One blue whale would fertilize a lot of gardens.
That’s the amount of carrion researchers estimated 12 mountain lions could produce from killing elk, deer and other ungulates in one year — roughly 220,000 pounds of decomposing meat, bones and hide stippled across the landscape.
With cougars loyal to certain places that fit their sneak-attack style of hunting, these rotting carcasses would add nutrients to the soil that nurture plant growth. Because ungulates seek out plants high in nutrients, they may be attracted to these same lion attack sites.
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