razoloto999@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoAre there any super introverted, hates their own kind, animals who just live out a life in solitude?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareAre there any super introverted, hates their own kind, animals who just live out a life in solitude?razoloto999@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI swear I’m not a besserwisser but I recently learned something I found annoyingly interesting and I’m sharing it hoping you will too: Panthers aren’t a species but usually either a jaguar or leopard if black or a collective name for all large cats belonging to the Pantera family.
minus-squareJohn_McMurray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoPeople call Cougars “Panthers” also, but they’re not Pantera family.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI was going to put in mountain lion and figured someone would go “lions hunt in packs!” and tried to use an alternate name. Forgot panther is also used for jaguars!
I swear I’m not a besserwisser but I recently learned something I found annoyingly interesting and I’m sharing it hoping you will too:
Panthers aren’t a species but usually either a jaguar or leopard if black or a collective name for all large cats belonging to the Pantera family.
People call Cougars “Panthers” also, but they’re not Pantera family.
I was going to put in mountain lion and figured someone would go “lions hunt in packs!” and tried to use an alternate name. Forgot panther is also used for jaguars!