Pumas Might Be Making Your Drive Home Safer
< img src= "https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/4kxtbX7coCyrDfwbe7AjGuSr4Kg=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (2000x1352:2001 x1353)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/35/a1/35a1806d-e51e-423c-90d6-74bc5d1f676d/nmg0497-edit.jpg" alt="" > In Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the wild cats’ presence corresponded with a 67 percent drop in the probability of a deer-vehicle crash and a 76 percent general decline in the number of wrecks throughout a five-year period, according to a new study Source
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< img src= "https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/4kxtbX7coCyrDfwbe7AjGuSr4Kg=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (2000x1352:2001 x1353)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/35/a1/35a1806d-e51e-423c-90d6-74bc5d1f676d/nmg0497-edit.jpg" alt="" > In Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the wild cats’ presence corresponded with a 67 percent drop in the probability of a deer-vehicle crash and a 76 percent general decline in the number of wrecks throughout a five-year period, according to a new study
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