What big cats are afraid of water like domestic cats are?

SOTHC

All big cats that live in cold places do not like getting their fur wet as it would not then keep out the cold. Snow leopards, lynx, bobcats, and cougars are such animals. Oct 12 06, 5:36 PM

groovey67

Do you have a site to support that? Oct 12 06, 5:59 PM

What-A-Mess

Large Cats OFTEN swim. Why do the lions swim? Why is all this so new and surprising? The lions in the Okavango Delta have to swim at certain times of the year, or at least cross the water. It's a very unique environment where you have a very flat area that seasonally floods. The average water depth is about 2 to 2 1/2 feet, but there are deeper areas as well. These lions know the area very well and can select the best route between point A and point B. They can avoid very deep water or take the shortest route if they want to. They are very adept at swimming if they need to. We sometimes see that they don't like to go through the water — it gets very cold, for example. They just have to cope with this, which other lions don't have to do on a regular basis. There's a lot of similarity between the Okavango Delta and the Florida Everglades. Florida panthers have to cross water the same way that our lions have to cope with water in the delta. So lions are not usually known as swimmers? Lions are not known as swimmers in the sense that they don't do it daily. They're not like tigers, which love to go into the water to cool down. But when they're faced with a river, they will cross it if they need to. It's something that does not happen very regularly, except when you have them in an environment like the Okavango Delta, where they have a habitat with a large part of water that they need to cross to move around. http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/wildkingdom/lions/field/field.html http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/wildkingdom/lions/field/field.html Oct 12 06, 9:38 PM

SOTHC

This site supports my answer http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/ask_earl/page?d=20030728 Oct 13 06, 1:33 AM

Baloo55th

Not all domestic cats are 'afraid' of water. Turkish Van cats quite happily swim, and many of the other types don't have any real occasion to see if they want to swim or not. Oct 13 06, 4:44 AM

SOTHC

My Maine Coon cats are very large domestic cats who love water and only fear the atomiser water spray that is on hand if they mistake the table leg or sofa for scratching posts Oct 13 06, 6:24 AM

kaylofgorons

Jaguars are supposed to be frequent swimmers too, but I don't know if I can find a link for it. Oct 13 06, 8:21 PM

SOTHC

It is not recommended though as water in the fuel system can be a pain to put right. Oct 15 06, 8:06 AM

What-A-Mess

That once happened to my Cougar. Such a hassle! Had to drain the Damn thing and....... Oct 15 06, 11:01 AM

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