Monday, November 14, 2011

It all started with a book about a horse and Mountain Lion.




 Kadence has been reading another book about the horse Blaze and his adventures. This book has been his  favorite and I am sure we have read it at least ten times this last week.  It is a story about how Billy and his horse save a calf from a Mountain Lion and then receive a reward for helping the rancher find the Mountain Lion to shoot.


and then today an exciting thing happened.... our friend Craig Morgan shot a huge Mountain Lion on his ranch. So Kadence got to see his first Mountain Lion up close! Talk about perfect timing and making a little boys day...although when he got up close he was kinda nervous and said the teeth scared him. He was fine petting the long tail though.











I found this picture from National Geographic along with the following stats just for fun. It really is a large animal and those claws are kinda scary to see up close.







Mammal
Diet:
Carnivore
Size:
Head and body, 3.25 to 5.25 ft (1 to 1.6 m); Tail, 23.5 to 33.5 in (60 to 85 cm)
Weight:
136 lbs (62 kg)
Protection status:
Endangered
Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man

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