Land of the Bobcats | Full Documentary

When it comes to North America, only a few wild cats roam the wilderness. Bobcats are the smallest of North America’s wild cats, but they are still strong, stealthy, and deadly. 🐱🐾
Land of the Bobcats is part of Assorted Animal’s Wildlife Series. We explore the life of the bobcat, how they survive in the wild, and what their behaviors mean. Subscribe to this channel for more wildlife documentaries!
0:00 Intro
1:52 Bobcat Ears
4:10 Bobcat Tracks
6:21 Animal Tracking
8:42 Bobcat Predators
11:12 Black Bobcats
12:32 Bobcat Hybrids
13:27 Bobcat Symbolism
16:09 Will a Bobcat Attack a Dog?
17:05 What to do if you See a Bobcat
18:41 How to Scare a Bobcat
19:21 Bobcat Characteristics
22:00 Are Bobcats Carnivores?
22:54 Pet Bobcats
23:34 FAQ
24:34 Outro
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Bobcats are elusive and hard to spot. Chances are, most people will not be able to spot a wild bobcat because they mostly come out at night, their fur helps to camouflage them, and they prefer to stay away from humans.
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[@assortedanimalsonline]

*Edit* I was using the term "big cats" loosely in this video for sizing. However, as a viewer pointed out, bobcats are not classified scientifically as a big cat.

[@rypatmackrock]

As an animal and predator connoisseur myself, I consider the true big cats start with the ones of the Panthera genius that are lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars with snow leopards, being unique in that category; and cheetahs and mountain lions fall behind that, because of their sheer size. The Panthera cat family are distinguished by their iconic size, and ability to roar; while mountain lions roar meow, and are capable of purring. There’s an interesting video that lists and categorizes most of the world’s wildcats from the Panthera family, to the smaller African and European wildcats that pet cats are related to.

[@Merrihelen]

I grew up in the coastal mountains of southern California and had many pets. One day I saw an injured bobcat by the side of the road and removed my jacket, wrapped the cat up and brought him home. my dad worked in a hospital emergency room and loved animals. He dampened a clean rag in ether and held it near the bobcats face until it relaxed then carefully felt for broken bones or internal injuries and found nothing obvious. he wrapped the chest and stomach gently with gaze and taped it and put it in our workshop with a dish of water and raw fish. We fed it raw chicken or fish twice a day for 6 weeks and anestetised it again to remove the wrap and left the workshop door open. He left but in the wintertime he would return for free food and seemed to have a mild arthritus in one rear leg; Sometimes he would let us pet him but other times he would growl if we approached. We always respected his wishes and he came around for many years and got along with our cats.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That sounds awesome! Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@teresawest5602]

I once had a cross breed, bobcat and Maine coon, he looked like a Maine coon and sounded like a bobcat, he was the sweetest boy ever, he was 3 months old when his momma a stray that I feed died, I had him with me for 14+ years miss him he was highly intelligent as well as such a cuddle bud😢

[@angelapetree1382]

I saw a bobcat once crossing the road and going into the forest. Will always be a favorite memory. 🥰

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Those are always the best!

[@larryhoover4142]

Goofy fac memory tbh

[@tonyprice2256]

They sure are elusive creatures. In my 66 years, i have only seen one bobcat in the wild. It was more than 40 years ago and he was in the driveway of my dad's old saw mill in Goshen, Massachusetts. He was a big healthy looking cat. We gazed into each others eyes for a bit, and eventually he went on his way across the driveway, leaped over a stone wall and off into the woods. I would bet the farm that they have seen me in the woods many more times than i have seen them. I would love to see another one. One of these days, maybe i will put up a few trail cams for the fun of it.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I've been lucky enough to see them a few times here in North Texas/Oklahoma! I've also picked one up on a trail cam, so it is definitely worth trying. 🐾

[@sherrykeeton9960]

We had bobcats at our office building in Irving TX. They would come up from the ravine nearby and hide in the pampas grass. Very interesting video, love the detailed information provided.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They are very prominent in Texas!

