M36 - the mountain lion by which all others will be compared

Wild Animals

English - April 27, 2020 23:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
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There are a surprising number of mountain lions in the hills just above Silicon Valley. Chris Wilmers is studying how these big cats make a living in the midst of so much Bay Area development. 36M unwittingly joined the study when he got trapped and equipped with a tracking collar with technology fancier than any other study, as you would expect from Silicon Valley.