15 Reasons Why Mountain Lions Are Awesome [Gallery]

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Mountain Lions are magnificent beasts. Sure, they’re not as huge as a real lion, or as exotic as tigers with their fancy stripes, but that doesn’t mean they’re not as cool. In fact, Mountain Lions are vicious killing machines and cuddly at the same time. Plus, they jump like really high. We love these big cute cats, so to celebrate the launch of OS X Mountain Lion, here are 15 reasons why mountain lions are awesome:

Mountain Lions are so stinkin’ cute when they’re born…

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They play in trees…

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And sleep on cactuses.

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They play fight

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And climb up on rocks

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They practice their ninja skills

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And have snowball fights

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They even play with other kitties

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and make silly faces.

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Shoot, Mountain Lions even protect the Grand Canyon from alien invasions!

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But then they grow up, and start jumping around.

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They use their ninja skills to sneak up on stuff.

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Then they get angry…

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REAL angry…

 

And kill other beasts…

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So they get put in cages for being naughty.

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But they’re still total badasses

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So companies name their software after them.

 

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