Mountain Lions

Mountain Lions — page 1 — www northstareditions com Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions Lake Elmo MN 55042 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Produced for North Star Editions by Red Line Editorial Photographs Suha Derbent Shutterstock Images cover Sylvie Bouchard Shutterstock Images 4 5 Appfind iStockphoto 6 creativex Shutterstock Images 9 anankkml iStockphoto 10 11 Scott E Read Shutterstock Images 13 Ultrashock Shutterstock Images 14 26 left Red Line Editorial 16 17 critterbiz Shutterstock Images 19 Peter Day The Victor Valley Daily Press AP Images 21 MaZiKab Shutterstock Images 22 23 26 top 26 right outdoorsman Shutterstock Images 25 Eric Isselee Shutterstock Images 26 bottom 29 ISBN 978-1-63517-036-8 hardcover 978-1-63517-092-4 paperback 978-1-63517-195-2 ebook 978-1-63517-145-7 hosted ebook Library of Congress Control Number 2016913370 Printed in the United States of America Mankato MN November 2016 About the Author Christa C Hogan writes fiction and nonfiction for kids teens and adults She lives with her husband and three kids in North Carolina

Mountain Lions — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Carnivorous Cats 5 CHAPTER 2 Silent Speedy Predator 11 CHAPTER 3 A Cat of Many Habitats 17 THAT’S AMAZING Ghost Cat 20 CHAPTER 4 Family Life 23 (cid:10)(cid:32)(cid:21)(cid:37)(cid:35)(cid:1)(cid:32)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:15)(cid:32)(cid:37)(cid:31)(cid:36)(cid:19)(cid:27)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:32)(cid:31)(cid:35)(cid:1)(cid:43)(cid:1)(cid:53)(cid:45) (cid:11)(cid:29)(cid:32)(cid:35)(cid:35)(cid:19)(cid:34)(cid:41)(cid:1)(cid:43)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:52) (cid:18)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:23)(cid:19)(cid:34)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:15)(cid:32)(cid:34)(cid:23)(cid:1)(cid:43)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:51) (cid:12)(cid:31)(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:40)(cid:1)(cid:43)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:53)

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Mountain Lions — page 4 — CHAPTER 1 CARNIVOROUS CATS Elk graze in a moonlit valley A lone shadow prowls nearby in the dry grass The shadow is a mountain lion This animal is also called the puma panther cougar and catamount Mountain lions hunt at night and twilight when light is low 5

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