Seattle Has 9 Times More Coyotes Than Nearby Wilderness. Here’s Why
The North American coyote (Canis latrans) is sick and tired of chasing its prey endlessly through the wilderness, whether snaking around the desert southwest, skulking into the forests of the Pacific coast, or doing any more hard work ever again. Denver, Colorado, is reportedly home to over 1,000 coyotes. And in sunny Los Angeles, California, the coyote population within the city limits now outnumbers its wild country cousins by a factor of seven.
- ▪The North American coyote (Canis latrans) is sick and tired of chasing its prey endlessly through the wilderness, whether snaking around the desert southwest, skulking into the forests of the Pacific coast, or doing any more hard work ever
- ▪Denver, Colorado, is reportedly home to over 1,000 coyotes.
- ▪And in sunny Los Angeles, California, the coyote population within the city limits now outnumbers its wild country cousins by a factor of seven.
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The North American coyote (Canis latrans) is sick and tired of chasing its prey endlessly through the wilderness, whether snaking around the desert southwest, skulking into the forests of the Pacific coast, or doing any more hard work ever again. A recently published image of a real coyote eating an actual roadrunner has prompted a certain establishment newspaper, The New York Times, to claim that the “Looney Tunes” version of the coyote’s plight is a “lie” and not…
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