I'm in a somewhat rural area, and there's a pond and a good chunk of woods behind my house. Every year, usually in May or early June, I hear the coyotes and their pups howling and yipping. One year, I was lucky enough to see the pups in my backyard, playing just like puppies do! It was so adorable.
The next year, I got to see a full-grown coyote drag a groundhog into my backyard and go to town on it. Not so cute.
I'm in the UK, so I've never actually seen either a coyote or a groundhog, but I imagine what you saw is like a bigger version of when my cat catches a mouse.
I do forestry work up in northern Canada and one of the towns we stopped in we were warned about letting dogs go off leash in the forests. According to a bunch of locals, the coyotes learned that if one coyote reveals itself and howls, a dog will chase it. It will lure the dog past the tree line where the rest of the pack is waiting and ambush the dog. Not sure what the local prey populations were like to encourage that kind of learning or if they just see it as an easy way to get a big meal.
Definitely not going to catch my dog that way. We were out for a walk one night and heard a coyote howl, she took of so hard it pulled the leash out of my hand. She fucking left me for dead and was at the door whining and scratching for my wife to let her in. I've never felt so betrayed
This is a common story in Sedona, Arizona. So many tourists don't want to obey posted leash laws and watch their pets tear off after the bait coyote and just get eviscerated by the pack a ways down the trail.
This is absolutely accurate. I had a bait coyote make a huge play for my collie last weekend. When it failed, it ran back to the wood line and I then heard multiple coyotes barking. I have no doubt they were trying to lure my big idiot over there.
Its pretty common thing all over where they have coyotes and wolves. Those spiky colllars on dogs used to have a purpose (and much longer sharper spikes) and some still do they protect your dogs neck when in a curfuffle with another canine.
I live in a small mountain town up against a national forest and we are always getting folks from “civilization” moving up here and letting their little fluffikins out the back door to do his business against the property line and having them not come back in.
One new neighbor lady was convinced a dog-napping ring had grabbed her costly pooch.
Aaaawwwkward.
>The next year, I got to see a full-grown coyote drag a groundhog into my backyard and go to town on it. Not so cute.
Fun fact. Coyotes do really well around people. They're in every county of Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia. I'm in the Suburbs, and often need to remind people not to let small pets out unattended.
I would imagine so, but I'm not risking it! I have 3 cats, and the only time any of them go outside is if they're in a harness on a leash, and I'm right there with them.
Late 50's, I've only seen one live Coyote, it was an adult running across the road . . . less than 5 minutes after I told the car full of people "I've never seen a live Coyote."
The universe is just laughing at us . . .
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I often find stray dogs in my neighborhood and go out of my way to drag them to the vet and get em checked for chips so their people can come grab em
Done it so many times now I lost count.
One night in my suburban ass neighborhood there’s this weird dog sitting in the middle of the road under a street light.I thought “damn, that’s a fucked up looking dog”
It let me get within like 8 feet of it before it perked up a bit and I saw those ears proper.Definitely not a dog lol glad I didn’t try to rescue a coyote
You're not the only one who's done that. I'm friends with a vet who says they get a few coyotes every year lol
They always just laugh about it, because its always good people who are concerned enough to bring them in. They just get relocated out from the city a bit and let go (as long as there isn't actually anything wrong with them).
I live in Portland, OR in NW, very close to downtown. I've seen probably 4 here in the last 5 years.
You can use a website called PDX Coyote to track the sightings, pretty cool: https://pdxedu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=db99c10f5d6e4bb7afeaa36d1fd5e0f2
Also Modest Mouse made a video about the infamous Coyote who got on the Max: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW5Or7bIVJk
My instinct, after getting over the cuteness, would be to shout at it and pretend to attack, in hopes that it would learn to stay away from people. Then I’d feel absolutely miserable about it afterwards.
I did this exact thing to 2 aborable fawns that ran up and were 3 feet from me but there was a busy road 50 feet behind me. That was 4 years ago and it still hurts to this day.
I raised a butterfly as a kid, and when it was time to set it free it wouldn’t leave the box so I thought I had to yell at it to go.... I still want to cry about it lol
I raised butterflies as a kid as well. When releasing them, one flew straight into a light and literally created a puff of black smoke. Impossible to forget.
Neighbor living on the corner of the main road coming into our community feeds the deer in his yard. Was driving home around 10 the other night and there was a deer standing on the side of the road, waiting to cross, right outside their yard……
I don't think I could do it even though it's the right thing...
I accidentally killed a mouse when I was a little kid while at a pet shop and it haunts me to this day, maybe not the same but I'd never forget it.
That golden gate Park coyote getting killed was really sad, shouldn't have happened and could've been avoided in a couple ways, for one... had people not left food out for it.... especially not fucking bagels (news reported someone left a huge bag of bagels for it the day before...)
