Mountain Lions prefer to live in areas of rugged mountains and forests, but will adapt to areas of rolling hills with little cover and the desert. A home range for an adult male lion can be over 100 square miles. Females travel a smaller range of 20 to 60 square miles.
A garrotte is a weapon, usually a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line used to strangle a person. Garrotte is normal British English spelling, with single 'r' as an alternate. Garrote with a single 't' is US English spelling. A Spanish version is garrote vil.
(gÅt) n. 1. A domesticated ruminant mammal (Capra hircus) having backward curving horns and a beard especially in the male, raised for its wool, milk, and meat. 2. Any of various wild ruminant mammals of the genus Capra and related genera, including the ibexes and the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Eurasia. 3. A lecherous man.