[@ellakirillova8149]

Had one for 11 years in small apartment in central Russia. Found him in woods while was skiing thinking it was an old abandoned cat with chopped tail, no teeth and eye infection 😢 Just a couple of weeks later realized that “old” cat was not dying, but growing instead. His beautiful eyes opened , teeth grew, and dark “polka dots “ appeared on his stomach. The entire apartment building lived my giant cat Konstantine for almost a decade. (Even though he never used steps to go outside to use bathroom- he was jumping from the 3rd floor window making sure he was not going to land on someone’s head😂) Never was aggressive to any humans, played with dogs and cars, but hunted squirrels, rats and mouse. Well, I had to feed him with raw meat at least once a day. He loved water melons also😂

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That’s an awesome story! It was kind of you take it in. I love when I hear about good encounters like this. Of course I wouldn’t recommend that anyone take in a wild animal that doesn’t have experience with them, but when you hear positive examples it can be heartwarming ❤️

[@herrsteppenwolf]

I live in a wooded area of rural Central Massachusetts. One morning at the edge of the wood near my house was a longer tailed cat. A week later in the same area was another cat with a bobbed tail. Most likely a Bobcat pair. What surprised me the most was it's 'stare'. A bit unnerving. I now warily exit my house these days in the early dark mornings. Thanks for this video.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching and sharing your story!

[@honeycrispTV]

They are beautiful animals!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They really are! 🐾

[@jeromecabral192]

These are such beautiful cats. I'm from Kansas and saw a bobcat with her cubs crossing a country road. Have always wanted to own one

[@assortedanimalsonline]

We love seeing them here in Oklahoma and North Texas! 🐾

[@bubble_butter5603]

I’m a bobcat therian and was just like “how do I not know alot about bobcats “ I’ve been meaning to look up bobcat documentary’s and this helped very much!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's awesome! Thank you so much for watching 🐾

[@bubble_butter5603]

:)

[@madlynx1818]

Great video thanks😺😺😺

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Have any questions about bobcats? Drop them in the comments!

[@williamcoach7738]

I have seen bobcats about 5 times in my life in nw and central ct,but 4 days ago I had to pull a dead one out of the road that just got hit by a car in bristol ct. He or she was still warm. Magnificent cat.people are so callous,they were just driving around it like it was litter.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's sad!

[@parishumphries9144]

thank you for caring about him, that's heartbreaking.

[@andypanda4927]

While bobcat "spray" like other felines, excites dogs and seems to terrify feral house cats, I have never come across bobcat scat. I have encountered bobcat 2x in my life and heard stories of encounters. Interesting animals.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Andy, thanks for your feedback!

[@Brenda-in8bd]

They don't cover their scat. They just leave it where they do it.

[@eddiekilpatrick8071]

Great video

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks!

[@madlynx1818]

Great video thanks 😺😺😺

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching!

[@CodyTheCoyote633]

i watched this because i am a bobcat therian and this gave me so much info about them tysm

[@assortedanimalsonline]

No problem! Thank you for watching 🐾

[@bubble_butter5603]

Same!

[@Loki_OnPaws]

Ayy same

[@bubble_butter5603]

@@Loki_OnPaws cool:)

[@miket0088]

Like watching these documentaries, I plan to own one and rehab other to be in wild for many years.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Glad that it could be helpful for you! Thanks for watching. 🐾

[@rickeybenjamin4814]

Breathtaking💕,Magnificent👍,Outstanding💗

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you! They are really magnificent!

[@tatarhead]

Have seen 2 in my lifetime but hope to see more. Great info. Interesting doc. Thanks…

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's awesome! Hoping you encounter more bobcats in the future. Appreciate your kind words about the video. Thanks! 🐾

[@JamesComstockCages]

Populations are highest in the southwest, as high as 20 per square mile. Southern cats are smaller than northern cats, only 10 to 20 pounds. Northern cats can grow to 40 pounds. Mice, rats, rabbits are in danger from bobcats, not people. They pose no threat to people. Bobcats will do their best to avoid humans. We are not a prey species. If you see one, just enjoy watching it.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@parishumphries9144]

such an informative and wonderful video! thank you sooo much for making this, I really enjoyed it!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey, Paris, you are very welcome! Thank you so much for the kind words. 🐾

[@vincentstouter449]

This plopumentary provided an interesting scatological analanulis of bobcat sign. My Bobcat spirit guide has taught me that life is, in essence, all just about the poo. 🤣

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Very punny! 🐾💩

[@audreydaleski1067]

My most awesome sighting was the regal white wolf in hillman, mi back in about 1999.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Audrey, that sounds awesome!

