# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpgulCsh2J
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30613144-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5c34f2d370.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-14T21:12:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

Turn your sound up to hear the soft purring of these adorable puma kittens in the Santa Monica Mountains. 😺🔊

Did you know mountain lions are more related to housecats than lions? It’s true! 

But their lives aren’t nearly as easy — especially in the urban wildlands of Central California, where cityscape meets a wilderness fragmented by freeways and development. 

We’re working to save these iconic cats. 

📹: Courtesy of the National Park Service

[Video description: A pair of California mountain lion kittens playing in front of a trail camera.]

#mountainlion #californiamountainlion #trailcam #trailcamera #santamonicamountains #wildlifeconservation #urbanwildlife

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## Tags

trailcam, santamonicamountains, trailcamera, wildlifeconservation, mountainlion, urbanwildlife, californiamountainlion

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