The diet of the mountain lion consists almost entirely of animal matter; but, like the domestic cat, it occasionally eats grasses and other vegetable matter. Deer and javelina are major food items; however, lions have been known to take elk and bighorn sheep as well as a variety of smaller animals.
The Santa Gertrudis breed, the first American breed of cattle developed in the Americas, was done here. It is a cross between a Brahman and a Shorthornâthree-eighths Brahman and five-eighths Shorthorn. It was recognized as a true breed in 1940 by the U.S. Agriculture Department.
Although coming from humble beginnings, the Q-tip has spread into every grocery store and household in the Nation. The first Q-tip was invented in 1920 by the Polish-born American Leo Gerstenzang. He noticed that his wife was covering a toothpick with cotton in order to clean her baby's ears.