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How Past Cougars Tell Us a Story About Modern Attacks

True tales from the most interesting place on earth.

How Past Cougars Tell Us a Story About Modern Attacks

Season 1 Episode 15 | 2m 38s | CC

Cougar attacks are very rare, fatal ones even more so, but we had one in Washington this year — the first in nearly a century. Knute Berger explores the mammalogy collection at the Burke Museum, and asks: What can cougar remains tell us about attacks, past and present?

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