I'm sure supercat knows full well he is going completely against me with his cougar vs bison stance, I have written a lot about cougars not only being unable to kill bison but also being unable to kill cattle and boars. So he is not shying away from me at all, in fact I have been "the bitch" in this situation by not debating him when he is basically calling me out. I've been putting off stepping up to the plate, procrastinating even, I guess one could say. A "here we go again" feeling looming over my head.
But full credit to supercat for asserting his position, and pretty damn strongly. I don't agree, but respect it nevertheless.
I don't want to ban calling eachother "fags", it just goes against my ethos in general where calling a guy a fag is a fundamental god-given right as far as I'm concerned, BUT I do feel like there is an unnecessarily high level of vitriol or venom in the early stages of this debate. I get it, but also... sigh... we're just never gonna get anywhere if this is how we start.
One thing I might hand to supercat... 1 on 1, healthy vs healthy, maybe the mountain lion really IS the closest thing to a bison killer out of north America's predators. But only because none of north america's extant predators are bison killers. I don't believe a wolf can actually take on a healthy bull bison, or bother it at all, and nor do I believe a brown bear can. I also don't believe a mountain lion can. HOWEVER... maybe, if we HAVE to pick one who is most likely to maybe defy the odds and kill a healthy adult bull bison 1 on 1, I dunno maybe it is a 220 lbs tom cougar, even though it can't actually do it. It may be closest I guess?
