Always report suspicious coyote activity such as Coyote carrying a sign stating " detour" . Coyote with a box with a ACME label . Coyote dropping anvil from hot air balloon.
I have had two coyotes as pets, the first, when i was 12 to 16, I first thought was a stray dog that took up with me and my other dogs. The second was a hurt pup that raised after helping it heal. I had a German Shepherd/coyote mix that adopted me as a yearling. I now have a coyote that frequently curles up a few feet away from my hot tub when I take a soak. We aren't close yet, but it is comfortable enough to snore in its sleep a fairly close to me.
@@maureencallahan1604 I have had chickens for the last 30 years. On occasion, I have accidentally left the door open at night. Three out of four times this happens I will lose most of my chickens to raccoons or skunks. Raccoons and skunks only eat the heads initially. If a fox or a coyote happened by, they will take one chicken and leave the rest.
@@joanjarrette8691 no I think he just meant they’re always hanging around in the back country, watching us and what we’re doing. They’re pretty cool, if not a little bit scary especially if our cute little doggies escape their leash and run off to go “play” with them 😱
Avacado growers aren't fans, the coyotes love to go in when the avocados are ripe and chow down. They even chew into watermelons, honeydew, and most sweet fruits and eat those as well. They're omnivores and will eat darn near anything. It's said that at the end of the world, the 2 things that will survive are coyotes and cockroaches, and I don't doubt it.
@@maureencallahan1604 You're exactly right. They will chase them down and actually bite them and throw them around! They make excellent "guard dogs" for sheep herds.
We live in the city, but we have 21 acres in the country, we have a lot of coyotes on the weeds they do a lot of howling at night, this video gives us a new appreciation for these animals ❤
I was lucky enough to observe three of them hunting a flock of wild turkeys. We could hear them "talking" to each other to coordinate the hunt. Then we heard some commotion and the whole flock took off, and flew over us. (minus the coyotes' breakfast, I imagine..).
I have had cats and live in farm country in South Alabama, I love to hear coyotes at night! Sadly, 10 yrs ago we did lose one of our cats to coyotes. I don't know why she didn't get up a tree or go up on our roof. All I can think is that she was outnumbered and had been out on the edge of our property. I had never worried about coyotes attacking our cats or our dogs. The dogs would howl along with the coyotes! It always made me laugh!
There are coyotes living in the green space of the river that runs through my town. We hear them yipping at night but seldom see one. In two instances my neighbour and I noticed a sick looking canine in the field above the river. With my binoculars I could tell it was a very ill coyote. Both animals, a year apart, were covered head to toe with mange. The wildlife rescue close to us gave us a live trap and we successfully captured the sick animals and both recovered. It felt good to help God’s four footed pranksters! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Wonderful that they were healed! I tried to doctor one in my area by going to the feed store for advice. I gave him a wee bit of ivermecton horse de-wormer in dog food daily. It helped but didn't cure him. I'm guessing that In the desert where I live no animal control agency would help out.
@@assortedanimalsonline Bob Barker willed enough money to my local refuge that they were able to build a “flight retraining” building for the hawks, owls and eagles, saving so many lives. It’s called Sandy Pines Wildlife Refuge and they’ve saved so many creatures, from bats to coyotes, wild felines like bobcats, even a storm-lost pelican! Still so much good in the world! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
I had a 1/4 coy-dog, who yip yapped and pranced and pounced, was one of the sweetest friends I've ever had. His mom was the daughter of a Pyrenees that decided to frolic instead of fight a coyote while she was in heat. So my coy-dog's mom was beautiful: completely snow white, no color, and shaped just like a coyote; super docile and mellow, and and like zero aggressive tendencies. I miss him. He was my sweet boy... 🐺
I have always had dogs and they make my life better. I lost Sidney to bladder cancer at 14 in September and grieved for quite some time. She wasn't my first dog I have lost in fact she was the fifth. I think as I age I better understand how i have been blessed by their presence in my life. I now try to remember her very unique personality, Rest in peace Sid I will always remember you. I hope there is a doggie heaven and she is with all the others bossing them around!
Speed is irrelevant. If you paint a picture of a tunnel on the rock face next to a highway, the roadrunner can go through the tunnel and escape but the coyote will slam into the rock and get clobbered. Roadrunners can defy laws of physics, coyotes can't 😅
Love learning these things about them.I grew up where there were a good amount of coyotes. I loved sleeping out on the trampoline as a kid listening to them chattering as a pack, or the lone coyote calls. Sometimes they would come right up in our yard and around the trampoline where I was. I never felt I was threatened or in danger, and I loved watching them. As they are wild predators it's probably wise to be cautious around them, and I never just approached them, but I was always too in awe at their presence to feel anything but enjoyment. It was fun seeing them hunt the gophers out of their holes in neighboring alfalfa fields too. I never saw any aggression from any of them, though I have heard stories of it. They are such beautiful creatures. I've heard they live where I am now living, but never have seen them, or heard their calls. To some, their calls are haunting, but for me it's a sound that calls to my heart.
I lost whatever soft spot I might have had for them when 2 of them tried to kill one of my dogs a few years back, and dang near succeeded. Nowadays, I leave them alone as long as they leave us alone. But if they get after any of my animals again, or get too close to the house period, the handguns and/or rifles are coming out.
It’s pretty hard to argue with. They never mess with any of my animals, but I do know people that lost some, and I had a hard time really faulting the coyotes. What ticked me off more was loose dogs, cougars, and idiots driving 3x too fast down a farm road
It's nothing more than food to a poor, dejected coyote. The government hired a guy by the last name of Carver to study coyotes which he did for several decades. His findings were that when people tried to eliminate coyotes that coyotes were forced to change the way they hunted. If left alone and respected instead of killed they would stick to hunting varmints and not go after larger animals such as pets. Not to mention that it's a fact in the plant biology field that if coyotes are exterminated that there would be no food for us. They would rather eat rats, mice, snakes and gophers than a larger opponent.
@@compton1808 I was leaving them alone when they tried to kill my dog, so leaving them be doesn't always mean they'll leave your pets alone. I know a woman who never bothered a yote in her life, but two of them started stalking her little dog and ended up killing it one day, right in front of her before she could react or do anything about it. When they decide to be bloodthirsty killers, they can become that, pretty quickly.
When I was around 12 years old my dad and I were rabbit hunting. A coyote ran up to us with a stick in its mouth and was shanking it. Then it dropped the stick and started humping a tree. I asked my dad what's going on with the coyote. My dad said the coyote was telling us that there were more humping rabbits than you can shake a stick at...
