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This is a link post In the Mountain Lion's Den I made this!
I'm sure all the talk of Bono has made you all slightly mental, so here's a few of us inside a puma's enclosure with three lively cubs we found ourselves in on Sunday. Mum was inside grateful for a rest from having her ears pulled off by her adorable little cubs, as we quickly discovered for ourselves..
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Excellent remedy for all things Bono.
At what size would you consider it time to stop going in their enclosure? They're playful enough but don't appear to be against the idea of taking a few chunks out of people.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post They were to much then
we all had scratches and scuffs after that and they were just playing. Needless to say Terry won't be taking the public into their enclosure.

Adorable as they are, those were a nasty set of claws they had already developed, just as nature intended, so next time you see videos of people on spazzbook of people rolling around with big cats ask yourself how they are not sustaining serious injuries unless those claws have been removed or the cats are drugged out of their faces. The former most probably, even at collections enabling the public hands on experiences with cats like that. So a lie in other words.

Interesting point, Ashan there spent a month staying with Terry studying the effects of scents on the snowies, as part of a wider study into seeing if scents can keep big cats away from humans where their habitats are colliding. I met him at the library at ZSL ages ago and suggested he contacted this nutter I know who has lots of big cats, and he did. I only found out on Sunday.

Feeding him to the pumas was his reward.. :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 17:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post So, to get back on topic, how much bigger do they need to grow before they are the right size to send Bono into the enclosure?

(I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Tue 16 Sep 2014, 17:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bollocks to waiting
just shove him in with the Amurs. He'd be dead within three seconds.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 18:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post judging by the scratches and "playful" bites we received I'd say no one is going in again until they've calmed down
but by that time they will have got more like this...

 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 17:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nice, but cougars attack without any warning, the bastards
One of the reasons I used to carry a sidearm into the mountain and keep a keen eye open for their scat.
 (I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 18:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Like, er, skiddly-do-wop, yeah!

(I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 20:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post You mean there are times when you DON'T carry a sidearm?

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Tue 16 Sep 2014, 21:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm more worried by the other reasons

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 22:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm more afraid of people with guns than big cats

(Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Wed 17 Sep 2014, 1:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post This really puts a perspective on what one could do if even a little bit bigger than a cub.
I meandered onto a cougar that was easily ten feet from tip to tail. I was terrified. Now I'm seeing myself as a pile of entrails. They are cute though.
 (I helped save b3ta! cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 18:35, , Reply)