BCC EP:122 The puma paradox – Australia’s roo slayers

Andrea is a podcast listener in Victoria, Australia. She didn’t
expect to experience big cats on her land. But she explains how
events and sightings have indicated she has visiting pumas, which
seem to predate kangaroos, wallabies and rabbits. 


She looks after two pure dingoes, which have reacted to calls and
movements of what appear to be a nearby big cat. Andrea discusses
life with the dingoes, and her heightened awareness of new hidden
predators in the local bushland. 


In the final section, British and SA tracker Mark Graves returns
to discuss key issues which have cropped up in recent episodes,
including the ‘clawed’ carcass, alarm calls from birds when
predators are around, and why big cats’ fur can change in colder
conditions. Rick describes two recent black panther-leopard
reports from witnesses, and Mark explains how big cats drag their
larger prey items.    


Words of the week: ‘upside down country’   


&  piloerection


3 March 2025