Mountain lion flehmen response

Last week, this beast of a mountain lion stopped by the latrine area (a spot that multiple cats use for communication, like a big little box). You can see him first respond to the site with the Flehmen response, which helps him smell better, pheromones in particular. He then leaves a urine “scrape”, letting other mountain lions and animals know h was there.

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Author: Gaia Diversity

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    1. Happy you liked it! It’s a really interesting behavior to see. Hoping the cameras catch more at this site 🐾🐾

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