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In one scene, we see three adults sloping along together by some Rocky Mountain cliffs – a sight that overturned the previous consensus that cougars were solitary: nope, they’re happy to hang out together when it suits them. Some scenes here, where two siblings try to make a go of life in the wild before they’ve quite learnt to hunt are oddly moving. But mountain lion numbers have halved in the past eight years. One issue is that wolves have been reintroduced to Wyoming – cougars’ natural competition. The other is more depressing: hunters with guns.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060kw1s David Attenborough narrates this documentary following a couple of mountain lion families in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains. The dramatic story of two mothers struggling to raise their cubs is giving scientists an invaluable insight into the behaviour of these elusive predators. |