You don't have to outrun a mountain lion, you just have to outrun your companion.

You missed it: There hasn't been 27 attacks by gators. They were talking about 27 attacks that were FATAL. That means 27 people who couldn't get away in time. There's been a closer to 450 attacks--they just weren't fatal.

Floridian here. Most people who are attacked by gators are taken from the shoreline, not necessarily being IN the water or swimming with them. They are ambush predators and hunt from the shoreline.

WE have a large pond across the road from us. In it lives Charley. A 10 foot alligator. Last year Charley ate a prowler that was trying to check out a house in the dark. The prowler not being able to see, stepped in to the pond and Charley was waiting under the surface. The prowler's body was stuffed under a sunken log. The local neighbors gave Charley a whole ham as a reward

When I was around 8-10 our neighbors in rural Texas adopted/rescued a cougar (aka a puma / mountain lion). Her name was Tush (from the ZZ Top song) and she was very sweet and gentle with people. She loved neck scratches and Fudgesicle bars. When she purred it sounded like a lawn mower. Unfortunately, she died when some scumbags tried to kidnap her and overdosed her on sedatives a couple of years after she was adopted. R.I.P Tush. You were a sweetheart, and I hope I can feed you a Fudgesicle again one day.

A small boy got snatched into a lake and was lost at Disney when he was wading on the edge with his father. They are fast.

A 40 y/o homeless woman was just killed by a huge alligator near Clearwater FL past week or so.....horrendous. Gator was killed but was about 17 ft long!

Cougers will defend an area if it has kittens nearby. There is a really creepy video of one scaring off a hiker. It said that if they are hunting you, you won't know what hit you. If you see them coming after you, they are trying to scare you away.

I love how proud Millie was for knowing the chicken turtle tastes like chicken before he said it haha

Born-and-raised Floridian here. The panthers mostly stick to their habitat in the inland southwestern portion of the peninsula; roughly from a Tampa-Lakeland line southward to Naples and the Everglades, and most of that is rural farmland or swamps. Contact with humans is VERY uncommon, though it does happen from time to time... usually in nature parks or other green-space public areas. In fact, the larger problem has been automobiles, as there are a few roads, especially a couple of prominent state highways, that go right through their natural range. They're on the endangered species list as "critically imperiled," as it only occupies 5% of its historic habitat and by the 1970's, only about 20 were still alive in the wild, though they HAVE rebounded to just over 200. Contrary to popular belief, you DO NOT WANT TO RUN AWAY from a Florida panther. You stand tall and make direct eye contact with it. If they come after you, however, you SHOULD fight back, and do not turn around away from it. They do not like confrontation, and they will typically back down. But if you don't see them, and you hear one hissing at you, leave quickly, because that's your one warning. And believe me, you WILL know when you hear one hissing at you. That's an unmistakeable, chilling sound. And yes, I **do** know from experience!

The island foxes only exist BECAUSE they’re on the island. They came from the same foxes as the mainland and isolation created the separate species, pretty typical of island animals

Millie seems to have an aversion to cute, small animals.

Never turn your back on a large cat. Gators do come to you. People find them in their swimming pools all the time.

The channel islands became separated when the glaciers melted. Like the UK when Doggerland was flooded.

Sorry, guys, but alligators will exit the water and chase you down. The gators believe that humans taste like chicken.

Honorable mention should be the turkey. It almost became the national bird of the US. I know it's spread across the world now, especially for food source, but it's native to North America.

Gators dont read, they do come to your houses, and are often found in peoples swimming pools, in florida.

Just a month or so ago a gator took an elderly person that was on a walk. A gator also grabbed a person who was trying to protect their dog not too long ago.

The chances of seeing a big cat in the wild is very rare. We’ve got big cats where I live in Maine and you can go your lifetime and never see one. They’re like ghosts spirit animals.

I take it that Mrs B has seen Monty Python's search for the holy grail. This film contains a rabbit that attacks the quest.

After living in Florida for 8 years. I've always heard whether posted or not just assume any body of fresh water probably has at 2 Gators in it. Just stay far enough away from the edge of the water and you're good. I would also say other than for personal protection most gun owners also carry in case they ever need to protect themselves selves from bears, gators, hogs, or a mountain lion.

Rule of thumb in the South just assume if there’s a body of water that there’s a gator in it and they don’t really bother you at all. I had a 6 footer with in ten feet of me on the golf course didn’t bother me at all it was staring me down lol but didn’t bother me lol 😂

Wild rabbits will run away from you more times than attack you lol

Mountain Lions can be very aggressive. I wouldn't recommend charging at it. Your best bet, if it attacks you, is to fight back hard, and it might get discouraged from continuing. It's best to bring a blade with you, if you were to go into the American woods.

do a search for "cougar stalks Utah hiker". . .my heart is still thumping so hard

"Unless you go to them, they are not going to come and find you." Well they are ambsh predators so i guess so, but there are way to many incidents of them just hanging out in peoples pools and yards, so no.

