ORIGINAL: buckstalker1187

Im sorry if I offended anyone, matt I sent you an email...please read it.

I must say thatI honestly do not see the spots or the tuft.....but, just because I cant see them...doesn't mean that they are not there. It is probally due to the fact that the photo is dark.....again I am sorry if I offended someone on here because I didn't mean to. Matt does bring up a good point about the actual (diameter) of the tail....which leads me to assume that this is a bobcat. At first I thaught the tail was just obscured, but like matt said, even if it was...you would still see a larger diameter at the base of the tail if it was a mountain lion.
We were always taught in class that when we made observations to compare many things...this is what I tried to do with this photo. And not being able to see the spots, or the tuft...or assuming that the tail was obscured.....I believe that I made a mistake about my observations.

Now I feel like an ass......because of what I claim to knowand studied andwhat I couldn't see was proven wrong.

Im sorry everyone. I just tried to help somone and give factual differences.


I have to say, it takes a big man to come back and say he may have made a mistake and apologize for it. Most people, on here, never admit if they might be wrong, but you did. I commend you for that.I'm impressed in your knowledge of cats and you actually had me second guessing my opinion of that photo. It does have the build of a cougar in my opinion but it has other featuresthatscream bobcat. Apology accepted!