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Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Can Mountain Lions Roar? Episode 22

Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Eryn Lynum

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education For Kids, Religion & Spirituality

4.8613 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had an up-close encounter with a wild animal? Seeing God’s creatures up-close is wonderful—so long as we’re aware, safe, and respectful. I’m sharing my four close encounters with mountain lions on today’s show!

Here’s our trail map:

  • How did God make mountain lions special?
  • What is the difference between a mountain lion, cougar, and puma?
  • Can a mountain lion roar?
  • How can you be safe when in mountain lion habitat?
  • How can awareness keep us safe as we follow God?

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Mountain Lions State by State: https://mountainlion.org/state-by-state/

Closing song “Looking For Adventure”: Composed by Tim McMorris. Produced by King's Crown Productions

Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8

“So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you.” James 4:7

“But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and will protect you from the Evil One.” 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Terms Learned in This Episode:

Habitat: The natural area where a creature lives

Awareness: Staying alert and having knowledge

Find more Bible & Nature resources at Erynlynum.com

Mentioned in this episode:

Magnify: A Wild & Wonderful Summer Adventure by Nat Theo

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you downloaded the free coloring sheet for this lesson?

0:04.0

Click the link in our show notes to print and color along as you listen.

0:08.1

And join the Nat Theo Club at the link in our show notes to receive a full lesson and activity guide and a bonus video of content every single week.

0:17.0

So you can dive deeper into every lesson.

0:20.0

Explore God's wild and wonderful world in the Nat Theo Club at Aaron Linum.com

0:25.2

slash club or at the link in our show notes.

0:31.8

Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast, where we explore nature, the Bible, and what both of them show us about

0:42.4

our creator, God, who made this wild and wonderful world. I'm your host, Aaron Linum. I'm a certified

0:52.7

master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author, and I am so

0:57.8

excited to explore God's Word and His created world with you.

1:05.5

Listeners, I am thrilled to share today's episode with you because I am going to be telling you some very exciting

1:12.7

personal stories of mine in nature. But first, I have something special to share with you. In a minute,

1:21.8

I'm going to play a sound recording that comes from my own phone and I want you to guess what it is that you're hearing.

1:29.5

Now, I should warn you that this sound recording might be a little bit alarming, but I promise

1:36.5

you, nothing bad is happening, and after I play it, I'll let you know exactly what you are hearing.

1:43.6

Again, I recorded this sound on my own phone recently in my own backyard. Are you ready?

1:51.0

I Do you have any idea what it is that you're hearing?

2:13.6

Do you have any idea what it is that you're hearing? Let me share the story with you. One evening,

2:22.2

I was sitting in my living room when I heard what sounded like yelling in my backyard. I got up

2:29.5

and I opened the back door and that sound is what I heard. Now, a few days before that, a neighbor had told me

2:37.6

that she saw a mountain lion in her backyard. So immediately, I guessed that what I was hearing

2:45.4

that night was the mountain lion. And I thought that it was hunting another animal. So I called the Colorado

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