Last fall I was driving home and a mountain lion started walking in front of my car. I was able to get a 3 minute video of it before it ran off.

There are far more non-fatal alligator attacks than fatal ones, this is partly due to the fact that many younger alligators simply are not big enough to easily kill a human. In addition to this they primarily hunt in the water or immediately along the shoreline, though occasionally can be found some distance from bodies of water. My sister in law found an 8 ft alligator in the drainage ditch by her house in south Louisiana a few years ago, the surprising thing is this was about 3 miles from the nearest body of water that would be large enough for it to swim in.

Animals end up on islands from when lands were still connected before, they separated or rising seas that cut off once existing land bridges and of course human introducing them on purpose or by accident with hitchhikers on ships. Like the British bringing over rats to North America and a movie studio brought over bison on Catalina Island to shoot a movie and once the shooting ended. They just left them there and they reproduced and now are a part of the island.

@16:02 I live in Southern Colorado, and saw a mountain lion when i was driving down the highway, (I-25), at dusk. Didn't know what i was seeing, at first. Something was leaping through the grass in the distance. From a distance, the movement reminded me of a rabbit, but i knew that it was way too big to be a rabbit. Then i could see something running through the tall grass, in my direction. Then it stopped. After a couple of seconds, the grass exploded, and there was something huge, flying through the air. It looked as if it was going to fly over my car, so i momentarily turned to track it, but didn't see anything. I turned back forward, and saw something standing by the road, too big to be a coyote. It moved toward the road, and i saw part of the hind end, and thought it might be a huge farm dog. It stuck its face out from the grass and weeds, and it was no dog. I had no idea what it was. Then it came out onto the road. It was huge and muscular. It wasn't until i saw the tail, that i realized that it was a mountain lion. The tail was so long that it would gave dragged on the ground, if the cat had not been holding it up. There was no traffic, so i slowed my car way down, as i drove past it. The back was at about the same level as the bottom of my car windows, and it looked to be about the size of a St. Bernard dog. It was huge, powerful, impressive animal. I knew that i was safe, as all of my windows were rolled up, but it was still a little unnerving, considering that these animals have a large range, and i had seen this about 5 miles North of my house.

Most gators prey on animals, birds, & yes people who are along the shore line. They are mostly ambush hunters they sneak up on their prey. They are very fast in short burst of speed. Don't mistake them lumbering along on land for them being slow.

I saw a documentary years ago that 1 guy got killed by a gator on September 11, 2001 so nobody really paid attention. Another unfortunately famous attack was a young child dragged into the water by a gator at a Disney World resort. It drowned him.

4:44 they’re feisty there? Our rabbits are timid and run away with a quickness!!!

I had a gator in my back yard on a lake in Texas-- we did not bother each other

Yes y'all came down when the wooly bears were in full force. They were everywhere.🐛

Mountain lions,puma’s,or whatever you call them are all over the USA

Millie going on about the rabbit made me think of "Monty Python" "IT'S GOT FANGS!!!!!"

Of California's Channel Islands, Santa Catalina is 75 square miles with a population of 4096 and the highest elevation is 2097 feet. Comparing your Channel Island of Jersey is 46 square miles with a population of 103,267 and the highest elevation is 469 feet.

Mountain lions are found in 15 western states and Florida.

I live across the street from a river and a Bald Eagle made it's nest in a large tree nearby and can be seen pretty much every morning flying off to the river to hunt. Yesterday morning she was rooting around in my neighbor's planter. I almost caught a picture but she flew away as soon as I got my phone out. Just an absolutely majestic and massive creature.

When i was a little kid, (growing up in Iowa), we used to call the chipmunks "squinnies." ❤

Fun facts about mountain lions....not only do you have to look for them on the ground, they also like to be up in the trees above and can also swim almost a mile and sometimes swim across rivers. They have a bite force of almost 400 pounds per square inch and can run between 40-50 mph. Also Mountain lions are in 16 US states, not just Florida.

all rattle snakes are dangerous to humans, that guy is misinformed, also most will try every way possible to either not be noticed by you or to get away before they resort to biting you, when confronted by a predator don't act like prey, and you're more likely to eat an alligator than it is to eat you, same is true of sharks and where I live bears

Those furry black catterpillar things are to be avoided here in Texas. They deliver a row of stings/bites that burn like fire. As bad if not worse than fire ants.

We have chipmunks in Wisconsin--which is northern midwest. Garter snakes are just sweethearts. We used to pet them as kids. Florida panthers are just one kind we have here. We have cougars just outside my town in northern Wisconsin.