I remember seeing pictures of coyotes in Union Square, San Francisco during the COVID lock down. I lived three blocks from there, on Bush St. in the nineties. I guess they live up on Twin Peaks and at Lands End. Fabulous!🐾
It's called animal management. That's why there's no closed season on coyote or the number you want to harvest. If you want extermination, buy donkeys. Just don't tell the farmers
We fought coyotes on our sheep and cattle ranch for 150 years. I still dont hate them. They were just trying to survive. We finally got guard dogs and that eliminated their depredation.
Were they just going after the calves ? I asked because we just never had any problems with them. If we had a stillborn, I would take it way out to the back 80 behind the other back 40 and leave it for them, but they never bothered any of the live ones. Perhaps because the pissed off mothers that tried to kill people that near them too 😂
@@JimVaught-qm6gf No, it was mainly the sheep they went after. We would kill dozens and year and they would keep killing sheep. Finally tried guard dogs and they solved the problem.
I was driving down airline highway in New Orleans about 4:00 in the morning it wasn't light yet and a coyote ran right out in front of me I mean this is right in the middle of the city of a million people not even on the outskirts. There's a spot in the French quarter that has at least a couple of city blocks it's completely overgrown in abandoned I saw possums coyotes and several other things I couldn't identify that were in there. They're amazing animals I got me a little cousin of a coyote right here called The Fawn Chihuahua. She is so much fun and such a loving wonderful intuitive animal. Animals are always way more intelligent than we give them credit for. And dogs really are man's best friend aside from a good woman anyway
Hey I actually would have to agree with you. I NEVER see coyotes as road kill in my city and they’re everywhere. And I live in a big city but the out skirts so there wild but domesticated and very smart. Arizonas still somewhat wild life so those could be ones not use to city life and find themselves at the mercy of the roadways.
That's a good point. I'm a truck driver and I drive a lot of rural routes. It seems the road kill cycles yearly. One year, mostly skunks. One year, mostly coons. Then, possums. Then, it starts over. But!, seldom ever a coyote!
Coyotes do not eat their prey alive. They will bring down a deer by tearing a rear leg muscle. Before dining they will tear out the throat. A wounded deer can still kick the s#$t out of you! Human hunters learn this-some the hard way.
I'm at my Mom's house in Oklahoma, I can hear the coyotes howling at night. It sounds sorrowful.. I had no idea they were so intelligent!! The coyotes in Oklahoma are so skinny compared to those shown Inthe video. Great video!!!
27: They are the oldest surviving mammalian species in North America, first appearing in the archeological record around 3 million years ago. Humans arrived 21,000-23,000 years ago. They were here long before us. They’ll be here long after we’re gone. They are simply amazing animals. Thanks for the upload! Great vid! You earned a new sub, a like & a share! ✌🏼
We had a half coyote watch dog in our junkyard when I was a kid. He had virtually no characteristics of the female. In coyote families, non dominant males often help with rearing pups, and that was how he functioned in our family. If my brother and I were fighting he would get in the middle and aggressively separate us. I joke that I was literally raised by wolves. Forever in my heart
As both predator and scavenger, coyotes play a critical role in balancing ecosystems. They help control populations of smaller animals like rodents, which could otherwise become pests. By scavenging carrion, they contribute to nutrient recycling and help prevent the spread of disease. In some areas, they even fill an ecological niche similar to that of wolves, particularly where wolves have been extirpated, helping to regulate herbivore populations.
Thanks you for helping to educate people on these beautiful and intelligent creatures! It is nothing less than sadistic the ways these animals are persecuted, trapped, poisoned and killed!
@@henrysniper8481They would come around our house and howl trying to get my dog to come outside the fence. They are not animals you want around your property.
Yotes can be pretty sadistic themselves. Look up how a pack will kill a whitetail buck -- it can take hours. They chase the buck, taking a bite out of its hindquarters every few minutes. The buck loses blood, finally gets worn down. It's a slow process, not pretty.
Thank you for producing this video, I am tired of listening to people talk about killing such a bautiful and wonderful animal. I hope people are sharing this with others to help educate and inform with the real facts and not some BS.
@jimmytrafficant can you please elaborate as to what "BS", or falsehoods, that hunters and trappers say about coyotes? (As the saying goes, "Inquiring minds want to know".)
I’m a hunter and it is important to hunt coyotes and other predators because unlike us hunters ,animals don’t have a hunting season or a bag limit on how many animals they can harvest so that means that predators can hunt all year long which if the predator population gets out of control they can hurt other animals populations especially when they’re giving birth , because if you have too many coyotes, they can hurt the deer population, especially when they’re giving birth to fawn and they can hurt the rabbit population and the turkey population etc. and I also want to say this to coyotes are not native in every state in the United States. Their home range has increased traumatically coyotes are only native in certain parts of the United States. That’s why the state that I live in you can hunt coyotes all year long and there’s no bag limit on them and if you are wondering who decided that ,that was wildlife biologist the state that I live in and pretty much throughout the whole US wildlife biologist dictate when hunting seasons starts and ends and hunting regulations and bag limits and etc .
Here in Lancaster PA I hear that coyotes have been introduced to help control deer population. Where we walk in a nearby park people have shared stories of seeing them and that they have a den somewhere. Only once have I seen one dashing across our suburban street. It was fast and beautiful. I’m happy to hear that they’ll help control feral cat populations. Well-done video to help us appreciate this very cool canine. Thx.
@@yaketysmack5512 while that is good advice, even pets inside of a fenced yard... and are only out there long enough to "do their business"...are not safe.
@@yaketysmack5512my pets shouldnt be able to enjoy my property? I have several acres for my and my animals enjoyment. It is their home. Let the coyotes (and anyone else) stay off my property and we have no problem but come across the line and get whats coming!
I love coyotes. We have a pack living somewhere nearby in the forest, and I can hear them howling at night. I was up very late one night and was lucky enough to see two of these beautiful creatures in my backyard. Where I live used to be very rural but in the last 20 years we have had a lot of rich people pouring in from the big city. They are afraid of the coyotes, and some actually believe that coyotes hunt humans. I wish they had all stayed in the city.
@ I keep my cats inside. I am not taking any chances. I have several friends who have lost their cats and had their dogs attacked. It is “against the law” to shoot one, regardless of what it is doing. So if we hear a gunshot, and someone in our small close community lets it be known that a troublesome coyote is gone, we keep it to ourselves.