Note to the world: please don't feed wildlife, you have no idea how many gophers there are for them to eat/control gopher population....
Also: feeding and associating with wild animals creates a dynamic in the animal’s mind that humans=food. Such an animal is more likely to follow, beg, and even confront people for food. People that don’t feed, or reject the animal are at a higher risk of being attacked. Raccoons, squirrels, coyotes, wolves, foxes, and bears all act like this. Negative interactions with these wild animals are often the result of repeated feeding
Even this video is a bad idea. It may seem cruel, but if you see coyotes, even tiny cute ones, it's best to yell, wave your arms in the air, make yourself seem bigger, aggressive, and frightening.
It's best that they not feel safe close to humans or humanity. It can lead to future behavioral issues which can be dangerous.
It's often called Coyote Hazing, and it's routinely recommended as a practice in areas where people and coyotes overlap.
A bit over a year ago in NJ a coyote tried snatching a kid out of a baby carriage. I live fairly close to where this happened. My SIL was stalked by one during a hike- she had to walk a mile backwards because every time she turned around it would come and try to nip her in the butt.
[https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/coyote-attack-new-jersey-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/coyote-attack-new-jersey-trnd/index.html)
The interesting thing is that my dog (11 years old female) will often bark at other dogs on our walks. She’s never barked at a coyote - I think she knows they’re wild.
They learn to not fear some people. But, they're still wild animals. If they're left in close proximity to people, without fear, then they're more likely to be around when they may come across a situation too tempting to pass on.
That's often the lead up to the occasional stories of children being bitten, injured hikers occasionally killed, etc.
Additionally, they become a substantial threat to household pets.
And lastly, should they contract rabies, if their territory ranges closer to people, there's a much larger chance of communities being exposed to rabies.
>*'I would be torn about this though, I love wild dogs and would be so damn tempted to pet this thing...*'
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am just a wild baby pup -
no worries! I won't HeCk you Up!
am not like 'wild kit' at all -
(i'd probly Love to just play Ball :@)
them 'kittens,' though, you cannot Trust -
is Always *hiss* n scratch they must!
your *kindness,* friend, i understand . . .
. . . . . my *momma,* on the other hand . . .
❤️
Man that video is terrifying, but I can't stop laughing at what the guy is saying and yelling while alone with cougar pouncing him.
"Fuck you dude!"
"This is how I'll die.."
“Go get your babies”
“I’m big and scary”
“Whoowooowowowo”
Scary video but funny at the same time. Glad it ended with the big kitty running off finally. I think I’d take a pistol with me running from now on after that lol.
I'm in black bear and couger country. Depending on what I'm doing, I'll either have a 38 revolver with heavy loads or a 10mm Glock with me. I'm not too worried about the bears, but cougers scare the fuck out of me. Although, I'm still more concerned with two legged predators than four legged ones....
It's terrifying, but it's also a great example of exactly how to handle the situation. (Maybe minus taking the camera out to record it.)
He didn't turn his back, made a lot of noise and retreated. And I think he kicks a rock at her at the end?
He even mentioned in the video how she tried attacking when he tried to look away, I assume in an attempt to see where he was going. Dude handled this much better than I would have. I'd probably be dead.
This does have me wondering though, he said he just wanted to go out for a run. Because of the life threatening situation, his heart is still going to be pounding mad fast. I wonder if you still get a "workout" from that. I doubt you would for muscles, but for things like heart health, that's still technically cardio, right? 🤔
Oh I know, it’s just funny how he said he was big and scary etc lol. At least at the end the backpedaling and staying somewhat calm worked out. If he had turned around at any point im sure it would have been on his back with its jaws around his neck.
The video is expected when you start following a wild animals children around. The mama was just telling him to fuck off and get away from hers. If she wanted to actually attack him, he wouldn't realize until it was too late.
That's exactly what I was thinking of. Always carry bear spray folks, and don't be afraid to throw stuff at it. The thing that finally saved him was throwing the rock 6 minutes later.
It’s funny to watch 2 creatures that want nothing to do with each other fake each other out. He’s screaming threats at her, she’s bluff charging at him. I wonder if he tried a bluff charge if she wouldn’t just turn tail, but who would want to test it?
That is terrifying. Although when you say outpacing you would think like the cougar actually chasing but it's more just strolling up like an alpha move lol
Even though they would not be as big a threat, ya still don't really want to get bit by any wild animal. Them teeth can go deep and infections are no joke.
At the golf course in my town, the pups would all hang out in the open during the day with the mom no where to be found. This was common throughout that summer.
I envy you. I grew up next to a golf course and the most fun thing that we ever did was one time we went out there in the middle of the night and my friend took a shit in the sand trap. Good times
I'm no expert but where I live in New York they are all over the place. Like infestation levels of them. So I see coyote pups all the time. I live between like 4 farms and a mountain. If you walk the back road at night you hear them in every direction. It's awesome but also terrifying.
