FL Panther Sightings Go Viral: Research Institute Reveals True Story Behind Florida Panther PHOTO


FL Panther Sightings Go Viral
FL Panther Sightings Go Viral: Research Institute Reveals True Story Behind Florida Panther PHOTO, Two attenuate Florida bobcat sightings up abutting in two weeks. But why are these encounters with bodies happening? WATCH VIDEO

Biologists say bodies accept a lot to with Florida panthers traveling on the move.

“Panthers are accident their habitat,” says Dave Onorato, bobcat biologist and accessory analysis scientist for the Florida Bobcat Project.

In mid-March in East Fort Myers, a homeowner spotted a Florida bobcat lounging on his aback balustrade and backward for 20 minutes, continued abundant to abduction a photo.

“Seeing one up abutting like that is actual rare,” says Onorato.

Even added rare, accepting a bobcat accompany you on a attributes walk. It happened to Tina Dorschel from Wisconsin while demography a airing on Tuesday at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples.

Onorato says, “She did aggregate accurately -- stood her arena and didn’t run.”

And she backward calm abundant to accumulate recording video. The biologist admits he thinks the 17-second video is appealing cool, biologists with the affairs accept watched it abundant times.

Onorato says, as expected, the bobcat was just as abashed of the woman on the boardwalk.

“It didn’t even accomplish eye acquaintance aggravating to get by once. It angry on the turbo booster and got out of there.”

Onorato says panthers about abstain humans, but as Florida continues to abound added humans move in and homes go up panthers are accident their accustomed habitat.

“There’s beneath and beneath abode for them these interactions are occurring added frequently than they acclimated to,” he says.

Florida panthers are an endangered breed with 100 to 180 larboard in the state.

“In the '80's and '90's there were alone 20-30 panthers larboard in the state. We’ve appear a continued way convalescent in the appropriate administration still accept plan to do.”

The advance is blame panthers further north. Some males accept been spotted in Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough and Polk counties, and as far abroad as Georgia.

“These animals crave a huge breadth to survive … a male’s home ambit is 200 aboveboard miles,” says Onorato.

But the females accept not roamed arctic of the Caloosahatchee River in Southwest Florida. Biologists say for the bobcat citizenry to abound in Central Florida the females will accept to adventure arctic over the river.

As apartment developments yield over bobcat habitats, the big bodies are on the move into catholic areas. In 2015, the accompaniment saw a almanac breaking 42 bobcat deaths, 9 added than in 2014 -- a record-breaking year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. So far in 2016, there accept been 11 bobcat deaths a lot of accept been hit by cars in Southwest Florida.
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