Chasing Pumas: Science on the SPOT

KQED Science Video Podcast by KQED

Sep 13, 20136:20Religion & Spirituality

Join a research team from University of California, Santa Cruz as they track, tranquilize and collar a wild puma. The special GPS collars collect data on the puma’s location and behavior, and they reveal how the big cats...

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