![]() ![]() ![]() Approach distance ranged from 2-400 m (median=30.8 m), number of observers ranged from 1-8 people (median=2), and duration of observation ranged from 120 minutes. Pumas we approached included adult females with nursing (n=71) and weaned (n=46) cubs, solitary independent females (n=77), solitary independent males (n=46), breeding pairs (n=5), and weaned cubs in the absence of their mother (n=11). These pumas seldom had contact with people, except in the context of puma research activities. We approached and visually observed responses of 75 radiocollared pumas on 251 occasions and 7 noncollared pumas on 5 occasions. We documented behaviors that wild pumas (Puma concolor) exhibited when approached by researchers during a 10-year study of a puma population in New Mexico. ![]()
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