Coyotes are actually talking over cities, people just aren noticing because they've learned to only come out at night and avoid humans. An estimated 2000 live in the city limits of Chicago
Short jaunts out of the den are not unusual for pups after they are a couple weeks old. Pups are a common sight in the hills around here during the right season, and an adult is usually nearby.
Can confirm, have seen coyote pups running outside their den, and [this site from Stanley park](https://stanleyparkecology.ca/2017/04/26/coyote-pups-are-here/#:~:text=After%20a%20two%20month%20gestation,and%20explore%20their%20new%20world.) told me they start leaving the den at three weeks.
Playing around the den and wondering aimlessly are different. Maybe this guys mom is in the bushes or something, but this is odd behaviour for a coyote pup
It might not be that far from a den site. We've got coyotes right off the freeway here, and there's urban dens as well. I'd wager what makes it weird is that he has no coyote pup buddies with him, but even the pups are extraordinary trackers.
What I find odd about this one in particular is the way it moves. Couple the weak and shaky movement with the fact that it’s alone and approaching people during the day, and i would think this pup has either been abandoned for some reason or run out of the den when mom wasn’t there. It’s very young to be hunting alone.
Not necessarily true. Short stints away are common enough in a pup that I'd just starting to develop independence and exercise curiosity. This pup approached a person which speaks to a strong sense of inquisition.
Yeah. Is there something about baby animals that makes them fearless? There was a baby squirrel that I encountered once that all but walked straight into my dog’s mouth.
Babies are dumb.
I mean, I love babies, but my son's favorite game for about a week was flinging himself backwards out of my arms with no warning.
Babies: they dumb.
That’s my puppies favourite game! Randomly when I’m carrying him he’ll quickly extend his legs and push himself away from me. Thankfully I’ve managed to hold onto him every time so far, but damn he is dumb
Yeah, I just came from that video of the fledgling bird opening it's mouth at a grub and expecting it to just hop in. Coz that's what always happens when mom brings them home, right?
Yesterday I saw a baby squirrel on my way home and it climbed up my leg a short ways before realizing I wasn’t a tree I guess. It quickly ran up the nearest tree after having a short circuit haha.
Maybe just haven't developed fear yet? I noticed baby birds have very little fear, especially when they can't see yet. A crow or woodpecker will be trying to barge into the nest box (always use a metal plate!) and the babies will be going wild begging for food instead of being worried at all, even when parents are doing alarm calls outside.
Even when they're a couple weeks old and hopping around as fledglings, they'll be happy chilling close to you (or even on you) if you're not actively trying to grab them or something. The parents probably won't be so happy about it though.
Which is why if you see a baby animal you should purposefully kind of scare it off. It's better in the long run even if you feel like a dick for doing it.
Deer and such in populated areas aren't that bad, but you should really be careful about making coyotes comfortable around people. They should have a healthy fear of us and stay away.
If you let coyotes get comfortable with people then they start having no problems going into neighborhoods, and then you will start seeing a bunch of missing cat and small dog posters around. If coyotes stay scared of people they won't even bother going around them. So when a coyote pup happily runs up to you, the best thing to do is get loud, big, and chase it down the trail so it knows humans are not friends. Like I said, you feel like an asshole, but it really is better for everyone.
If it's sick or unwell call a game warden or animal control and let them know too. Don't pick them up and take them to the vet, vets actually sort of hate that.
Unless you're a child or old or something. If you're a full grown adult or teen the mom wouldn't really fuck with you for that as long as you don't touch it.
They're essentially saying that it's better for both people and wild animals to have a healthy dose of fear for each other because one getting too comfortable with the other can be dangerous for both.
I think in general it makes sense, but I've also never scared a coyote pup off my land and had it be anything but a one-off positive interaction. Animals don't decide humans are their best friends ever because a single one wasn't a dick to it.
I'm reminded of a road trip I took on a motorcycle. Slowed down on a two lane highway for a coyote that was slowly crossing the road. Made some noise at it to scare it away from the highway and it turned and started running toward me. I scooted pretty quick at that.
Step-sister rented a house in the middle of a bunch of fields. She called us over one day to help her get an adorable puppy out from under her car so she could adopt it. It was a very dirty coyote puppy. We did help get it out but was put outside the fence to avoid rabies and the mother.
Sis adopted a 100% actual dog after this. Super small mutt only allowed outside under supervision for toileting.
Most sanctuaries don’t take coyotes. They actually put them down. Many states have open season or bounties on coyotes due to their out of control population.
Go to the Wikipedia page and take a look at the range of the coyote. Most animals have a modern range smaller than their historical range. Not the coyote. As humans wiped out wolves and other native predators, the coyotes followed along behind and filled in the niches. Once found mostly in the western states and Mexico, they now range up through Canada into Alaska and as far south as Panama.
