Colorado runner chokes 80-pound mountain lion to death

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@Spizella

Also, mountain lions are well used to playing “how not to be seen,” as they regularly avoid humans, just as they’ve avoided bears and wolves for thousands of years so as not to be killed by these apex predators. A human alone might be too tempting for some of them, however.

The number of mountain lion attacks on humans is small, but it is often trail runners, or cyclists. On top of being good at avoiding humans, mountain lions are also good at lying in wait for prey, and pouncing instinctively when something fast goes by.