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4) Cougars
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24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the cougar, including where it lives, what it eats, and how it adapts to its arid environment.
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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Photographs and text describe the life of a cougar, how it hunts, raises its young and searches for new territory.
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, diet, and behavior of cougars.
8) Pumas
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
Description
"Here's an animal lover's one-stop source for in-depth information on pumas! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about pumas, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these clever creatures."--
Author
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Sean Stranahan mystery volume 8
Language
English
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"In Montana's Gravelly Range, paw prints and a single whisker discovered at a scene of horrific violence suggest a woman had been attacked and carried away by a mountain lion. Sheriff Martha Ettinger employs her fiancé, sometimes-detective Sean Stranahan, to put a name to the gnawed bones comprising all that is left of the body. The woman's is the first of several deaths that Sean suspects are not as easily explained as they appear. As a reign of...
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245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Late one June night in 2011, a large animal collided with an SUV cruising down a Connecticut parkway. William Stolzenburg retraces his two-year journey, from his embattled birthplace in the Black Hills, across the Great Plains and the Mississippi River, through Midwest metropolises and remote northern forests, to his tragic finale upon Connecticut's Gold Coast.
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English
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The relationship between humans and mountain lions has always been uneasy. A century ago, mountain lions were vilified as a threat to livestock and hunted to the verge of extinction. In recent years, this keystone predator has made a remarkable comeback, but today humans and mountain lions appear destined for a collision course. Its recovery has led to an unexpected conundrum: Do more mountain lions mean they're a threat to humans and domestic animals?...
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English
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During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names - has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain -- just ahead of humans - so resilient and resourceful? And what can conservationists and wild life managers learn from them about...
19) Yosemite
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three fifth grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community.
20) Puma dreams
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
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English
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A young girl yearns to see an elusive puma in the wild, knowing that their numbers are dwindling and that what her Gram calls a "long-dream" may never come true.
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