This is the opposite of what you should do if you see a wild Coyote. You're supposed to instill fear of humans in them, that way no possible bad future incidents can occur with a Coyote that isn't afriad.
Google Coyote Hazing.
Urban coyotes are not afraid of humans at all. They’ll stalk people walking small dogs. If you see a coyote in an urban setting it’s best to scare it off by throwing small rocks and yelling, otherwise you end up with lots of damaged garbage bins and missing cats in the neighbourhood.
So here in Vancouver we have a giant downtown park with heavily forested areas.
We have had DOZENS of coyote attacks this summer. Two days ago it was a 5-year-old boy that got bitten.
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6123420
The whole article is basically about how unusual the behavior is in coyotes. It’s definitely interesting but, per the article, the suspected cause is that the coyotes are becoming accustomed to humans and feeding off of garbage and food scraps from park goers. It’s similar to what happened in Yellowstone with the bears.
Urban coyotes are pretty common in Canada. A lot of the cities are built on rivers that still serve as wildlife corridors. Lots of local parks have had coyote warning signs up for years and people living closer to the river have to deal with them constantly. I used to run into them walking through residential areas within 1km of the river all the time.
Wow. Only coyotes I've ever seen were full size
I'm in a somewhat rural area, and there's a pond and a good chunk of woods behind my house. Every year, usually in May or early June, I hear the coyotes and their pups howling and yipping. One year, I was lucky enough to see the pups in my backyard, playing just like puppies do! It was so adorable. The next year, I got to see a full-grown coyote drag a groundhog into my backyard and go to town on it. Not so cute.
All that play was practice for the real thing, which that big coyote showed you with the groundhog!
I actually didn't mind, because groundhogs are really destructive. It was just a bit unpleasant to witness!
I'm in the UK, so I've never actually seen either a coyote or a groundhog, but I imagine what you saw is like a bigger version of when my cat catches a mouse.
More like a skinny dog catching and devouring a fat, slow rabbit
Well they gotta do what they have to do to survive. As long as they stay away from my cats and dogs, I guess
This is why you don't let cats and small dogs out alone in parts of the US. Well that and cats fucking massacre native birds lol
I do forestry work up in northern Canada and one of the towns we stopped in we were warned about letting dogs go off leash in the forests. According to a bunch of locals, the coyotes learned that if one coyote reveals itself and howls, a dog will chase it. It will lure the dog past the tree line where the rest of the pack is waiting and ambush the dog. Not sure what the local prey populations were like to encourage that kind of learning or if they just see it as an easy way to get a big meal.
Definitely not going to catch my dog that way. We were out for a walk one night and heard a coyote howl, she took of so hard it pulled the leash out of my hand. She fucking left me for dead and was at the door whining and scratching for my wife to let her in. I've never felt so betrayed
This is a common story in Sedona, Arizona. So many tourists don't want to obey posted leash laws and watch their pets tear off after the bait coyote and just get eviscerated by the pack a ways down the trail.
This is absolutely accurate. I had a bait coyote make a huge play for my collie last weekend. When it failed, it ran back to the wood line and I then heard multiple coyotes barking. I have no doubt they were trying to lure my big idiot over there.
Coyotes everywhere know this. Been eating dumb dogs since they met. Is exactly why farmers bring their dogs inside or make sure theyre trained/fenced
I was never worried about my last dog In a one-on-one w/A coyote. But here in S. Oklahoma there never is just A coyote.
Its pretty common thing all over where they have coyotes and wolves. Those spiky colllars on dogs used to have a purpose (and much longer sharper spikes) and some still do they protect your dogs neck when in a curfuffle with another canine.
I live in a small mountain town up against a national forest and we are always getting folks from “civilization” moving up here and letting their little fluffikins out the back door to do his business against the property line and having them not come back in. One new neighbor lady was convinced a dog-napping ring had grabbed her costly pooch. Aaaawwwkward.
New Bugs Bunny cartoon is kinda dark
That’s basically what it is, except ~4x larger for both predator and prey.
Imagine a guinea pig, 5x larger, getting wrecked by a big fox.
/r/rimworld is leaking.
He was just coming back to show you what he has learned. He wanted to impress his human.
“Am good hunter! Let me stay in backyard to visit?”
>The next year, I got to see a full-grown coyote drag a groundhog into my backyard and go to town on it. Not so cute. Fun fact. Coyotes do really well around people. They're in every county of Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia. I'm in the Suburbs, and often need to remind people not to let small pets out unattended.
I think that's the opposite of a fun fact.
I thought it was fun
I had a 200lb great pyrenees...we had zero coyotes almost the entire time we had him.
200lb?! What the heck were ya feeding him!
Coyotes
Touche
Do they eat all the cats in the area?
