A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision. The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the mule took off and decided he wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all hell broke loose... for the lion. As the lion approached the dogs the mule snatched him up by the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head on the ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was dead, than whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride... as if nothing had just happened. Fortunately even though the hunter didn't get off a shot, his wife got off these 4.

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that's incredible... O_O

Dog #1 says: "That mule saved our lives." Dog #2 says: "Kinda made us look bad." Dog #1 says: "Yeah, I feel like a jackass."

Wooohooo! That's one handy mule!

poor kitty :( kitty5

Thats one Kick ass ass!! The wonders of nature :)

I want me a mule like that, got more bite in it than my dogs..

Sad :-(

Definitely NOT your stereotypical mule. I love cats of every size, shape, and description, but this is just awesome. =) Thanks.

That's incredible! Thanks for the photos. :)

I love cats too,..........but also know that cats are stupid. Besides if you look closely you'll see a U.S. Army Ranger tatoo on the mules butt. This is obviously a retired Special Operations mule.

Funny I made a render of something like this, where the horse was running away from the lion, while the dogs went to rescue. Hmm lookin at this I guess my render went wrong, should have put the horse running down the lion, lol. THis is fantastiq, amazing shots. Boy them dogs sure happy they werent lunch, lol. Owesome shots. Damn I never thought a horse could smack around a lion like that, ouch, thats amazing. Nice shots buddy, very nice.

Poor Kitty! Awesome pics. Helluva story!

Pardon me, Roy..is that the cat that ate your new shoes?..;)

That's one helluva donkey!

Give that mule a raise$

"Pardon me, Roy..is that the cat that ate your new shoes?..;) " OH Gawd,..and I though I was the only one thinking of that one. Thanks for being bold enough to post it. 8 )~ Tom

The mountain lion was already dead when these pictures were taken. The snapshots are still very interesting though. It shows the mule in survival mode.

:( I can't see how anyone considers this fun :(

I'm not sure "fun" is the right word, as opposed to everyone being "amazed" at what appeared to be a donkey winning at a battle of beasts, where the donkey would usually be the underdog. Unfortunately, the mountain lion was already dead when the donkey went into it's survival instinct mode. Knowing the mountain lion was already dead from a hunter, brings it into a different light.

Well... in the first picture that mountain lion is alive. The donkey has it by the tail and is whipping that cats head into the ground. The hunter didn't shoot the mountain lion. He was going to shoot into the air to scare it off. At the same time the cat decided to go after the dogs and also at that time the donkey went after the mountain lion and got it by the tail. The mountain lion was very much alive. The donkey killed it.

Lets face it! This kinda thing happens all the time. Lions kill beasts in Africa, donkeys kill pumas in America. Been going on since time wore diapers. We can't stop it and we shouldn't think we can. If the cat had got the guy with the gun we'd have been saying 'Why didn't the donkey do something?'

@TheBryster LOL ;)

@Swade Where did you get this from.....got any links??

Unfortunately Swade, the information you recieved is not correct. I remember a while back seeing this in the news. They interviewed the hunter that was there and although the pictures were authentic, the story was not. The mule did nothing more than beat up on a dead carcass.

and they say donkey's are dumb asses. It looks like mr. smarty pants mountain lion found out that ain't exactly the case.