<![CDATA[Mountain lions are making American roads safer by frightening away deer.]]>Mountain lions are making American roads safer by frightening away deer. On Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where cougars were most active, deer-vehicle collisions fell 76%. A cougar eats about 48 deer a year, nowhere near enough to account for it, so researchers have concluded that the deer are avoiding the places cats hunt. Deer kill up to 440 Americans a year; cougars have killed 29 Americans since 1868. https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/cougars-cut-deadly-vehicle-deer-collisions-in-the-u-s-by-up-to-76-study-shows/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ae07541b-27ed-4637-84a8-f79bde14a4ce/mountain-lions-are-making-american-roads-safer-by-frightening-away-deer.RSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 19:26:31 GMTSun, 06 Sep 2026 17:02:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Mountain lions are making American roads safer by frightening away deer. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:42:13 GMT]]>@brad @adapalmer

Also wonder if wildlife overpasses and tunnels would help with cougars and deer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/springdiesel/statuses/117230989040890051https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/springdiesel/statuses/117230989040890051Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:42:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mountain lions are making American roads safer by frightening away deer. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:41:04 GMT]]>@brad @adapalmer

I was thinking that too. Vehicular collisions with deer kill the 440. The deer are just doing their best to get from A to B.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/springdiesel/statuses/117230984543050318https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/springdiesel/statuses/117230984543050318Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:41:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mountain lions are making American roads safer by frightening away deer. on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:38:03 GMT]]>@adapalmer Deer kill Americans? Deer-vehicle collisions? That's quite a take.

Bloody deer, going and killing hundreds of people by... walking around. 🙄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/117228141479810681https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/117228141479810681Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:38:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mountain lions are making American roads safer by frightening away deer. on Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:04:28 GMT]]>@adapalmer
Er, deer don't kill Americans, Americans don't drive carefully enough

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/edwinek/statuses/117225650160396950https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/edwinek/statuses/117225650160396950Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:04:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mountain lions are making American roads safer by frightening away deer. on Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:16:50 GMT]]>@adapalmer I bet mountain lions are embarrassed that on net they reduce deer mortality.

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