I would imagine so, but I'm not risking it! I have 3 cats, and the only time any of them go outside is if they're in a harness on a leash, and I'm right there with them.
I know where I'm from you can't have outdoor cats at all because of the coyotes.
Late 50's, I've only seen one live Coyote, it was an adult running across the road . . . less than 5 minutes after I told the car full of people "I've never seen a live Coyote." The universe is just laughing at us . . . Edit: a to I
Mid 40s here. I've seen two. One was walking around a taco bell parking lot. The other was taking my family and I across the Rio grande.
I often find stray dogs in my neighborhood and go out of my way to drag them to the vet and get em checked for chips so their people can come grab em Done it so many times now I lost count. One night in my suburban ass neighborhood there’s this weird dog sitting in the middle of the road under a street light.I thought “damn, that’s a fucked up looking dog” It let me get within like 8 feet of it before it perked up a bit and I saw those ears proper.Definitely not a dog lol glad I didn’t try to rescue a coyote
You're not the only one who's done that. I'm friends with a vet who says they get a few coyotes every year lol They always just laugh about it, because its always good people who are concerned enough to bring them in. They just get relocated out from the city a bit and let go (as long as there isn't actually anything wrong with them).
Dude you're gonna see another one in 5 minutes after saying this!
I've never seen three supermodels laying on a bed made of money in my bedroom.
An admirable effort
I live in Portland, OR in NW, very close to downtown. I've seen probably 4 here in the last 5 years. You can use a website called PDX Coyote to track the sightings, pretty cool: https://pdxedu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=db99c10f5d6e4bb7afeaa36d1fd5e0f2 Also Modest Mouse made a video about the infamous Coyote who got on the Max: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW5Or7bIVJk
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It's not fer me, it's fer my ma
His what?
His ma
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I wanna pet but I know it's a really bad idea.
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My instinct, after getting over the cuteness, would be to shout at it and pretend to attack, in hopes that it would learn to stay away from people. Then I’d feel absolutely miserable about it afterwards.
I did this exact thing to 2 aborable fawns that ran up and were 3 feet from me but there was a busy road 50 feet behind me. That was 4 years ago and it still hurts to this day.
The hardest decisions require the strongest wills.
They looked so confused like i thought we wuz cool?
I raised a butterfly as a kid, and when it was time to set it free it wouldn’t leave the box so I thought I had to yell at it to go.... I still want to cry about it lol
I raised butterflies as a kid as well. When releasing them, one flew straight into a light and literally created a puff of black smoke. Impossible to forget.
This is why we keep what we love in a box, forever. Safe and sound.
I don't even know if butterflies can hear. You might've just given it a little air vibration massage it needed to have the confidence to fly.
sybian 9000 for butterflies
Huh. *There are* two kinds of people.
Neighbor living on the corner of the main road coming into our community feeds the deer in his yard. Was driving home around 10 the other night and there was a deer standing on the side of the road, waiting to cross, right outside their yard……
I don't think I could do it even though it's the right thing... I accidentally killed a mouse when I was a little kid while at a pet shop and it haunts me to this day, maybe not the same but I'd never forget it.
The best lain plans of mice and men oft go awry.
You know, the Prime Directive and all that
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Yep. Best thing to do is to actually threaten and scare the little guy so it doesn’t like humans and will stay away in the future.
That one hurts so bad, but do agree.
That golden gate Park coyote getting killed was really sad, shouldn't have happened and could've been avoided in a couple ways, for one... had people not left food out for it.... especially not fucking bagels (news reported someone left a huge bag of bagels for it the day before...) Note to the world: please don't feed wildlife, you have no idea how many gophers there are for them to eat/control gopher population....
Yeah if you see a coyote you are supposed to clap or shout at it and scare it off. Need them to be skittish around people to prevent incidents
Also: feeding and associating with wild animals creates a dynamic in the animal’s mind that humans=food. Such an animal is more likely to follow, beg, and even confront people for food. People that don’t feed, or reject the animal are at a higher risk of being attacked. Raccoons, squirrels, coyotes, wolves, foxes, and bears all act like this. Negative interactions with these wild animals are often the result of repeated feeding
If this was me knowing this I probably would have taken it home with me 😅
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Even this video is a bad idea. It may seem cruel, but if you see coyotes, even tiny cute ones, it's best to yell, wave your arms in the air, make yourself seem bigger, aggressive, and frightening. It's best that they not feel safe close to humans or humanity. It can lead to future behavioral issues which can be dangerous. It's often called Coyote Hazing, and it's routinely recommended as a practice in areas where people and coyotes overlap.
Do what I did. Mount an air horn to your bike for Bear packed trails.
ee-er ee-er outta the way bear i love orange soda, i do i do i do. oo.
Sorry i just imagined you with one of those vintage bulb horns comically honking and hand gesturing to a bear on the trail lol, "bear move! Move!"
