Through the heart of Patagonia . ulders of its quarry and tobreak its neck. Cases are reported of pumas attacking horses, butno instance of this came under my own notice. They generallyselect a stormy and tempestuous night during which to make theirdepredations. It is rather curious, as occasionally happens, to seea herd of cows with their calves take up the trail of a puma with agreat deal of lowing and fuss, but they do not follow it for anydistance. Darwin writes that the puma is a very silent animal, utteringno cry even when wounded, and only rarely during the breedingseason. One moonlight
Through the heart of Patagonia . ulders of its quarry and tobreak its neck. Cases are reported of pumas attacking horses, butno instance of this came under my own notice. They generallyselect a stormy and tempestuous night during which to make theirdepredations. It is rather curious, as occasionally happens, to seea herd of cows with their calves take up the trail of a puma with agreat deal of lowing and fuss, but they do not follow it for anydistance. Darwin writes that the puma is a very silent animal, utteringno cry even when wounded, and only rarely during the breedingseason. One moonlight night, in a forest by Lake Argentino, acouple of pumas came out of the dark and began to walk roundand round the camp, and continued to do so for more than an hour,all the time keeping up their peculiar cry. On no other occasion—though, as I have said, pumas or rather the evidences of theirpresence, accompanied us through our long journeys—did I hearthem break silence. Pumas are more often destroyed in winter, when the snow. ti; z o
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