I used to live in the Rocky Mountains of NE Washington, near the Canadian border. Deep snow. There, the coyotes were large and actually difficult to distinguish from the wolves. Coyotes were just more slender and less heavy-set than the wolves. But as one heads south through central Washington and central Oregon, the land changes to wheat fields then sage brush then desert. The coyotes became much smaller which really surprised me the first time I saw them.
@@emmettkennedy8388 I lived in the NE corner of Washington. At that time - 10 yrs ago - we had the most wolves in the US. Seems very reasonable that some may have eventually migrated over to the coast, Seattle area.
I live in a close-in suburb of Chicago. We have had coyotes for years and years. I like them because they keep down the population of rabbits that feast on my tender plants like peppers. I find pieces of rabbits in my yard. Rabbit's feet, cotton tails.
Lots of new information for me, thanks. I saw a beautiful (and well fed) black hybrid some years ago. Some live very close to us but are only heard and very rarely seen.
Where I lived in Colorado, a beautiful young Coyote would follow everyone in the open space. He would walk behind me and when I would turn he would sprint away only to pick up the follow again. It was like walking my dog.
@@poco1174 Same here in AZ. A neighbor came to our house to let my husband know that when he walks our Pom mix at night there is a coyote following them - it is from a distance, but still. I have a feeling he doesn't want to play with the Pom.
Thank you for this great video pointing out the wonderful qualities and benefits of coyotes. Just found your channel and subscribed. Hopefully, your video will help change the minds of those who would harm them. What an empty life it would be without our animal cousins. We are all animals, and the human animal shares the majority of its dna with the other animals.
I have lived among coyotes my entire life. From California to Arizona and now Idaho I have always heard and seen them. I have never felt threatened by their presence, but I have lost more than a few cats to them. Still, I admire their adaptability and fortitude. The world would be a poorer place without them. Many is the night I have been awakened by packs of the right on my property and seen their prints right outside my chicken coup. I hope I will get to enjoy their songs the rest of my days.
I was walking my two Chow Chows about 11pm on a deserted road in Riverdale in the Bronx, NYC. In the distance i see four eyes glowing from my led headlamp coming towards us. I decide to move off the sidewalk into the street with my dogs to give myself extra room just in case. I now see 2 coyotes come into the street and cross it and go up a rise on the other side. They're sitting together up above the street about 10 feet. I walk with my dogs over to their side and stop just below where they're sitting. They're staring down at us and we're staring up at them. Nobody's moving and luckily my dogs aren't barking. For some stupid reason I decide to growl at them just to see what might happen and luckily they don't respond. After a few more seconds i decide to leave and not press my luck. The next day after talking to someone in my building I found out that the two coyotes had a den with pups in the woods just behind where I had met them and that's why they were behaving like that. It was a beautiful experience.
The indians believed coyotes were spirit tricksters. Ive been a hunter for ten years and have learned so much by watching them. They are the smartest animals on earth.
I see them very often in Chicago. Especially when I used to take the orange line to work downtown I’d see them along the train tracks. Some of them have tracking collars on and supposedly the city and or BNSF use them to control rats along the tracks. Absolutely beautiful and resilient animals I always love spotting them.
I live in a coastal community of Los Angeles County. From the top of my hill, I can easily see the classic "LA Landmarks" such as the Hollywood sign and Griffith observatory. After the heavy rains from the previous winter, I told anyone who would listen "Watch what happens. Life will explode like in the Serengeti after a hard rain". Sure enough, when the coyote pupping season rolled along there were two active coyote dens within a 4-block radius of where I live. Each had three healthy pups. A total of ten coyotes! Much to their credit (as one den was literally over the back fence of an elementary school) the adults kept it on the lowdown. I only saw one female during that time. I never saw the male. And they never bothered anybody. That is some impressive survival skills. It is important to note that, logically, we had a major rodent bloom. Of course, neighborhood cats were disappearing, but there are simply not enough cats to go around for coyotes to make the decisions that they made.
In the west they are living in residential areas and are not being shot at, they do not fear people. You try and scare them off and they do not run away. This freaks out urban families and they fear the coyote. 🐕
I was raised rural and didn't fear coyotes. One night on the way home from a dairy I worked at and a large coydog was sizing me up. His head was higher than the hood of a 1964 Galaxy 500 that drove by. That was enough to make me scared and I chucked rocks as fast as I could find and throw them. The coydog bolted and hit a barb wire fence making the barbwire shriek pretty damn loud when he hit it.
We often have coyotes in the open area behind our coral. It is fun to listen to them yelping at each other when I go out to feed the horse. It is a happy sound like children playing.
I like to leave a window open at night in my bedroom so I can hear the coyotes. Sometimes I hear turkeys and even bullfrogs. Living right at the edge of a little tiny country town has its many advantages. I will miss this when I move into a larger town for my health - one of the disadvantages of growing older. Loved to hear the coyotes all my 73 years. Very good video. Thank you.
I live in the northeast and would agree our coyotes are larger than western coyotes. We see them all the time and often hear them at night . Generally it starts out like a dog barking and builds into howling. Behind our home there is a salt marsh and tract of woods. I imagine they make dens in this area. We recently had a fox family living out back and would often see them all the kits in the summer months. The female would pass through our yard daily or would run up the road always on the yellow line. None of us would bother her as she passed by often within several feet of us. She was a very good provider as we would see her return with rodents and once a chicken. Last summer we didn’t see them at all . Not sure why.
I have a German Shepherd / Coy. He is almost two now. I thought he was a dog when I saved him last year. A guy walked into a liquor store and asked me if I wanted GSD pup because he was not getting along with his husky. I was excited. What he brought back was a weak, skinny, dehydrated bag of bones with long skinny legs. Poor pup couldnt even stand. I cried most of the way to the vet because I didnt think he was going to make it. The vet told me what he was mixed with and if I still wanted him. I said yes. He had massive worms and was near death but we saved him. Now he is huge with long skinny legs. He looks like a Coy and a dog. He does pretty good in the house and only destroyed one rug. Once he is outside he is a freaking nutcase. His need to chase squirrels and cats is off the charts. Walking him on a leash is nearly impossible. He doesnt walk a human pace and can not concentrate on me at all because he needs to be aware of our surroundings stopping many times to sniff the wind. I can get him to sit but not stay. If he eats and gains weight he will stop eating for a couple of days but needs water around or he paces. I have a small male dog too. They get along but I feel tension between them during feeding time so I separate them. He loves to chew stick. Inside he is amazing watch dog with a strange bark that is terrifying. I would NOT recommend mixing any dog with a coyote on purpose. He is NOT the ideal pet even in a small town. I constantly worry about him getting loose so I buy expensive heavy duty leads and collars with ID. He never gives up on what he wants to do. He is super beautiful in the fall leaves and loves to dig which is okay I dont mind holes. I worry that if he ever gets loose someone will sh00t him or he will chase. German Shepherds need training but he will never give in and is extremely stubborn. Outside he will nip my hand until I pet him and if I turn and walk away be will jump up on me. Sorry this comment is so long but if you cant dedicate your life to a coy mix........DONT fool yourself. You can NOT fully train half wild animal. I love him and I will never give up on him because I know for a fact I am his last hope. He is A LOT of work.
