The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms.
汤姆找到了刀，向杰布跑去，美洲狮上下摆动它的头，尝试着找出一条通过杰布用他的手臂构成的墙的路。She looked up and saw a cougar perched on the fence ready to pounce on the youngest child. Mrs. McAlister ran outside to save her children.
她抬头一看，看到一只美洲狮停在篱笆上准备扑向她最小的小孩，于是阿里斯特太太赶紧跑出去救她小孩。They were still ascending. Radar continued to track the Cougar until, for some unknown reason, it simply faded away.
他们仍在上升当中，雷达也继续跟踪着这架“美洲狮”，直到它不明原因地离奇失踪。The size of a panther it has the longest canine teeth relative to body size of any cat.
婆罗洲云豹的大小与小型美洲狮相当，其犬齿长度相对于体型来说居猫科动物之首。Wild pumas do not always consume all of their prey and must protect it from being stolen of scavenged.
野生美洲狮并不总是消耗他们的猎物，而且必须保护所有由被清理偷来的。The service's lead scientist for the eastern cougar, Mark McCollough, said the animal has likely been extinct since the 1930s.
管理局东部美洲狮方面的首席科学家马克·麦克洛说，这种动物有可能从20世纪30年代起就已经灭绝了。Now the cougar's enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
现在，这头美洲狮的敌人看上去更大了。它慢慢抬起头，准备离开。但很不幸的是汤姆实在是太害怕了，他挣脱了爸爸，向远处跑去。When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty -five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
当伦敦动物园得到报告，说在伦敦以南四十五英里的地方，发现了一只野美洲狮时，他们并没有重视。The eastern cougar is often called the "ghost cat" because it has been so rarely glimpsed in northeastern states in recent decades.
东部美洲狮经常被叫做“鬼猫”，因为近几十年来在美国东北部各州这种动物的影子着实难得一见。