I just finished reading a book called Coyote America by Dan Flores. Quite interesting.
One of the things that surprised me is that coyotes have a natural reaction to reduced numbers. They produce much larger litters when coyote numbers are low. Larger numbers create more diversity in the coyote stock and you get more chances to create coyotes that want to explore and can survive in non-traditional coyote habitat.
That is what is assumed to be the reason for coyotes, which are natives of the great pains and desert SW, to be moving east, north and south. Coyotes have also been near human companions for as long as human have been in N. America. There is something about humans that coyotes like, probably the fact that we don't like wolves, just like they don't as well.
Also because we create good places for coyotes to live and eat since humans attract rodents which coyotes eat as the main source of their food.
One other interesting thing was that in doing research of coyotes they almost never eat human pets or human game animals. They will on very rare occasions but nothing like the #s urban legends lead us to.
The data they have collected from examining scat and remains of coyotes says otherwise.
Is it possible the some coyotes eat lots of cats or fawns? Of course. However, the known data suggests that these are rare occurrences.
The data they have collected from examining scat and remains of coyotes says otherwise.
Is it possible the some coyotes eat lots of cats or fawns? Of course. However, the known data suggests that these are rare occurrences.
They eat whats available. Sisinlaw has lost three cats to the damned things and I nearly lost my aussy shepherd. Kill 'em all.
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