@assortedanimalsonline He does funny stuff like jump crickets.😆 He sniffs the grass and weeds for crickets. When he finds one he pounces really high. I will post videos when I can someday. Anyway, thanks for your video. I try to watch all the Coyote info I can so I can understand him better.
Amazing story! You are absolutely correct, coyotes are wild animals and you cannot breed their instincts out of them. They can be great "pets", but they are still wild.
Our experience was very similar. We got our mangy, at-death's-door, girl when she was about a year old. When we took her to our vet, who was also a rancher, he said "That's not a dog." She was skeletal and had lost most of her fur, but my wife was determined to save her-she fell in love with her almond eyes and giant ears. As she healed, put on weight and grew her fur back, it was clear our vet knew what he was talking about. He sent a vial of her blood up to Colorado State's Vet school, where they were doing DNA studies on canids. The results came back 87.5% coyote/12.5% domestic dog. Every year, when we'd take her in for her annual shots, our vet would say before examining her, "Remind me again...is she one of the nice ones or one of the mean ones?" That's her as my avatar.
I had a coyote Shepherd mix for a service animal for 14 years she was a marvelous creature. I often told people she could count, but they didn't believe me.
I have always believed that if I was another animal I was , am and or would be a coyote ! Brothers and sisters from a different set of parents .Bless their hearts !
They are very similar to Australian dingoes, I care for 3 pure desert dingoes wild born and hand raised. Magnificent animals and wired differently to dogs, they are sadly under serious threat due to government policy of ‘eradication’. Thanks for the vid
Thanks it’s a species loss if we don’t at least in the wild. But our government would rather poison the dingoes and the environment than control domestic dogs in the outback. Take care
I once saw a coyote wait for a crosswalk signal to change before crossing a nearly empty two lane road one late night. It was a remarkable thing to behold
Get a llama.Or a Donkey.Or an Anatolian Shepard.Those help.Often an animal dies and coyotes eat it and get the blame.But they do kill cats dogs and livestock at times.My mom and sister had a 22 pound American eskimo dog.Old.My sister didn't watch him.when he was out at 11 pm.He went down hill during mating season.Got grabbed and shook by the male coyote.He survived.Had to get vet care.I blame my sister for Not watching dog at night.😮
There are coyotes living in my neighborhood in a residential neighborhood of Los Angeles about a mile from the beach next to LAX airport . There have always been coyotes because there is a large open natural wetland and natural open space with sand dunes and the beach and bean fields with a couple of creeks. We get all kinds of wild animals like fox, coyote, racoon, bobcat, owl, hawks, skunks, Huron, cranes, duck, geese etc... but as helpful as the coyote can be about keeping the rats, mice, gophers, rabbits, opossums, etc... populations down, they actually hide out and just before dark and after dark they will snatch up small dogs while the owners are walking them. They also will take them out of backyards and they get cats also. This happens regularly. It's not just a once a year type thing, they are doing this all the time. Probably once a week at least someone has loses a pet. So they aren't our little buddies. They are opportunists just like most wild carnivores and omnivores.
@carolinanavarro9076 --- they are all over the whole city/county. They always have been and will likely always will be. They thrive on living with humans. Raccoons are also a huge problem in the city. They have their packs of 10 or so that have small territory of a few blocks of residential neighborhoods . They sleep in attics and under houses in trees during the day and come out at night. I've personally seen them patrolling in avgroup of five raccoons walking in the middle of the street at 3am scouting around for food. A show I watched a few years ago was discussing the raccoon situation we have but most people don't know about and a woman who is a Fish and Game officer or County wildlife officer showed photos of raccoons in the wild in the San Gabriel Mountains and photos of the raccoons living in the city and the difference was amazing. The mountain raccoons were thin and their fur was rough and tails ratty, the city raccoons were twice the size, thick full fur coats, more muscle mass because they are eating so much better from the population of people leaving food out for their pets and trashcans with no lids or not lcking lids. I had an encounter with one living in a house I was moving into in Hawthorne. The owner had cats and the cat doors in the front and back doors and a raccoon was living in the master bedroom. I walked in the house at night and was in the kitchen and I see a raccoon walking out of the bedroom slowly across the living room towards the front door and I said hey! Get out! And it looked at me stopped as if it was their house and I yelled again and moved towards it and it slowly walked out the door.
Yep, they do. Ground squirrels feed so many of the animals we enjoy seeing. Ground squirrels are the second most important animal to north American wildlife.
Thank you for this interesting video. I grew up in a small town in Northeastern Wisconsin where on just about any night coyotes would serenade me to sleep. My family and neighbors were simple country folk and pronounced that word "cuy yoot". When I got to high school an (educated) teacher told us that we were pronouncing the word incorrectly, that since it was a Spanish word it should be pronounced "cuy yoo tay". (Since Spanish did not much participate in the Great Vowel Shift the vowel "e" is still pronounced "ay".) As I moved on in life I too began to pronounce it "cuy yoo tay" after all I had aught to emulate my betters. Over the years I grew to have quite an interest in etymology and languages in general. Imagine my chagrin when I looked up the etymology of Coyote and found that 'twas not a Spanish but rather a Nahuatl word. Further the pronunciation in Nahuatl is much more like "cuy yoot" Quoting from The other OED (Online Etymology Dictionary) " coyote (n.) common prairie-wolf of western North America, 1759, American English, from Mexican Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) coyotl. Noted for its howling at night. " So do not criticize anyone for pronouncing it Cuy yoot, Their pronunciation is more correct than your own.
San Francisco has coyotes. They tried to get rid of them but they’re here to stay. There has even been pictures of them at night crossing the Golden Gate Bridge.
We live in the boonies and have multiple families of coyotes around us and when they talk at night , it’s pretty cool , they’ll go back and fourth for several minutes .
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You know it! Haha
And chase roadrunners
And Walla Walla, Washington is a real place.....
