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00:00There is a story there in the snow.
00:05This family group is where the story begins.
00:10Tracking notes February 5th, 2016, right when I hit the bottom of Davis Creek I found a
00:15cougar track.
00:17We have hundreds of cameras on the landscape that have been collecting imagery for 10 years
00:23and because of this we are able to get this really intimate glimpse into how animals use
00:30the landscape.
00:32It's always been amazing to me that mountain lions not only are capable of killing elk
00:37but that they do so regularly.
00:45Ultimately all of these animals are inhabiting the same landscape and they encounter each
01:19The conventional wisdom is that cats are very solitary and they won't share their food
01:23resources and they're incredibly territorial.
01:25It's becoming increasingly clear that mountain lions have a more robust social structure
01:31than we would typically want to give them credit for.