puma
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A puma named Muluk seemed sure that South Korea will triumph against the Czech Republic, and six giraffes hedged their bets with the Democratic Republic of Congo over Colombia.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
When the research team applied population models to the data, the results showed that puma predation alone was unlikely to drive the Monte Leon penguin colony to extinction.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
In those cases, high levels of puma predation made the situation worse but were not the primary cause.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
Small puma populations have been isolated by the freeway, and their offspring were showing signs of birth defects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
I saw enormous puma and condor statues carved from solid rock.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
The other involved smaller predators that share the landscape with pumas.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Despite cities’ trash, speeding cars, dogs, and humans, capybaras see plenty of upsides in urban riverside living: water, food, and shelter—plus no pumas, who have been known to eat young capybaras.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
But just an hour outside Quito lies the Andean Chocó, a vast cloud forest teeming with exotic birds, pumas, ocelots and giant anteaters—and you no longer need to be an intrepid bushwhacker to enjoy it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
For decades these animals – lions, tigers, pumas, cheetahs and jaguars – have been a sign of power, status and even political fealty in the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
A number of predators — wolves, pumas, and coyotes — prevented the deer from outrunning their food supply.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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