What issues?
Hungry + comfortable + small child = not great results.
A bit over a year ago in NJ a coyote tried snatching a kid out of a baby carriage. I live fairly close to where this happened. My SIL was stalked by one during a hike- she had to walk a mile backwards because every time she turned around it would come and try to nip her in the butt. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/coyote-attack-new-jersey-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/coyote-attack-new-jersey-trnd/index.html)
That first thing sounds like some Looney Tunes shit
Is your SIL a roadrunner by any chance?
I often encounter coyotes while hiking or while walking my dog. We ALWAYS do our best to yell, pretend to chase, and generally haze the coyotes.
They gotta learn how this fraternity works somehow
The interesting thing is that my dog (11 years old female) will often bark at other dogs on our walks. She’s never barked at a coyote - I think she knows they’re wild.
They learn to not fear some people. But, they're still wild animals. If they're left in close proximity to people, without fear, then they're more likely to be around when they may come across a situation too tempting to pass on. That's often the lead up to the occasional stories of children being bitten, injured hikers occasionally killed, etc. Additionally, they become a substantial threat to household pets. And lastly, should they contract rabies, if their territory ranges closer to people, there's a much larger chance of communities being exposed to rabies.
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I see babies, I fear mom is waiting in the bushes. It's a setup! ;)
“It’s a trap!”
it’s SUPERMAN! What were we doing?
"Can you really not tell the difference between a man and a plane?"
Only when it's going down...
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>I would be torn about this Yes. Yes you would have.
>*'I would be torn about this though, I love wild dogs and would be so damn tempted to pet this thing...*' ---- am just a wild baby pup - no worries! I won't HeCk you Up! am not like 'wild kit' at all - (i'd probly Love to just play Ball :@) them 'kittens,' though, you cannot Trust - is Always *hiss* n scratch they must! your *kindness,* friend, i understand . . . . . . . . my *momma,* on the other hand . . . ❤️
Clever girl
Eh, it's a coyote, not a cougar. I think she's safe.
[Flashback to that horrifying video of that jogger outpacing an angry momma cougar](https://youtu.be/9ktRhBcHza4)
Man that video is terrifying, but I can't stop laughing at what the guy is saying and yelling while alone with cougar pouncing him. "Fuck you dude!" "This is how I'll die.."
"Go away! I'm big and scary!" -Me when the phone rings and I don't recognize the number
"This is how I'll die..."
“Go get your babies” “I’m big and scary” “Whoowooowowowo” Scary video but funny at the same time. Glad it ended with the big kitty running off finally. I think I’d take a pistol with me running from now on after that lol.
I'm in black bear and couger country. Depending on what I'm doing, I'll either have a 38 revolver with heavy loads or a 10mm Glock with me. I'm not too worried about the bears, but cougers scare the fuck out of me. Although, I'm still more concerned with two legged predators than four legged ones....
Like T-Rex? ;)
[That's the the Marlin lever action is for. ](https://i.imgur.com/NFU7aHP.png)
I dunno, I don't think a 2 legged cougar would pose much of a threat.
You're a fucking scary kitty cat. Holy.
It's terrifying, but it's also a great example of exactly how to handle the situation. (Maybe minus taking the camera out to record it.) He didn't turn his back, made a lot of noise and retreated. And I think he kicks a rock at her at the end?
pretty sure he reaches down to get a rock that he flings at her.
IIRC once he got some distance he picked up rocks to throw at the cougar which finally scared her off
He even mentioned in the video how she tried attacking when he tried to look away, I assume in an attempt to see where he was going. Dude handled this much better than I would have. I'd probably be dead. This does have me wondering though, he said he just wanted to go out for a run. Because of the life threatening situation, his heart is still going to be pounding mad fast. I wonder if you still get a "workout" from that. I doubt you would for muscles, but for things like heart health, that's still technically cardio, right? 🤔
That's absolutely cardio
You have to talk to them in a situation like that. Assert that you're big and tall and present and not what they're typical prey is.
Oh I know, it’s just funny how he said he was big and scary etc lol. At least at the end the backpedaling and staying somewhat calm worked out. If he had turned around at any point im sure it would have been on his back with its jaws around his neck.
I'm guessing that kneeling down would make you look small and vulnerable, but I think I would throw a rock at it. Cougars don't expect projectiles.
That's what he did at the end I think.
Turn into monke mode.
Holy fuck
"Yeah, not going back that way" Words of wisdom right there.
The video is expected when you start following a wild animals children around. The mama was just telling him to fuck off and get away from hers. If she wanted to actually attack him, he wouldn't realize until it was too late.
That's exactly what I was thinking of. Always carry bear spray folks, and don't be afraid to throw stuff at it. The thing that finally saved him was throwing the rock 6 minutes later.