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They are smart. They order online now.
That was really interesting and informative- thanks! Anything that adds to the understanding between our own species and others is always good!
Thank you! And I agree with you completely 🐾
Always report suspicious coyote activity such as
Coyote carrying a sign stating " detour" .
Coyote with a box with a ACME label .
Coyote dropping anvil from hot air balloon.
Always be suspicious of a coyote pulling a sneaky 🐾
Haha!!
Be sure to not shoot him if he has a Red Cap on Saying Make America Great Again 😅.
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@@ericsimpson1176 you gotta watch out for that black circle they put on the road and you fall through the HOLE!
I have had two coyotes as pets, the first, when i was 12 to 16, I first thought was a stray dog that took up with me and my other dogs. The second was a hurt pup that raised after helping it heal. I had a German Shepherd/coyote mix that adopted me as a yearling. I now have a coyote that frequently curles up a few feet away from my hot tub when I take a soak. We aren't close yet, but it is comfortable enough to snore in its sleep a fairly close to me.
That’s awesome! Sounds like you have good experience with them. 🐾
Watch who you tell the government will murder it oh sweet story
Don't post to much about your friendly relationship with your friends the coyotes . Fish and game racist will come and kill themselves to protect you.
@@David-nb3uy .....JUST LIKE POOR PEANUT THE SQUIRREL IN NY!
I envy you. I used to have one that would hang out in my yard and act just like a dog.
Absolutely fascinating ! Many thanks.
No problem! Thank you for taking the time to watch. 🐾
Great coverage!!✝️✝️✝️
Thank you! 🐾
Coyotes are incredible animals. Much respect.
Thank you! 🐾
@@assortedanimalsonline *Except they killed a small girl in Ventura last month.*
@@kate1269 they are incredible animals but if you're trying to raise chickens or grow anything they want to eat you will lose the war
@@maureencallahan1604 I have had
chickens for the last 30 years. On occasion, I have accidentally left the door open at night. Three out of four times this happens I will lose most of my chickens to raccoons or skunks. Raccoons and skunks only eat the heads initially. If a fox or a coyote happened by, they will take one chicken and leave the rest.
I was tent camping up in the Pocono mountains in PA and it was so cool after the sun went down to hear their howling up in the hills.
Thanks I'm an avid Hunter spin much time around coyotes you have increased my appreciation
Thanks for watching!
Do you kill coyotees?
I have a coyotee maybe more living in my back yard, I have 3 little 5 pound dogs and so scared to let them out to run and play in my back yard..
@@joanjarrette8691 no I think he just meant they’re always hanging around in the back country, watching us and what we’re doing. They’re pretty cool, if not a little bit scary especially if our cute little doggies escape their leash and run off to go “play” with them 😱
Vineyard owners who grow raisins or wine grapes love the coyotes because they keep the varments under control.
They can be a vital part of many ecosystems. 🐾
Avacado growers aren't fans, the coyotes love to go in when the avocados are ripe and chow down. They even chew into watermelons, honeydew, and most sweet fruits and eat those as well. They're omnivores and will eat darn near anything. It's said that at the end of the world, the 2 things that will survive are coyotes and cockroaches, and I don't doubt it.
@@twotwentyswift I've heard that donkeys make a pretty good coyote deterrent apparently they really hate coyotes
@@maureencallahan1604 You're exactly right. They will chase them down and actually bite them and throw them around! They make excellent "guard dogs" for sheep herds.
I have videos of coyotes eaten my brothers grapes & peaches
We live in the city, but we have 21 acres in the country, we have a lot of coyotes on the weeds they do a lot of howling at night, this video gives us a new appreciation for these animals ❤
Thank you for watching! 🐾
I was lucky enough to observe three of them hunting a flock of wild turkeys. We could hear them "talking" to each other to coordinate the hunt. Then we heard some commotion and the whole flock took off, and flew over us. (minus the coyotes' breakfast, I imagine..).
I have coyotes in my yard across the field .
I love hearing the sound of them at night . It’s a hauntingly beautiful sound .
BS! It keeps me awake at nite on the farm!
Song dogs! 🐾
You don't have cats, right? 😅
I have had cats and live in farm country in South Alabama, I love to hear coyotes at night! Sadly, 10 yrs ago we did lose one of our cats to coyotes. I don't know why she didn't get up a tree or go up on our roof. All I can think is that she was outnumbered and had been out on the edge of our property. I had never worried about coyotes attacking our cats or our dogs. The dogs would howl along with the coyotes! It always made me laugh!
There are coyotes living in the green space of the river that runs through my town. We hear them yipping at night but seldom see one. In two instances my neighbour and I noticed a sick looking canine in the field above the river. With my binoculars I could tell it was a very ill coyote. Both animals, a year apart, were covered head to toe with mange. The wildlife rescue close to us gave us a live trap and we successfully captured the sick animals and both recovered. It felt good to help God’s four footed pranksters! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Wonderful that they were healed! I tried to doctor one in my area by going to the feed store for advice. I gave him a wee bit of ivermecton horse de-wormer in dog food daily. It helped but didn't cure him. I'm guessing that In the desert where I live no animal control agency would help out.
It’s great that you were able to help them. 🐾
@@assortedanimalsonline Bob Barker willed enough money to my local refuge that they were able to build a “flight retraining” building for the hawks, owls and eagles, saving so many lives. It’s called Sandy Pines Wildlife Refuge and they’ve saved so many creatures, from bats to coyotes, wild felines like bobcats, even a storm-lost pelican! Still so much good in the world! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Thank you for helping these beautiful creatures.
@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan coyotes around here have it tuff, starving mange fleas ticks hit by cars people shoot them
Great video!
Thank you!
I had a 1/4 coy-dog, who yip yapped and pranced and pounced, was one of the sweetest friends I've ever had. His mom was the daughter of a Pyrenees that decided to frolic instead of fight a coyote while she was in heat. So my coy-dog's mom was beautiful: completely snow white, no color, and shaped just like a coyote; super docile and mellow, and and like zero aggressive tendencies. I miss him. He was my sweet boy... 🐺
They sound like they were beautiful! Thanks for sharing 🐾
I have always had dogs and they make my life better. I lost Sidney to bladder cancer at 14 in September and grieved for quite some time. She wasn't my first dog I have lost in fact she was the fifth. I think as I age I better understand how i have been blessed by their presence in my life. I now try to remember her very unique personality, Rest in peace Sid I will always remember you. I hope there is a doggie heaven and she is with all the others bossing them around!
