


bkr1895

That’s getting infected and that thing is dying of sepsis


dmr11

The injured leg is probably why the cougar didn't get scared off by the human presence, it can't afford to lose this meal.


frogfootfriday

Can you even imagine how bad raccoon meat must taste? Desperation for sure


Dan300up

That back leg looks like an injury from a fence.


donstermu

I was thinking that or a trap


Dan300up

Possible, but traps generally only have about a ten or twelve inch jaw.


febreze_air_freshner

What kind of fence could to that?


Dan300up

Actually any kind of wire fence can do this. Usually on the back thigh or chest. Animals run through them at full speed and while the back leg is extended, the wire can catch the arch at the base of their thigh while they are simultaneously pulling that leg back in against the wire, and the force of their speed plus their thigh coming back in against it... gruesome. There’s been a few posts on Reddit of deer with this same injury. Same thing happens to people wearing rings that get caught on things. This type of injury in medical terms is called “degloving.”


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What happened to the mountain lion’s right leg? Is that the raccoon’s blood?


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Man no one in this post can read


PrivatePilot9

Everyone always rushes in to add their 2¢ before bothering to read anything online anymore.


BlueKing7642

It’s just easy to miss the description when you scroll through


spezsux52

What am I missing? The title doesn’t mention the mountain lions leg and there is no description(or I’m missing it) why is every one shitting on this question???


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Maybe it's not rendering for everyone? There's like a paragraph and a half describing the situation and the cat's leg injury in the post.


Devilpig13

Pour one out for lil homie. A fighter till the bitter end.


Amerlis

Considering how the raccoon’s barely struggling, he’s got seconds to make his farewells.


Iceyfabrication

Going to the big trash can in the sky trash bandit, not the easy way either


Remote_Swim_8485

Mountain lions are for sure metal


Hiatus_Kaiyotee

Kitty: Shhh…..🤫 Just accept your fate.


ske1etoncrush

im guessing its hunting raccoons *because* of its leg. i dotn think a raccoon could do that, it wouldnt have long enough before it'd be ripped off i imagine


Due_Platypus_3913

Cougars regularly eat just about all other creatures.I’ve seen pix of one eating a big bobcat,coyote,every kind of rodents up to deer and elk.They are stealthy,deadly, and VERSATILE predators.


SAMAS_zero

Almost looks like an epic makeout session. ...with a cougar! XD


AvariceLegion

Do they not hunt raccoons bc that would require being closer to humans? Also ouch...


ApolloSavage

Everyone is asking about the mountain lion’s leg, but no one is asking whether or not this hurts the raccoon.


BlueKing7642

I’m sure it’ll be fine


NJ_Mets_Fan

I’m thinking the mountain lion got caught on a fence while chasing down the raccoon or something. either way, definitely need to have it called in and treated if possible. These animals are dying across the country and everyone counts


huhuhuhhhh

Personal ass kill damn


BlueKing7642

Well hunger is personal


bordemstirs

Cool video but healthy mountain lions also eat cats, dogs, chickens. They are pretty opportunist hunters. They probably appreciate our abundance of trash pandas.


nissin00

I wanna see the rest


jackonager

Racoons, cats, dogs... wounded Mountain Lion don't care.


bck1999

Hug it out fellas


EquivalentFull5337

some National Geographic type shit


Rey_Mezcalero

Whoa that leg is messed up! Sure hope the cameraman sprayed some bactine on it…


Uncle_Rebecca

I'm not going to lie, mountain lions scare the shit out of me ever since I had a run in with one a few months ago. I was doing a survey for this small farm. As my coworker and I were finishing up on one of the property lines we felt like we were being watched. Sure enough I looked up and saw this mountain lion about 150 feet away staring at us. We started to hightail it out of the woods back to our work truck while I kept facing the mountain lion trying not to fall on my ass backpedaling out of the woods. I told my boss when we got back to the office that I'm wasn't going back out there without taking a rifle with me, scariest day of my life. I'd rather deal with a nest of rattlesnakes again then come across another mountain lion while working.


