Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch a rare Puma family documentary captured on trail cameras in the Costa Rica rainforest. This footage follows two mountain lion cubs from their bond with their mother to their struggle for independence.
No staging. No baiting. No music — just real mountain lion cub behavior as it happened, from family bond to independence to reunion.
❤️ By liking and commenting, you help our citizen science data reach more people interested in wildlife conservation and Costa Rican biodiversity.
🎤 We want to hear from you! I respond to ALL the comments. Even from Haters! 😆
🎁 Visit the Ocho Verde Wildlife Trail Camera Store on AMAZON: https://a.co/d/0euPAWKb
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GardePro Trail Cameras (affiliate link): gardepro.com/frankocho
💰 Discount code: FRANK0711
👉 PLEASE REMEMBER: Affiliate links provide the SAME PRICES as regular listings! Using them financially helps us buy batteries and cameras that rarely last very long in the jungle. Thanks!
Chapters
0:00 A Puma Call!
0:33 Rare Puma Family Footage
1:23 Cougar Family Growing Up
1:52 Cougar Cubs Are Too Big
2:53 Mom Lets Them Go
3:16 Pumas Enjoy Freedom
4:17 Puma Playing with Trail Cam
6:17 Coati Interruption: The "Bully" of the Jungle
6:50 Cougar Cubs on Their Own
8:05 Puma Cub Vocalizations & Calling Patterns
9:10 Mountain Lion Reunion Behavior
🐾 New wildlife documentaries from the Costa Rican rainforest almost every week — real trail camera footage, real animal behavior, zero staging.
#PumaCubs #MountainLionCubs #CostaRicaWildlife #TrailCameraFootage #WildlifeDocumentary #Wildlife #TrailCam
Ocho Verde Wildlife documents the living rainforest of Costa Rica through authentic trail-camera footage, field observations, and documentary-style stories from the Ocho Verde Wildlife Refuge.
Here you’ll find real animal behavior, herping discoveries, conservation stories, and the unexpected moments that make the rainforest so fascinating. Some videos let the jungle speak for itself through natural sound and closed captions, while others follow the detective work and personal experiences behind an encounter.
Our goal is to offer a respectful, evidence-based window into wild places while helping viewers better understand and appreciate the animals that live there.
Subscribe to explore the rainforest with us—and see what the cameras reveal next.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a wildlife scientist. I am a citizen scientist with a degree in field biology and an active imagination. Pumas almost all look alike. Apart from body differences and scars or other markings, they are difficult to differentiate. These are trail camera observations from over 2 years of continuous monitoring. In March 2026, over three days, the back half of the story occurred. While I cannot say with 100 percent certainty that this is what happened, this is a likely representation based on trail camera times and dates. None of it is AI. I recorded 53 separate trail camera activations in March 2026. All trail cameras provide great information, but there are often gaps. This trail cam video is my interpretation of filling the gaps.
Watch a rare Puma family documentary captured on trail cameras in the Costa Rica rainforest. This footage follows two mountain lion cubs from their bond with their mother to their struggle for independence.
No staging. No baiting. No music — just real mountain lion cub behavior as it happened, from family bond to independence to reunion.
❤️ By liking and commenting, you help our citizen science data reach more people interested in wildlife conservation and Costa Rican biodiversity.
🎤 We want to hear from you! I respond to ALL the comments. Even from Haters! 😆
🎁 Visit the Ocho Verde Wildlife Trail Camera Store on AMAZON: https://a.co/d/0euPAWKb
Trail Cameras that we use:
Browning Trail Cameras amzn.to/3SBmgVf
Meidase Trail Cameras: amzn.to/4hR0AyT
Ceyomur Solar Trail Camera: amzn.to/4g9kC4O
GardePro Trail Cameras (affiliate link): gardepro.com/frankocho
💰 Discount code: FRANK0711
👉 PLEASE REMEMBER: Affiliate links provide the SAME PRICES as regular listings! Using them financially helps us buy batteries and cameras that rarely last very long in the jungle. Thanks!
Chapters
0:00 A Puma Call!
0:33 Rare Puma Family Footage
1:23 Cougar Family Growing Up
1:52 Cougar Cubs Are Too Big
2:53 Mom Lets Them Go
3:16 Pumas Enjoy Freedom
4:17 Puma Playing with Trail Cam
6:17 Coati Interruption: The "Bully" of the Jungle
6:50 Cougar Cubs on Their Own
8:05 Puma Cub Vocalizations & Calling Patterns
9:10 Mountain Lion Reunion Behavior
🐾 New wildlife documentaries from the Costa Rican rainforest almost every week — real trail camera footage, real animal behavior, zero staging.
#PumaCubs #MountainLionCubs #CostaRicaWildlife #TrailCameraFootage #WildlifeDocumentary #Wildlife #TrailCam
Ocho Verde Wildlife documents the living rainforest of Costa Rica through authentic trail-camera footage, field observations, and documentary-style stories from the Ocho Verde Wildlife Refuge.
Here you’ll find real animal behavior, herping discoveries, conservation stories, and the unexpected moments that make the rainforest so fascinating. Some videos let the jungle speak for itself through natural sound and closed captions, while others follow the detective work and personal experiences behind an encounter.
Our goal is to offer a respectful, evidence-based window into wild places while helping viewers better understand and appreciate the animals that live there.
Subscribe to explore the rainforest with us—and see what the cameras reveal next.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a wildlife scientist. I am a citizen scientist with a degree in field biology and an active imagination. Pumas almost all look alike. Apart from body differences and scars or other markings, they are difficult to differentiate. These are trail camera observations from over 2 years of continuous monitoring. In March 2026, over three days, the back half of the story occurred. While I cannot say with 100 percent certainty that this is what happened, this is a likely representation based on trail camera times and dates. None of it is AI. I recorded 53 separate trail camera activations in March 2026. All trail cameras provide great information, but there are often gaps. This trail cam video is my interpretation of filling the gaps.