I wanted to read more but it went to your e mail iv never had that happen b
Coyote America is GREAT book. Definitely worth reading.
Thanks for the recommendation! 🐾
Is that the book by the western historian with the last name Flores?
Coyotes are faster than Roadrunners… my childhood was nothing but a series of lies.
And they shop at Acme! 🐾
Speed is irrelevant. If you paint a picture of a tunnel on the rock face next to a highway, the roadrunner can go through the tunnel and escape but the coyote will slam into the rock and get clobbered. Roadrunners can defy laws of physics, coyotes can't 😅
But they are dumb enough to try to run through tunnels painted on the side of hills smh
@RobertSmith-so8nk 😆
And much smarter
They’re so beautiful, especially the babies.
Yes! 🐾
Enjoyed!
Glad you liked it 🐾
Love learning these things about them.I grew up where there were a good amount of coyotes. I loved sleeping out on the trampoline as a kid listening to them chattering as a pack, or the lone coyote calls. Sometimes they would come right up in our yard and around the trampoline where I was. I never felt I was threatened or in danger, and I loved watching them. As they are wild predators it's probably wise to be cautious around them, and I never just approached them, but I was always too in awe at their presence to feel anything but enjoyment. It was fun seeing them hunt the gophers out of their holes in neighboring alfalfa fields too. I never saw any aggression from any of them, though I have heard stories of it. They are such beautiful creatures. I've heard they live where I am now living, but never have seen them, or heard their calls.
To some, their calls are haunting, but for me it's a sound that calls to my heart.
They don't call them song dogs for nothing! 🐾
I've always had a soft spot for coyotes.
Some do, some don’t, as you can see from this comment section lol thanks for watching 🐾
I lost whatever soft spot I might have had for them when 2 of them tried to kill one of my dogs a few years back, and dang near succeeded. Nowadays, I leave them alone as long as they leave us alone. But if they get after any of my animals again, or get too close to the house period, the handguns and/or rifles are coming out.
It’s pretty hard to argue with. They never mess with any of my animals, but I do know people that lost some, and I had a hard time really faulting the coyotes. What ticked me off more was loose dogs, cougars, and idiots driving 3x too fast down a farm road
It's nothing more than food to a poor, dejected coyote. The government hired a guy by the last name of Carver to study coyotes which he did for several decades. His findings were that when people tried to eliminate coyotes that coyotes were forced to change the way they hunted. If left alone and respected instead of killed they would stick to hunting varmints and not go after larger animals such as pets. Not to mention that it's a fact in the plant biology field that if coyotes are exterminated that there would be no food for us. They would rather eat rats, mice, snakes and gophers than a larger opponent.
@@compton1808 I was leaving them alone when they tried to kill my dog, so leaving them be doesn't always mean they'll leave your pets alone. I know a woman who never bothered a yote in her life, but two of them started stalking her little dog and ended up killing it one day, right in front of her before she could react or do anything about it. When they decide to be bloodthirsty killers, they can become that, pretty quickly.
Good, Thx
Thanks for watching 🐾
When I was around 12 years old my dad and I were rabbit hunting. A coyote ran up to us with a stick in its mouth and was shanking it. Then it dropped the stick and started humping a tree. I asked my dad what's going on with the coyote. My dad said the coyote was telling us that there were more humping rabbits than you can shake a stick at...
Thank you sooo much, for the laugh...
Your posting made my day! 🥳💃😂
@furbabies3momma your welcome my friend....
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Love it !!!! Lol😂
lol I’ve never heard that one before! 🐾
Interesting. I enjoyed watching. . Learned stuff too. Thanks!
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Glad you learned something new! 🐾 Thanks for watching!
I remember seeing pictures of coyotes in Union Square, San Francisco during the COVID lock down. I lived three blocks from there, on Bush St. in the nineties.
I guess they live up on Twin Peaks and at Lands End. Fabulous!🐾
They are definitely around! 👀
I love coyotes. They clean up messes and are so beautiful. Let them be and do their jobs!
I agree! Thanks for watching. 🐾
I was raised around these magestic animals, kept the jack rabbits from eating crops. There howls would put me to sleep!
@@lindabishop9407 would they also attack livestock
It's called animal management. That's why there's no closed season on coyote or the number you want to harvest. If you want extermination, buy donkeys. Just don't tell the farmers
Wait till they kill their lambs. Or pet dog.
Predators
We fought coyotes on our sheep and cattle ranch for 150 years. I still dont hate them. They were just trying to survive. We finally got guard dogs and that eliminated their depredation.
They have their place in the ecosystem!
Were they just going after the calves ?
I asked because we just never had any problems with them. If we had a stillborn, I would take it way out to the back 80 behind the other back 40 and leave it for them, but they never bothered any of the live ones. Perhaps because the pissed off mothers that tried to kill people that near them too 😂
Is it true that if you have llamas or alpacas that coyotes stay away?
I think all these coyote lovers need to go back to California
@@JimVaught-qm6gf No, it was mainly the sheep they went after. We would kill dozens and year and they would keep killing sheep. Finally tried guard dogs and they solved the problem.
I was driving down airline highway in New Orleans about 4:00 in the morning it wasn't light yet and a coyote ran right out in front of me I mean this is right in the middle of the city of a million people not even on the outskirts. There's a spot in the French quarter that has at least a couple of city blocks it's completely overgrown in abandoned I saw possums coyotes and several other things I couldn't identify that were in there. They're amazing animals I got me a little cousin of a coyote right here called The Fawn Chihuahua. She is so much fun and such a loving wonderful intuitive animal. Animals are always way more intelligent than we give them credit for. And dogs really are man's best friend aside from a good woman anyway
That’s awesome! I love getting chances to observe nature at unsuspecting times. Thanks for sharing 🐾
Amazing animals❤
Yes! Thank you for watching 🐾
They are all around my area. They never get hit by cars. You never see them dead on the roads. Very smart!
They will survive!
I don't know about that. I'm in Arizona and have seen many along the road that were hit by cars.
Hey I actually would have to agree with you. I NEVER see coyotes as road kill in my city and they’re everywhere. And I live in a big city but the out skirts so there wild but domesticated and very smart. Arizonas still somewhat wild life so those could be ones not use to city life and find themselves at the mercy of the roadways.
That's a good point. I'm a truck driver and I drive a lot of rural routes. It seems the road kill cycles yearly. One year, mostly skunks. One year, mostly coons. Then, possums. Then, it starts over. But!, seldom ever a coyote!
The ones in Ohio aren't to smart one ran right in front of my car at 3:00 a.m.