Fun fact- listen up! I was born an raised on the west coast of the U.S. I also grew up back in the 80s & 90s hunting, fishing, camping!: I've lost track of how many wild snakes I've caught by hand, not to mention how many of them bit me. Lol. I'm telling you from a first person pov, Garter snakes are NOT venomous! Neither are king snakes, gopher snakes, corn snakes, black racers(snake), black Hognose Snake, that includes all subspecies from each main species. One thing to keep in mind though, all snakes have a likely chance of carrying various bacteria in their saliva. It is those such bacteria that cause the inflammation, sensitivity ,and itchiness the narrator mentioned...

Cougars live all over the place, texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada for sure. You don't turn your back, walk slowly backwards while making yourself big and make noise. They don't typically want anything to do with you either.

Six minutes in: "If we go to Hawaii you're not playing golf." LOL. My mom and dad have similar vacation discussions. Usually it is mom telling dad "You're not going fishing..."

Paddlefish are also called spoonbill catfish even though not in the catfish family. Really good eating like fried catfish. He did not mention Hellbenders. Look up on google.

I also had a ‘goose incident’ while golfing. I was mortified. It was during an organized golf outing with prizes, etc. Because all of the groups that came after me saw the results of my incident, word got around. At the end of the day, the group decided to give me a prize for my special ‘aim’. Ugh!

There are mountain lions in many states.

It's kind of funny that the narrator of the video has an Australian accent. I guess people take an Australian accent more seriously when it comes to animals, especially since Steve Irwin (R.I.P) taught the world so much about animals.💯

y'all should research the Bronx zoo and see how many idiots got chewed up by animals for jumping in with the animals 😂😂

That showed a subspecies from Florida. Cougars are all over the US.

I bet if that grouse was in a bucket you couldn’t tell it from KFC 😂

A way to keep cougars from stalking you is to wear a fake face facing to the back.

Sounds like you saw a Wooly Worm. They're common here

Oh and ANY body of water in southeastern states, FL, GA, SC, NC, LA, MS, MO, AL, TN.. can, and probably does, have a gator in it.

3:57 I played with garter snakes all the time when I was a kid. They’re really mellow, they never did anything worse than make a bad smell to defend themselves.

Mountain lions can get bigger than 160 pounds. The males can get up to 200 pounds.

You guys are hilarious on 4 hours of sleep. I remember when I had my first baby. Went outside and saw the sunset for the first time in months: I was so busy with the baby that I forgot about sunsets. It was quite a sobering moment. You guys are doing a great job 💕

One thing you forget about living in America...you can carry a gun. If you encounter an aggressive panther...

Florida Panthers are NOT limited to South Florida. Up here in here in North Florida, we generally hit one per week with a car or truck

Had a cougar in my backyard the other night . Other names are : Cougar, Mountain Lion , Puma . I also get visits from Lynx . Black Bears , Grizzly Bears . Various deer and Moose . I'm in British Columbia Canada Great Channel !

Dude! you wouldn't want to experiment with a baby in the house!

Mt. Lions are all over U.S., mountain, forests, suburban areas..

The chipmunk is actually found in northern states as well. I'm in Northern Indiana and I see them all the time. I've seen them in Northern Minnesota, as well

It seems curious that the Florida panther was included but the Kodiak bear was not. Either can be considered a subspecies of cougar and grizzly/brown bear respectively. The Florida panthers are a little smaller than the main population, but can interbreed with the main population of cougars, and ondeed, they did so when some cougars were brought in to add genetic diversity to the Florida population. OTOH, the kodiaks are about twice the size of grizzlies, and possibly would be unable to interbreed with grizzlies - that's a difficult experiment to run. By the usual 'interbreeding' standard, that would make Kodiaks a separate species.It certainly is as distinct as the Florida panther.

During the last Ice Age, ocean levels were much lower, and the Channel Islands off the coast of California were connected to the mainland. After the Ice Age ended and the sea level rose, it created the Channel Islands, allowing the foxes to evolve separately. There were even a species of miniature mammoths that were native to the Channel Islands thousands of years ago

The Channel Islands have a few rattle-less rattlesnakes too. different sub-species on a few different Islands.

Thing about the Puma is that if they are actively stalking you the odds are very high, you'll never even know they were there. The ones who have lived to tell the tale say they did not have a clue they were in any danger up till the point the animal hit from behind.

For the big cats it's suggested that you face them (don't run whatever you do), look at their feet not directly into their eyes to avoid appearing aggressive. If they display aggressive behavior try to appear larger-raise your arms or open your jacket over your head. Make noise by yelling, blowing a whistle or an air horn.

Another thing only prey runs

we dont really worry about mountain lions. they are very skiddish and avoid humans like a scared house cat. if one does get aggressive ( due to lack of food or being threatened ) they are usually put down fairly quickly. we get them in utah suburbs about once every few years and it always makes the news.