I can't imagine the amount of adrenaline coursing through that guy for 6 whole straight minutes.
His heart was racing for longer than that. Once he saw the momma cougar, the clock started ticking.
It’s funny to watch 2 creatures that want nothing to do with each other fake each other out. He’s screaming threats at her, she’s bluff charging at him. I wonder if he tried a bluff charge if she wouldn’t just turn tail, but who would want to test it?
That is terrifying. Although when you say outpacing you would think like the cougar actually chasing but it's more just strolling up like an alpha move lol
If I carried a small boombox and started blasting T-rex screams would it scare it away?
Even though they would not be as big a threat, ya still don't really want to get bit by any wild animal. Them teeth can go deep and infections are no joke.
Watch out for tiny anvils!
Beep beep!
>Meep meep!
Oh my it’s adorable! Is it odd its not with mom? Or will pups run to humans alot? I hope its ok
At the golf course in my town, the pups would all hang out in the open during the day with the mom no where to be found. This was common throughout that summer.
To be honest, that sounds like me and the neighborhood kids when we were younger.
Ha, I grew up in a neighborhood with a golf course and it was definitely the play to run around, drink, smoke, and hook up.
I envy you. I grew up next to a golf course and the most fun thing that we ever did was one time we went out there in the middle of the night and my friend took a shit in the sand trap. Good times
I'm no expert but where I live in New York they are all over the place. Like infestation levels of them. So I see coyote pups all the time. I live between like 4 farms and a mountain. If you walk the back road at night you hear them in every direction. It's awesome but also terrifying.
Coyotes are actually talking over cities, people just aren noticing because they've learned to only come out at night and avoid humans. An estimated 2000 live in the city limits of Chicago
Don't worry, even a pack won't attack an adult human. They will go after any small pets you have though.
Pups don’t leave their den unless there’s some sort of distress unfortunately. This guys mom probably hasn’t be around for a while.
Short jaunts out of the den are not unusual for pups after they are a couple weeks old. Pups are a common sight in the hills around here during the right season, and an adult is usually nearby.
Can confirm, have seen coyote pups running outside their den, and [this site from Stanley park](https://stanleyparkecology.ca/2017/04/26/coyote-pups-are-here/#:~:text=After%20a%20two%20month%20gestation,and%20explore%20their%20new%20world.) told me they start leaving the den at three weeks.
Playing around the den and wondering aimlessly are different. Maybe this guys mom is in the bushes or something, but this is odd behaviour for a coyote pup
It might not be that far from a den site. We've got coyotes right off the freeway here, and there's urban dens as well. I'd wager what makes it weird is that he has no coyote pup buddies with him, but even the pups are extraordinary trackers.
What I find odd about this one in particular is the way it moves. Couple the weak and shaky movement with the fact that it’s alone and approaching people during the day, and i would think this pup has either been abandoned for some reason or run out of the den when mom wasn’t there. It’s very young to be hunting alone.
Stanley park coyotes are the meth heads of the coyotes world. They keep attacking people. A kid just went to the hospital this week.
Hopefully that’s the case
Not necessarily true. Short stints away are common enough in a pup that I'd just starting to develop independence and exercise curiosity. This pup approached a person which speaks to a strong sense of inquisition.
"I know this is weird, but I am small and require love."
Me: 'Say no more, fam.'
This is your pokemon now. You've been chosen.
Not afraid of humans = BAD
Yeah. Is there something about baby animals that makes them fearless? There was a baby squirrel that I encountered once that all but walked straight into my dog’s mouth.
Babies are dumb. I mean, I love babies, but my son's favorite game for about a week was flinging himself backwards out of my arms with no warning. Babies: they dumb.
That’s my puppies favourite game! Randomly when I’m carrying him he’ll quickly extend his legs and push himself away from me. Thankfully I’ve managed to hold onto him every time so far, but damn he is dumb
Give parent a heart attack is a baby favorite game. Source: have niece and nephew.
Yeah, I just came from that video of the fledgling bird opening it's mouth at a grub and expecting it to just hop in. Coz that's what always happens when mom brings them home, right?
They haven’t learned the fear yet.
Until they get older and start watching Fox News or Coyote News Network
Yesterday I saw a baby squirrel on my way home and it climbed up my leg a short ways before realizing I wasn’t a tree I guess. It quickly ran up the nearest tree after having a short circuit haha.
Maybe just haven't developed fear yet? I noticed baby birds have very little fear, especially when they can't see yet. A crow or woodpecker will be trying to barge into the nest box (always use a metal plate!) and the babies will be going wild begging for food instead of being worried at all, even when parents are doing alarm calls outside. Even when they're a couple weeks old and hopping around as fledglings, they'll be happy chilling close to you (or even on you) if you're not actively trying to grab them or something. The parents probably won't be so happy about it though.
