i've seen their tracks along stream before where one had drank. we've found deer carcasses covered with leaves etc, and one was photographed in Carter County a couple of years ago. biologists in GSM national park say (anonymously) there are probably a dozen or more there... i'd love to see one.Neighbor swears he saw a painter last fall two others reported him too. Likely a juvenile chased away from the north by the mature male they roam hundreds of miles
i've seen video where someone got a kitten and started it out swimming, taking a bath etc. one couple showed their dogs and cat playing in the water at the beach! must have raised it with Lab puppies or something...I watched a show on Netflix the other day about cats, it was very interesting. One of the things I took away was that cats raised in a different culture act different according to the culture they were raised in.
The example they gave was between cats raised in the U.S. ---Japan
I have no doubt that some animals become accustomed to certain habits from birth and it just seems natural to them. I have seen a show about cats and some cats definitely take to water, all on their own. There are wildcats that look domestic that might hunt for their food in a creek.i've seen video where someone got a kitten and started it out swimming, taking a bath etc. one couple showed their dogs and cat playing in the water at the beach! must have raised it with Lab puppies or something...