I was born and raised in San Pedro, CA which is 26 miles from Catalina Island. Starting around 1930 the film industry (Hollywood) made a LOT of movies in the Channel Islands, they used several species of animals for the filming and a lot of them got left behind. There are Buffalo on Catalina Island left there from Cowboy and Indian movies.

Chipmunks are adorable, they are friendly too.

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My mother has a few of those hummingbirds in her yard. They love the trees and flowers. She has seen the same pair for years!

If I recall right, nearly 20 thousand years ago the Catarina Islands were connected by land to the mainland. When ocean levels rose the lands became separated, causing animals on those islands to develop into different subspecies.

Several of these animals are found in Canada as well.

"Alligators won’t just come find ya’", she said. No no, these alligators have phone books, they know where you live, they’ll come fine you! 😂😂😂

The channel foxes are just a type of gray fox. Gray fox live throughout the U.S. At one time the channel islands were attached to the rest of California. But plate tectonics and the earthquakes that divide them are real things. Through the movement of plate tectonics by earthquakes over many thousands of years the channel islands moved further and further away from the California coast, taking the wildlife there with them. And over time, isolated from the mainland population, the fox evolved into their own species. Earthquakes in the area change EVERYTHING. And with every earthquake the islands get more isolated from the mainland. This sort of thing has been happening worldwide for billions of years. And the result is all the wildlife we see on the earth today.

You will never know if you’re being stalked by a puma until it attacks.

When I was a Paramedic in Florida I ran a call where a lady jumped out of her car while it was moving. What happened was she had bought a large potted plant and put it in the front passenger seat and while driving she said something caught her eye and quickly looked and there was a Pygmy Rattlesnake poking out of the plant staring at her so she jumped out. She made out ok, but will never buy a potted plant again

That Florida panther is a kind of puma. We get pumas in our public parks ;-))

Mountain Lions would not be scared of you charging them. But in all honesty they see you a lot more than you see them. And the leave you alone 99% of the time.

During the last major glaciation before 18,000 ybp world sea level was 120 meters lower than today and the California Chanel Islands back then were just hills overlooking the ocean which was many miles further away. When the glaciers melted and seas rose the animals living on the hills became islands off the modern coast isolating the populations until humans came along.

So, there's three main ways animals end up in a place like an island where they aren't anywhere else: 1) The island wasn't always an island. Many islands were connected to the mainland during the ice age, but then when that ended and the sea levels rose, they disconnected, and the creatures that were stranded there evolved in a different direction than the ones on the mainland. It's also possible for part of the mainland to break off and become an island due to continental drift, though that's a longer timescale. 2) They get stranded there another way. For example, sometimes a tree will fall into a river and get carried all the way out to sea. Animals who lived on the tree end up clinging to it until it washes up on an island, and then their descendants populate the island and end up evolving in a different direction from their cousins on the mainland. 3) Hitching a ride/invasive species. Birds can eat seeds on the mainland, then poop them out on an island. Bugs might also make the trip by clinging to the bird's feathers. And humans bring our pets, livestock, and pests with us everywhere we go, and sometimes we bring other new species to a place either intentionally or accidentally. (We've accidentally brought rats with us everywhere, for example.)

Chipmunks = timber tigers. And they’re in probably every state

I grew up in an area with lots of mountain lions around. You never turn your back to wildcats. You keep your eyes on them as you back away. They’re ambush predators, so if your back is to them, they’ll pounce.

The best thing to know about alligators is that they are DELICIOUS 😂 Gator bites, Po boy sandwiches, and a bunch of other things.

Re: Millie's bird phobia... that's why God gave us KFC, Popeyes, and Bojangles!

Land mass changes over millions of years. At one point, those little islands in California, were part of the mainland. Once sea levels rose, they became isolated and adopted from there. Shows how diverse things could get.

Cougars are no joke, we have had several sightings in our neighborhood. They killed one of our goats, we had to re-home the others. Luckily my neighbor has a track hoe, that would’ve been a eff ton of digging.RIP Buster.

Ha! I have a new word thanks to you two: 'Cheekmunks'! Lol! Thanks from a Pennsylvanian USA

Gators are fast, will chase you, and if they catch you WILL EAT YOU. Not afraid of people at all.

Rhe chipmunk is also known as a tree tiger. I don't know where dude was getting his information, but the cougar is not just a Florida cat. They range all the way across the country, and into Mexico and Canada.

Adorable little one pound bunny. Milly: Not cute! 🤣

Love from NM ❤ when I go out for walks I see coyotes and quail often, especially in the spring… Coyotes are super loud when they get together at night to party 😂

Animals end up on islands through various means, but often they simply just swim. Animals can swim surprisingly far distances.