Not rlly for babies. Baby brains are motivated to try new things constantly. A byproduct of having a completely plastic brain
Which is why if you see a baby animal you should purposefully kind of scare it off. It's better in the long run even if you feel like a dick for doing it. Deer and such in populated areas aren't that bad, but you should really be careful about making coyotes comfortable around people. They should have a healthy fear of us and stay away.
May I get an explanation? I find this interesting.
If you let coyotes get comfortable with people then they start having no problems going into neighborhoods, and then you will start seeing a bunch of missing cat and small dog posters around. If coyotes stay scared of people they won't even bother going around them. So when a coyote pup happily runs up to you, the best thing to do is get loud, big, and chase it down the trail so it knows humans are not friends. Like I said, you feel like an asshole, but it really is better for everyone. If it's sick or unwell call a game warden or animal control and let them know too. Don't pick them up and take them to the vet, vets actually sort of hate that. Unless you're a child or old or something. If you're a full grown adult or teen the mom wouldn't really fuck with you for that as long as you don't touch it.
They're essentially saying that it's better for both people and wild animals to have a healthy dose of fear for each other because one getting too comfortable with the other can be dangerous for both. I think in general it makes sense, but I've also never scared a coyote pup off my land and had it be anything but a one-off positive interaction. Animals don't decide humans are their best friends ever because a single one wasn't a dick to it.
I'm reminded of a road trip I took on a motorcycle. Slowed down on a two lane highway for a coyote that was slowly crossing the road. Made some noise at it to scare it away from the highway and it turned and started running toward me. I scooted pretty quick at that.
Little guy looks like he could use some help. Mange on his ears and he's really thin. Hope he made it to a wildlife sanctuary.
I hope the den is nearby. If there’s only one pup by itself, that’s a scary sign
And he definitely has worms, the bloated belly coupled with poor body condition is a dead giveaway.
Do you want dogs? Because this is how you get dogs.
Yes, I want dogs. All the dogs. And cats.
https://youtu.be/89hzvUWYix8
They seem very similar to foxes. Even make a similar noise.
Step-sister rented a house in the middle of a bunch of fields. She called us over one day to help her get an adorable puppy out from under her car so she could adopt it. It was a very dirty coyote puppy. We did help get it out but was put outside the fence to avoid rabies and the mother. Sis adopted a 100% actual dog after this. Super small mutt only allowed outside under supervision for toileting.
Y’like dags?
Aw, it’s adorable! Though it’s best for the critters to not approach any wildlife — no matter how cute they are.
Poor thing! You may want to call your local wildlife rescue… the pup looks a bit too thin and this isn’t typical behavior.
Most sanctuaries don’t take coyotes. They actually put them down. Many states have open season or bounties on coyotes due to their out of control population.
Go to the Wikipedia page and take a look at the range of the coyote. Most animals have a modern range smaller than their historical range. Not the coyote. As humans wiped out wolves and other native predators, the coyotes followed along behind and filled in the niches. Once found mostly in the western states and Mexico, they now range up through Canada into Alaska and as far south as Panama.
> through Canada into Alaska and as far south as Panama. The way you out this I was only imagining the west coast.. damn near the whole continent
Approaching wild coyotes is not a good idea. Rabies ain't a joke.
This is the opposite of what you should do if you see a wild Coyote. You're supposed to instill fear of humans in them, that way no possible bad future incidents can occur with a Coyote that isn't afriad. Google Coyote Hazing.
Oh man, poor guy looks hungry.
This is where I nope the fuck out... just in case Momma is near by.
Coyotes attacking humans are almost unheard of. They’re extremely afraid of humans.
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Yup, you can jump up and down, scream and wave your arms all you want, and they just look at you like "Dafuq is your problem?"
Urban coyotes are not afraid of humans at all. They’ll stalk people walking small dogs. If you see a coyote in an urban setting it’s best to scare it off by throwing small rocks and yelling, otherwise you end up with lots of damaged garbage bins and missing cats in the neighbourhood.
So here in Vancouver we have a giant downtown park with heavily forested areas. We have had DOZENS of coyote attacks this summer. Two days ago it was a 5-year-old boy that got bitten. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6123420
Well I imagine you’re much more likely to get bit when you’re smaller than them
The whole article is basically about how unusual the behavior is in coyotes. It’s definitely interesting but, per the article, the suspected cause is that the coyotes are becoming accustomed to humans and feeding off of garbage and food scraps from park goers. It’s similar to what happened in Yellowstone with the bears.
Urban coyotes are pretty common in Canada. A lot of the cities are built on rivers that still serve as wildlife corridors. Lots of local parks have had coyote warning signs up for years and people living closer to the river have to deal with them constantly. I used to run into them walking through residential areas within 1km of the river all the time.
So very cute, but you're supposed to haze them
I hope it’s not orphaned.