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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:54 pm
In Yellowstone’s wild chess match between wolves and cougars, it turns out the real power play is theft. After tracking nearly a decade of GPS data and thousands of kill sites, researchers found that wolves often muscle in on cougar kills—sometimes even killing the cats—but cougars never return the favor. Instead of fighting back, cougars adapt. As elk numbers dropped, they shifted toward hunting more deer, which they can eat quickly and in safer terrain, helping them dodge wolf encounters.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 050628.htm
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 050628.htm