Excellent video!
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
Thanks!
Np thanks for watching! 🐾
Interesting video, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching Ozzieman. 🐾
Very interesting, thank you!
Glad you liked it! 🐾
Beautiful insightful video ❤
Thank you Edward! 🐾
There’s a pack near me, I love to hear them sing!
They are song dogs! 🐾
Do you love the sound of a fawn being eaten alive to by coyotes 😢
Coyotes do not eat their prey alive. They will bring down a deer by tearing a rear leg muscle. Before dining they will tear out the throat. A wounded deer can still kick the s#$t out of you! Human hunters learn this-some the hard way.
I wont lie, they do sound awesome, but when you live on a farm with chickens and cats, the only way to keep them away is to……….
Hmm...they give me chills. I don't like them at all. Sinister
I'm at my Mom's house in Oklahoma, I can hear the coyotes howling at night. It sounds sorrowful.. I had no idea they were so intelligent!! The coyotes in Oklahoma are so skinny compared to those shown Inthe video. Great video!!!
27: They are the oldest surviving mammalian species in North America, first appearing in the archeological record around 3 million years ago. Humans arrived 21,000-23,000 years ago. They were here long before us. They’ll be here long after we’re gone. They are simply amazing animals. Thanks for the upload! Great vid! You earned a new sub, a like & a share! ✌🏼
Yes! Thank you so much Nannette! 🐾
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Thank you!
We had a half coyote watch dog in our junkyard when I was a kid. He had virtually no characteristics of the female. In coyote families, non dominant males often help with rearing pups, and that was how he functioned in our family. If my brother and I were fighting he would get in the middle and aggressively separate us. I joke that I was literally raised by wolves. Forever in my heart
That's an amazing story! Thanks for sharing, and for watching! 🐾
TY! Great video!
You're welcome! Glad you liked it. 🐾
#13 is so true!! I love them on my place in Iowa. Less raccoons!! and still have pheasants.
That’s awesome! Most of the time nature works haha
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it Phil, thanks for watching!
As both predator and scavenger, coyotes play a critical role in balancing ecosystems. They help control populations of smaller animals like rodents, which could otherwise become pests. By scavenging carrion, they contribute to nutrient recycling and help prevent the spread of disease. In some areas, they even fill an ecological niche similar to that of wolves, particularly where wolves have been extirpated, helping to regulate herbivore populations.
Yup 🐾
You are very right. But I just want to mention how important and overlooked rodents are.
Interesting.
Thanks for watching! 🐾
Awesome creatures ... respect !
I agree, they are fascinating. 🐾
That was cool !
Thank you! 🐾
I respect them alot. ✨
Me too! Thanks for watching 🐾
Thanks you for helping to educate people on these beautiful and intelligent creatures!
It is nothing less than sadistic the ways these animals are persecuted, trapped, poisoned and killed!
Thank you for watching! 🐾
They kill pets when you're not looking
@@henrysniper8481They would come around our house and howl trying to get my dog to come outside the fence. They are not animals you want around your property.
They kill livestock snd pets, silly.
Yotes can be pretty sadistic themselves. Look up how a pack will kill a whitetail buck -- it can take hours. They chase the buck, taking a bite out of its hindquarters every few minutes. The buck loses blood, finally gets worn down. It's a slow process, not pretty.
Thank you for producing this video, I am tired of listening to people talk about killing such a bautiful and wonderful animal. I hope people are sharing this with others to help educate and inform with the real facts and not some BS.
Thank you! People often don’t realize that all animals are vital parts of the ecosystem 🐾
@jimmytrafficant can you please elaborate as to what "BS", or falsehoods, that hunters and trappers say about coyotes?
(As the saying goes, "Inquiring minds want to know".)
I’m a hunter and it is important to hunt coyotes and other predators because unlike us hunters ,animals don’t have a hunting season or a bag limit on how many animals they can harvest so that means that predators can hunt all year long which if the predator population gets out of control they can hurt other animals populations especially when they’re giving birth , because if you have too many coyotes, they can hurt the deer population, especially when they’re giving birth to fawn and they can hurt the rabbit population and the turkey population etc. and I also want to say this to coyotes are not native in every state in the United States. Their home range has increased traumatically coyotes are only native in certain parts of the United States. That’s why the state that I live in you can hunt coyotes all year long and there’s no bag limit on them and if you are wondering who decided that ,that was wildlife biologist the state that I live in and pretty much throughout the whole US wildlife biologist dictate when hunting seasons starts and ends and hunting regulations and bag limits and etc .
Here in Lancaster PA I hear that coyotes have been introduced to help control deer population. Where we walk in a nearby park people have shared stories of seeing them and that they have a den somewhere. Only once have I seen one dashing across our suburban street. It was fast and beautiful. I’m happy to hear that they’ll help control feral cat populations. Well-done video to help us appreciate this very cool canine. Thx.
Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🐾
Nice!!! Coyotes are Awesome!!!
Thanks! They are 🐾
Until they kill your pets
@CharlieEvans-g2r keep your pets indoors or close to home.
Duh.
@@yaketysmack5512 while that is good advice, even pets inside of a fenced yard... and are only out there long enough to "do their business"...are not safe.
@@yaketysmack5512my pets shouldnt be able to enjoy my property? I have several acres for my and my animals enjoyment. It is their home. Let the coyotes (and anyone else) stay off my property and we have no problem but come across the line and get whats coming!
I love coyotes. We have a pack living somewhere nearby in the forest, and I can hear them howling at night. I was up very late one night and was lucky enough to see two of these beautiful creatures in my backyard.
Where I live used to be very rural but in the last 20 years we have had a lot of rich people pouring in from the big city. They are afraid of the coyotes, and some actually believe that coyotes hunt humans. I wish they had all stayed in the city.
They are pretty awesome. They are predators, but as long as people watch over their pets there is usually no issue.
I live on a small island where coyotes have shown up in the last couple of years. No cat or small dog is safe!
Dang! Hope you’re keeping your pets safe 🐾
@ I keep my cats inside. I am not taking any chances. I have several friends who have lost their cats and had their dogs attacked. It is “against the law” to shoot one, regardless of what it is doing. So if we hear a gunshot, and someone in our small close community lets it be known that a troublesome coyote is gone, we keep it to ourselves.
If a few of you get Anatolian shepherds and walk the island regularly so their sent gets marked the coyotes will leave
@ Didn’t know that. Thanks for the info!
