Cougars

Large cats known as cougars or mountain lions are found all throughout Canada and South America. The cougar hunts a range of animals as an ambush predator. Although ungulates, especially deer, are its main food sources, it also hunts smaller animals like rodents. It may dwell in open areas but prefers environments with lots of underbrush and rocky outcrops for stalking. Skunks often become prey to these excellent ambush predators without even being aware of them since they frequently go undetected. Skunks are practically defenseless when cougars or mountain lions attack on them, making them easy prey.

The cougars' quickness and better hunting skills virtually ever stop them from killing and devouring skunks. Since cougars are ambush predators, as previously indicated, they prowl through the woods rather than pounce on their prey. Once they have identified their prey, however, cougars spring onto the back of the skunk and kill it almost instantaneously with a strong and suffocating neck bite.

Although cougars occasionally hunt on skunks, they often don't. Instead, ungulates including different types of deer, moose, and elk make up the majority of their diet. An essential component of a cougar's typical diet is said to consist of caribou, coyotes, horses, and bighorn sheep. However, there are regional variations in dieting behavior.