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Alie Ward

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Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Well, what about, I've always wondered, litter boxes in sanctuaries?

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Yes, no.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Doing it on a ridge is like getting a billboard on Sunset Boulevard or something.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

It's just like as high as you can go.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

They want people to know they're there then.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

They're not trying to be stealthy all the time.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

It's like wonderful graffiti.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

It's just like smelly, smelly graffiti.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

And okay, when it comes to big cats, I should have asked this up top, megafelinology, what counts as a big cat?

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Because I've seen Maine Coons that you should get a tax deduction for, bobcats can be tiny.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Where is the line, especially if you're a megafelinologist?

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

So the North American mountain lion, also called a puma, a cougar, sometimes a Florida panther, a catamount, meaning cat of the mountain, a painter, a deer tiger, or a mountain screamer,

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Not all of those terms are scientific or scientifically accurate.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

So the puma, native to North and South America, is not in the genus Panthera, but rather in the genus puma.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

While learning this, I googled puma and a sponsored ad for pants popped up and I was sucked into the vortex of the German sportswear company Puma, only to find that pumas, as well as other big cats, do not live in

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

In fact, the company Puma was originally called Ruda, which was named for its founder, Rudolf Dassler.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

His brother, Adolf Dassler, was also a fan of his own name and portmanteaus, and the founder of the company, Adidas, Adidas, get it?

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Adolf Dassler, Adidas.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

Eventually, Rudolf gave up the name thing and just named it Puma.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Megafelinology (SNOW LEOPARDS + OTHER BIG CATS) with Imogene Cancellare

I don't know why.