[@jaimeat1268]

On 3 occasions, I was able to get videos with my cell phone. One came within 10 feet away.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's exciting!

[@hkschubert9938]

Nice summary thank you.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Glad it was helpful! 🐾

[@xynfinity]

SweetFace Bobcat

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Agreed!

[@grettahicks4118]

Love the look,gorgeous Instagram Page I love your style!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your interest!

[@earlharvey7887]

we see many bobcats weakly here in far southwest fl...beautiful

[@assortedanimalsonline]

We see them in North Texas as well! 🐾

[@johndoe43]

Also very good video and info

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you!

[@clovisdickinson1340]

Such notification many playfulness so fantastic

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you for watching!

[@spiciest-gw1zz]

Nice video

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you! Bobcats are pretty special.

[@audreydaleski1067]

I almost petted one once. Thank goodness someone noticed. What's a cat doing out here? Here kitty, kitty, kitty.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Haha! 🐱

[@kelcritcarroll]

A bobcat was captured on our trailcam in montague michigan 9/1/2023

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's awesome! Hopefully, it wasn't seen too close to any livestock or pets. 🐾

[@SacrosanctStories]

I am curious about stories that pair Bobcat and Coyote! Did you see what tribes, or which stories had these two as counterparts? I would love to study this!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

The Zuni and Pawnee tribes have bobcat mythologies, and coyote in Navajo, and others!

[@clarencetrice4442]

I some times hear a bobcat at night 🌃 😊 and some times they are close then they aren't most mountain are usually 2OO LBS all that I have heard of they pour good much better than a house cat 😊😊 OMG 8 2O 2O23

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Nice! 🐾

[@GeographRick]

I live in the suburbs of a large city. We have a wooded area behind my house. There are bobcats around. I rarely see them, but you can definitely hear them at night. Sometimes they sound like screaming old women. Other times they sound like some demon from hell!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I get a lot of comments saying they sound like Bigfoot! Haha.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Tracked a wolf in alpena, mi, well, read the tracks as neighbor built next door and sand wad laid. And around a wild shrun were tracks made for an ambush hunt.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@user-cw5oc9dv6m]

貫禄がある猫ですね😄⤴️

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@rubenroob944]

you are really great✅

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your interest!

[@derrickdubois7307]

Hello aunt Mary I always had Distant memories As a kid of uncle Dinny teasing me about the not only existence of Bobcats but the large populations in Northern America often being confused with the Lynx. Populations of them have grown now Sharing the role of Apex predator along with black bears sometimes brown bears but very few all though I've seen stats for Kodiaks and Grizzly being a little bit more promising

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Derrick, thanks for sharing! 🐾

[@williamjackson5640]

Good 😍

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your interest!

[@jaimeat1268]

I have seen many bobcats in a 20 yr time frame along the rio grande river in rio grande valley

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I have seen a few myself in central Texas!

[@clarencetrice4442]

most of them that I have heard of are tan W black spots some gray 😊😊 OMG 8 2O 2O23

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Awesome! 🐾

[@lizzysimner7715]

Like house cats to look at extremely beautiful

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@janiefreek4115]

Maybe you should check out what a Lynx is first. Just some info on them.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@charlieo3150]

No coyote one on one is doing a darn thing to a Bobcat except get out of his way and no wolf one on one is doing anything with a lynx and an eagle will be their chicken sandwich!!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Haha, thanks for your feedback 🐾

[@charlieo3150]

@@assortedanimalsonline Love for the feline family always!!

[@SA77888]

Dunno what the distrobution of bob cats are.......but many moons ago, as a child, I went on cycling / camping holiday in France and we were camping in some random field......got up earlyish - around 6 am and I saw large stocky cat......around the size and build of a bobcat. It was just a fleeting glimpse. But Ive always wondered what I saw.

[@oofmaster4312]

Bobcats are native to the Americas and are pretty much all over North America and Mexico. Since you saw one in France, it's likely you saw a Eurasian or Iberian Lynx, bigger relatives of the Bobcat.

