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Match the feline species to the continent(s) it is indigenous to:

lion, tiger, jaguar, cougar, bobcat, polecat

OCD (or something) here.. polecats aren't a feline species .. does that matter? Kind of links in to the more general question of what (if anything) matters. I find myself suddenly overwhelmed by the futility of ABSOLUTLY EVERYTHING. Waiter, there's a polecat in my soup. I'm sorry sir, that isn't your soup that's a polecat. I was expecting soup. I'll take the polecat away.

LOL Yeah..I threw in polecat at the last second to screw with people. I remember when it referred to a skunk, but google says it also refers to a kind of weasel.

Without even needing AI or google..
lion - Africa
tiger - not Africa! - Asia + Siberia (which might be in Asia)
jaguar - probably Africa
cougar - California
bobcat - N.America
polecat - not cats but probably Europe

Everything looks correct! You win! I learned from Jeopardy though that there IS a species of lion in India called the Asiatic Lion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nE5EOtvaQ

Oh, and the Jaguar lives in Central and South America:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx6r7QX2iXk

10 point animal bonus question:

If snakes sang like birds, do you think we wouldn't be so scared of them? Or would we instead be afraid of their seductive siren songs?