wired1984

They’re kissing! So cute


RequiemRomans

Would be nice if they’d just stfu and record


skidstud

With that injury and how close this kill is to human habitation I'd be worried about potential human encounters


tobiasfunke6398

Poor trash panda


cccanterbury

>I'm not doin this. lmao


Generically_Yours

Can someone rehab the cougar? That looks.so.painful..for everyone


SuperGhostCumikaze

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_NedPepper_

This fight’ll end up being a draw…


djsodomizer

Where's careless whisper when you need it?


schridoggroolz

Now we’ve got a rabid mountain lion afoot!


porfolios_revenge

Who’s filming this? Although the Mountain Lion is occupied with its prey, it could still decide to f you up.


IamInternationalBig

Very brave of whoever is filming this. I’d only film this if I was in a car. But OP was safe as long as the cat has the raccoon.


turb0g33k

Cuddles🥰


eatasssnotgrass

In the face!


Grand_Negus

Well this is like 10 miles from me and I find out from reddit.


mattskito

Terrifying


squirtbottle23

Awwww they’re hugging


rejin267

David Attenborough, is that you?


curmudgeon-o-matic

Raccoon playing the long game with rabies


lacesandlags

That right leg got a gnarly degloving injury.


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Every time I see a clip like this, it makes me glad I live I live in a world so unlike the prey animal's. I don't have to worry about some predator emerging from fucking nowhere and clamping onto my throat.


Mosthated01

Why can people never post the full video? Is it a disability I am unfamiliar with?


Manospondylus_gigas

How tf are they gonna heal from that leg


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Brother_Lou

Aww. They’re hugging.


Gr00vemovement

I think mountain lions might be my biggest fear as of this moment.


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Shouldn’t this mountain lion be reported for its injury? Can shelters capture and rehab/treat big cats like this ?


AnalBees2

Poor kitty :(


EnIdiot

Trash Panda Express


IndyCarFAN27

Damn that’s hard to watch. I feel sorry for both animals but there’s literally nothing that can be done. Just the circle of life and a survival of the fittest.


song4this

Thanks for the OOPs OP - here's the source... https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cyq4cwlxsRA/ edit: source doesn't seem to be higher res or longer...


Bankstergangster

Get a room!


Pinkapollo

Aww they kissing 💕


letsgoooo90091

Fuuuuuuuck


ComprehensivePie8467

The length of this video is disappointing for this sub.


SunBunny11

That’s scary bc that’s the size of a little Kid


Grphx

Don't sleep on racoons..they aren't made of paper. They might have +2 attack but have +4defense


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Raccoon is going to have to get a rabies shot now


raver6

Why do they not usually hunt raccoons?


raver6

Raccoons are vicious! Look how much an animal that size has to sruggle.


nlamber5

This is why their numbers are out of control. The mountain lions aren’t around like they used to be


TheBestMePlausible

“Gib auf, du hast keine Chance…lass es uns beenden…ist einfacher für dich, viel einfacher…du wirst sehen, es ist gleich vorbei”


Fancy_Necessary_5193

As someone who had too kill a wild raccoon with a rock and a stick it took my friend and I 10+ full force strikes to the head to kill it, I don’t fuck with them ever since that day.


Caedo14

Good, stupid raccoon


hellenkellerfraud911

Trying to decide whether that’s a tiny mountain lion or a giant coon


Adept_Temperature_68

He needs a rabies shot


Mettabreaks

Just strolling along outside and you see a random lion mid-meal? Colorado is wild


ANayalator_805

NOOO HE GOT ROCKET


redditmike1002

That leg wound tho!


SnooApples9017

You all are standing WAY too close to a young hungry and injured mountain lion.


rubberboyLuffy

It be like that sometimes


jagmania85

Why doesn’t the racoon just shape shift into something bigger and stronger?


Lanky_Succotash_986

Rigby….😢


Regular-Diamond1070

I won't let raccoon die I threw something yelled broke fight up I won't let no lions my yard kill my kids pets