VIDEO: Surprise Mountain Lion Kitten Spotted In Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A biologist studying cougars in the Santa Monica Mountains has discovered a living sibling of two lion kittens recently killed by another animal.
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area posted video of the 6-month-old kitten Thursday.
The kitten is the offspring of a 3½-year-old female mountain lion dubbed P-23, whose first litter of two kittens was eaten by a male lion.
Her next litter was killed and eaten by another unknown animal. At the time, biologists thought P-23 had only one kitten but found remains of two.
The biologist then noticed movements tracked by P-23's GPS collar suggesting she was caring for another so he set up a so-called camera trap where the lion had left a deer kill, and the kitten was recorded.
