Five California mountain lions were seen together on home surveillance video in a rare gathering of the notoriously solitary big cats. He called the images “extraordinary.”AdvertisementOne of the cougars is bigger than the others, so scientists speculate it’s the mother lion. The others are likely her cubs, but Tira does not believe all of them are from the same litter. “They’re not very tolerant of other mountain lions in their territories,” Tira said. AdvertisementWith more home surveillance systems going up, biologists are getting more images of mountain lions in their habitat than ever before, he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2020 22:46 UTC