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Mountain Lion Photo Gallery
Featuring P32, P33, and P19
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P-32 one of three mountain lion kittens born in the Santa
Monica Mountains.
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Seth Riley with the National Park Service holding P-32 one of three
mountain lion kittens born in the Santa Monica Mountains.
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P-32, the male mountain lion kitten, sniffs at the camera.
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P-19 was photographed in mid-February with her two
nearly grown kittens, P-32 and P-33, eating a deer carcass.
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Mountain lion mom P-19 peeks at the camera.
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That's Mom P-19 in the foreground and P-33, a female,
behind her. Note the ear tags.
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P-33, a 16-month-old female mountain lion, was photographed with a deer kill recently in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. She ate for about an hour before her mother and brother showed up.
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P-33 photographed while feeding by the National Park
Service, using a remote camera.
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P-33 "looks younger and more fluffy in this photo," the
National Park Service said on Facebook.
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The NPS notes: "Mountain lion tongues are specially adapted and covered in tiny papillae, which are small backward-curving spines that help remove hair from the hide and scrape meat from the bones. “
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The female P-33 is captured by a remote camera during
feeding time. Courtesy of National Park Service