 Though capable of sprinting , the cougar is typically an ambush predator . It stalks through brush and trees , across ledges , or other covered spots , before delivering a powerful leap onto the back of its prey and a suffocating neck bite . The cougar is capable of breaking the neck of some of its smaller prey with a strong bite and momentum bearing the animal to the ground . 
 Though capable of sprinting , the cougar <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>typically an ambush predator . It <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>stalks</mark></a> through brush and trees , across ledges , or other covered spots , before delivering a powerful leap onto the back of its prey and a suffocating neck bite . The cougar <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>capable of breaking the neck of some of its smaller prey with a strong bite and momentum bearing the animal to the ground . 
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