lorax

LOL! Big cats here are much more scared of you than the other way on. In the case of Jaguars, because they are capable of eating me, I just freeze and let them go their merry way. Normally, this means that they stand and look at me for a while, then pass by. I won't say it's not scary, because it is, but it's also pretty cool. Smaller big cats, like the Ocelots, are always above you in the trees, and they run away pretty fast.

Puma, on the other hand, scare the living crap out of me. I've encountered them a couple of times in my travels, and I always get the feeling that what we have is an uneasy detente, and if I didn't have that big stick I might be dinner.