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Good morning! * Animal Facts * Mountain lions were once widespread across the United States. However, due to various factors such as bounty hunts in the early 1900s, persecution, trophy hunting, poaching, retaliation against livestock predation, orphaning of kittens, poisoning, and habitat loss and fragmentation, they are now only found in 15 western states. The Florida panther, a genetically isolated subspecies, remains in the eastern part of the country.

Heyo :) neben den deutschen Firmen #Puma und #adidas , welche ja beides Großkonzerne sind und sonst wo in der Welt produzieren, gibt es auch noch "Lunge" und "Lowa" Schuhe, welche in #Deutschland und #Europa produzieren. Ich besitze beides und bin äußerst zufrieden! Außerdem gibt es da auch noch Meindl und Waldviertler-Schuhe.

Nike, Converse, New Balance sind aus den #USA

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Do you wear US shoes? 👟

You can easily replace them with the ones produced by European shoe manufacturing companies such as Adidas 🇩🇪 and Puma 🇩🇪.

But did you know that both companies are German and were founded in the same city by the Dassler brothers, Adolf and Rudolf, who were actually enemies? 💣 To the point that, when they died, they were buried on opposite sides of the same cemetery. ⚰️

Their rivalry was so big that it divided the city and created a long-lasting animosity that touched the lives of all employees and inhabitants.

Check out the full story (with lots of photos):

businessinsider.com/how-puma-a

And for all you French and German speakers out there who are into ARTE programmes, there's an episode of Karambolage that explains the story:

🇫🇷 youtube.com/watch?v=kJI5nqj79R
🇩🇪 youtube.com/watch?v=nzOcFG7SQw

Business Insider · How Puma and Adidas' rivalry divided their founding town for 70 yearsBy Business Insider Deutschland