 The puma of the plains of South America ( P. concolor <unk> , called the Argentine cougar by North Americans ) is noted for its extreme unwillingness to attack humans . According to the Anglo @-@ Argentine naturalist William Henry Hudson " It does not attack man , and <unk> is perfectly correct when he affirms that it never <unk> , or threatens to hurt , man or child , even when it finds them sleeping . This , however , is not a full statement of the facts ; the puma will not even defend itself against man " . And : " All who have killed or witnessed the killing of the puma — and I have questioned scores of hunters on this point — agree that it <unk> itself in this <unk> , pathetic manner to death at the hands of man . Claudio Gay , in his Natural History of <unk> , says , " When attacked by man its energy and daring at once <unk> it , and it becomes a weak , inoffensive animal , and trembling , and <unk> <unk> <unk> , and shedding abundant tears , it seems to <unk> compassion from a generous enemy " . Hudson adds that , except in relation to man , the puma is a ferocious animal , attacking even the much stronger jaguar . 
