October 17, 2009


a wild cat did prowl?

The state of Missouri has an eight person cougar response team and, apparently, zero cougars.

Missouri needs an eight-member cougar team because it, like other nearly cougarless states, has a bad case of “cougar hysteria,” as Mr. Beringer puts it. Of the 765 cougar reports Missouri has received since 2005, only two have been verified.

The state of Michigan has a cougar scat spat.

Dr. Rusz calls the rebuttal study “a politically inspired off-the-cuff attack” that “didn’t take into account the physical nature of our scat,” which was up to an inch-and-a-half in diameter.

More cougar-related controversy here.

posted by Deron Bauman in animals, humans, poop, psychology 

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9 Responses to “a wild cat did prowl?”

  1. Daryl Scroggins on October 17th, 2009 at 9:36 am

    I wonder if they have a Moby Dick response team?

  2. Lucy Foley on October 17th, 2009 at 10:31 am

    Who knew Missouri and Afghanistan had something in common?

  3. Andrew Simone on October 17th, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Those scientists don’t care about shit.

  4. Coop on October 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Maybe we can get these cougars together with the wild hogs in Southlake, TX.

  5. Dave Vogt on October 21st, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    I’m all about cougars.

  6. Andrew Simone on October 21st, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Dave, I met a few at a bar a couple of weeks ago. They were nice, but a little aggressive for my taste.

  7. Sheila Ryan on October 21st, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Does it count toward cougardom if they’re 2-5 years younger than me?

  8. Andrew Simone on October 21st, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    I think you might have to be, at least, ten years older. So, no.

  9. Sheila Ryan on October 21st, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    Dang. I was afraid of that.

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