Perhaps, he said, researchers simply had to take the longer view when deciding just how gregarious less-social animals really are. Photo“Mountain lions interact infrequently — in our study about once every 11 to 12 days during winter,” he said. “To document reciprocity among mountain lions, we needed to step back and assess behaviors over longer time spans,” he said. “Males acted like governors of fiefdoms, structuring how all mountain lions across the landscape interacted with each other,” he said. “What are the influences of trophy hunting on the social fabric of mountain lion society?” he said.

Source: New York Times October 11, 2017 18:00 UTC