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Patagonian cougars started feasting on penguins – but now they’re behaving strangely, new study shows

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Patagonian cougars started feasting on penguins – but now they’re behaving strangely, new study shows

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. A cougar hunts among a breeding colony of Magellanic penguins in Argentina’s Monte Leon National Park. | Credit: Serota et al. / Proc B Patagonian cougars are preying on penguins – and changing the way the big cats … Read more

Pumas returned to Patagonia and met penguins. What happened next surprised the scientists.

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Pumas returned to Patagonia and met penguins. What happened next surprised the scientists.

For decades, cougars preyed on sheep from farms along Argentina’s coast, and farmers hunted them — hard. Cougars have disappeared from the landscape. Then, in 2004, conservationists established Monte León National Park in the region. As expected, once the hunting stopped, the big cats returned. And when they returned, they found a new player in … Read more