[@SA77888]

@@oofmaster4312 Thank you for the reply. Interesting to know what I most likely saw. Certainly WAY bigger than a domesticated cat and had that wild look to it.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Great answer by oofmaster! 🐾

[@johndoe43]

Bobcat are hell on foxes. In Kansas our fox population is way down since the expantion of the Bobcat s.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey John, predation can definitely become a problem.

[@josephgonzales7904]

Ahhhhhh 💚 Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes you're astonishing #mtvhottest #trending

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your interest!

[@roben9580]

Looks another like the Pallas cat. with the stripes on the face and rounded ears

[@assortedanimalsonline]

😺

[@stormstrawther7810]

Bubsy in real life

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Nice! 🐾

[@danielgimenez4929]

bobcat 15kg vs pitbull 20kg who win? :l

[@assortedanimalsonline]

The two most likely would avoid each other since it would be a fight to the death. However, I would say that the dog would win because of the size and the power of its jaw.

[@tonyscalabrini6599]

One of my favorite predators to hunt. Meat is delicious and very similar in taste to pork but much leaner and more healthy. I'm lucky to live in AZ where we have a very high and strong population. Great video

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Tony, thanks for your feedback!

[@tyballout1600]

Bob cat fivht

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching 🐾

[@TonyMontana-bl3qe]

I had a bobcat 🐱 as a pet? 😁

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Glad it was helpful! 🐾

[@davidmellish3295]

Bobcats are a NOT classed as a bigcat as this video said ,as a bigcat is defined by it's ability to roar. Only lions,Tigers,leopards and Jaguars are classed as big cats

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you David. I'm trying to improve my research process with every video and I really appreciate the feedback when I make a mistake.

[@davidmellish3295]

@@assortedanimalsonline no problem my friend, we all make mistakes and we can all learn new things. Glad to have helped you

[@indyreno2933]

Actually, roaring is not what makes a big cat a big cat, a big cat is any cat that belongs to the tribe Pantherini, therefore snow leopards, clouded leopards, cheetahs, pumas, and jaguarundis are big cats Taxonomy: • Tribe: Pantherini (Big Cats) •• Subtribe: Acinonychina (Lesser Big Cats) ••• Genus: Acinonyx (Cheetahs) •••• Species: Acinonyx venaticus (Asiatic Cheetah) •••• Species: Acinonyx jubatus (African Cheetah) ••• Genus: Puma (Puma Lineage) •••• Species: Puma concolor (Puma) ••• Genus: Herpailurus (Jaguarundi Lineage) •••• Species: Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Jaguarundi) •• Subtribe: Pantherina (Greater Big Cats) ••• Genus: Panthera (Leopard and Lion Lineage) •••• Species: Panthera pardus (Leopard) •••• Species: Panthera leo (Lion) ••• Genus: Uncia (Snow Leopard and Tiger Lineage) •••• Species: Uncia uncia (Snow Leopard) •••• Species: Uncia tigris (Tiger) ••• Genus: Neofelis (Clouded Leopards) •••• Species: Neofelis nebulosa (Chinese Clouded Leopard) •••• Species: Neofelis diardi (Sunda Clouded Leopard) ••• Genus: Jaguarius (New World Roaring Cats) •••• Species: Jaguarius onca (Jaguar)

[@TlD-dg6ug]

Play at 1.25-1.5 to make it bearable to listen to. Either he slowed his video down for play time, or he is actively having a stroke.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@dr.ginamosergolub]

They have to stop 🛑 bobcat trapping and hunting. This is absolutely cruel and counterproductive for the survival of the species. Please stop.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@wandamundy1759]

NOT "Canadian" Lynx, Goose or Bacon. CANADA Lynx. CANADA Goose. BACK Bacon. Cougar/Puma/Mountain Lion = all the same animal. Regional names, depending on where you're from.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@pengenjadiyoutuberdennysw9425]

Im sad when watching more bobcat killed by a youtuber with gun

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback 🐾

[@markuse3472]

Apart from the lie that is evolution, good video.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@Mads_236]

Therians ? 😅

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Not quite! Lol, but you never know what the future holds 🐾

[@bubble_butter5603]

I am👋🏼:)

[@davesmith7993]

The video was informative and educational until the spiritual claims which infer the existence of a supernatural realm for which there is no credible evidence. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - Carl Sagan

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback! 🐾

[@mikeelliott3121]

Not very informed

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback!