Santa Cruz mountain lions among population officially classified as threatened species

Camera trap monitoring is a non-invasive way to document wildlife, and it can reveal unusual behaviors you’d almost never see otherwise, like this puma chewing leaves. (#DYK Pumas are carnivores, but on occasion you may see them chewing certain plants, likely linked to digestion.) This puma was recorded on a camera trap in Ecuador's Palora–Pastaza connectivity corridor during a territorial monitoring process led by the Asociación de Comunidades Kichwa de Copataza and supported by Conservation In