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Victim’s younger brother was badly wounded by animal before officials euthanized it in Georgetown area of El Dorado county

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I totally see how it attracts a mountain lion (all cats are the same in that regard, lol), I just thought a professional cyclist would be able to outpace one.

I just looked it up though, and it’s not even close. Average tour de France cyclist on flat roads is ~28 mph, average cougar is ~45 mph.