# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHOk_ZvTg7W
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27398731-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-15T17:07:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

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Wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources verified the presence of a pair of cougar cubs in Ontonagon County on Wednesday.⁠
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Photos of the kittens taken on March 6 on private land by a resident provided the first potential evidence of cougar reproduction in the Great Lakes State since the cats were extirpated in the early 1900s. Michigan DNR large carnivore specialist Brian Roell led the team that verified the cubs. “It’s pretty exciting, but we’re also being cautious about what this actually means,” Roell said. “It’s easy to blow this out of proportion, but truthfully, we cannot confirm that this is actual reproduction because we haven’t seen an adult with these kittens.” Of course, two mountain lion kittens didn’t just fall out of the sky. Roell says it’s logical to assume an adult is associated with these young cougars, even if there is no physical evidence.⁠
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#cougarcub #mountainlion #mountainlions #cougars #michigan #wildlife #conservation #outdoors #nature #outdoorlife⁠
📷: michigandnr⁠
Story by: alicejoneswebb

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conservation, outdoors, nature, mountainlions, cougars, wildlife, michigan, cougarcub, outdoorlife, mountainlion

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