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Lynx are normally skittish, he noted, so he was surprised that the creatures stuck around after he, his girlfriend and his 11-year-old daughter came across them while driving their ATV down a logging road on Friday evening.

The videos sa国际传媒� one shot by Trist, one by his girlfriend sa国际传媒� show two lynx sitting face-to-face, shrieking, their foreheads nearly touching.

In a phone interview on Tuesday, Trist likened the sound to that of children yelling.

At one point in the video, one of the cats takes a swipe at the other, but neither backs down.

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Neither Trist nor his daughter was scared, he said, noting that they were both sa国际传媒渦sed to it.sa国际传媒�

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Trist said the cats were still at it when he left after about 10 minutes of watching, so he doesnsa国际传媒檛 know which one came out on top in the non-violent faceoff.

By early Tuesday, the videos had together amassed more than 12 million views and drawn attention from around the world.

Trist said hesa国际传媒檚 been fielding calls from Australia, Germany and the U.K.

The Canadian Press

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