So cool, thanks.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! 🐾
I used to live in the Rocky Mountains of NE Washington, near the Canadian border. Deep snow. There, the coyotes were large and actually difficult to distinguish from the wolves. Coyotes were just more slender and less heavy-set than the wolves. But as one heads south through central Washington and central Oregon, the land changes to wheat fields then sage brush then desert. The coyotes became much smaller which really surprised me the first time I saw them.
Their coats can make them appear bigger than they actually are as well!
I live outside of the Seattle area near Snoqualmie and no one believes me but I saw a trio of 3 MASSIVE grey wolves
@@emmettkennedy8388 I lived in the NE corner of Washington. At that time - 10 yrs ago - we had the most wolves in the US. Seems very reasonable that some may have eventually migrated over to the coast, Seattle area.
@@russell3060 yeah, my grandpas friend saw a wolf outside or mornroe
Every creature differs by origin. Changes can be seen in 200 mile mark.
Unreal how awesome they are and so beautiful
They definitely are! 🐾
I live in a close-in suburb of Chicago. We have had coyotes for years and years. I like them because they keep down the population of rabbits that feast on my tender plants like peppers. I find pieces of rabbits in my yard. Rabbit's feet, cotton tails.
Well, they could at least clean up after themselves! Haha, jk. 🐾
We have coyotes in our woods. Love listening to there howls at night whie we sit at a fire
Dog songs 🐾
Lots of new information for me, thanks. I saw a beautiful (and well fed) black hybrid some years ago. Some live very close to us but are only heard and very rarely seen.
No problem! Thank you for watching! I've seen a few black variations.
Great presentation.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🐾
I have been trying to tell my neighbor for years that killing coyote is not the answer. Its nice to hear someone else saying the same thing.
They can be a vital part of the ecosystem! 🐾
Thank you
You're very welcome! 🐾 Thanks for watching!
A coyote used to walk with me and my two old dogs and they would tease the dogs they're very comical critters.
That’s hilarious! 🐾
Where I lived in Colorado, a beautiful young Coyote would follow everyone in the open space. He would walk behind me and when I would turn he would sprint away only to pick up the follow again. It was like walking my dog.
@@poco1174 Same here in AZ. A neighbor came to our house to let my husband know that when he walks our Pom mix at night there is a coyote following them - it is from a distance, but still. I have a feeling he doesn't want to play with the Pom.
Thank you for this great video pointing out the wonderful qualities and benefits of coyotes. Just found your channel and subscribed. Hopefully, your video will help change the minds of those who would harm them. What an empty life it would be without our animal cousins. We are all animals, and the human animal shares the majority of its dna with the other animals.
Thanks for watching and subscribing! 🙏 It means a lot to me, coming up next is Fox Facts!
Always enjoy hearing their hallow at night. And the way thy keep the ground squirrel population down.
They can be beneficial to many environments 🐾
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I have lived among coyotes my entire life. From California to Arizona and now Idaho I have always heard and seen them. I have never felt threatened by their presence, but I have lost more than a few cats to them. Still, I admire their adaptability and fortitude. The world would be a poorer place without them. Many is the night I have been awakened by packs of the right on my property and seen their prints right outside my chicken coup. I hope I will get to enjoy their songs the rest of my days.
That is awesome! Thanks for watching 🐾
I was walking my two Chow Chows about 11pm on a deserted road in Riverdale in the Bronx, NYC. In the distance i see four eyes glowing from my led headlamp coming towards us. I decide to move off the sidewalk into the street with my dogs to give myself extra room just in case. I now see 2 coyotes come into the street and cross it and go up a rise on the other side. They're sitting together up above the street about 10 feet. I walk with my dogs over to their side and stop just below where they're sitting. They're staring down at us and we're staring up at them. Nobody's moving and luckily my dogs aren't barking. For some stupid reason I decide to growl at them just to see what might happen and luckily they don't respond. After a few more seconds i decide to leave and not press my luck. The next day after talking to someone in my building I found out that the two coyotes had a den with pups in the woods just behind where I had met them and that's why they were behaving like that. It was a beautiful experience.
Wow, what a story! Glad you made it out okay. 🐾
The indians believed coyotes were spirit tricksters. Ive been a hunter for ten years and have learned so much by watching them. They are the smartest animals on earth.
They are smart and adaptable! 🐾
I love Coyotes. I’m glad they are thriving. Such beautiful animals. Whenever I see one I feel lucky.
That’s awesome! Thank you for watching 🐾
You should see them when they have mange. Nasty stuff
Smartest critter I ever hunted. They learn very fast.
They sure do! Thanks for watching 🐾
Fact 27. They’re excellent drivers.
Haha, thanks for watching!
I will never forget the first time I heard them at night. They shriek, especially during mating season in late February and early March.
Yes! That’s when they are most active and vocal 🐾
Seen them many times here in Edmonton, they are adapted to us.
They are very good at adapting 🐾
Our family dog when I was growing up was 1/4 coyote. He was definitely wiley and very protective towards me and my sister.
That sounds cool! 🐾
Animals, so often better than many people.
This is true.
I see them very often in Chicago. Especially when I used to take the orange line to work downtown I’d see them along the train tracks. Some of them have tracking collars on and supposedly the city and or BNSF use them to control rats along the tracks. Absolutely beautiful and resilient animals I always love spotting them.
That’s interesting about the collars! Thanks for watching 🐾
I live in a coastal community of Los Angeles County. From the top of my hill, I can easily see the classic "LA Landmarks" such as the Hollywood sign and Griffith observatory. After the heavy rains from the previous winter, I told anyone who would listen "Watch what happens. Life will explode like in the Serengeti after a hard rain".
Sure enough, when the coyote pupping season rolled along there were two active coyote dens within a 4-block radius of where I live. Each had three healthy pups. A total of ten coyotes! Much to their credit (as one den was literally over the back fence of an elementary school) the adults kept it on the lowdown. I only saw one female during that time. I never saw the male. And they never bothered anybody. That is some impressive survival skills.
It is important to note that, logically, we had a major rodent bloom. Of course, neighborhood cats were disappearing, but there are simply not enough cats to go around for coyotes to make the decisions that they made.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It's amazing how resilient and adaptable they are!
Urban, city cats are useless regarding rodents. City cats are overfed and neutered, which takes a lot of their natural instincts away
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In the west they are living in residential areas and are not being shot at, they do not fear people. You try and scare them off and they do not run away. This freaks out urban families and they fear the coyote. 🐕
That’s reasonable to feel that way. They can be beneficial in some conditions and pests in others! 🐾
I was raised rural and didn't fear coyotes. One night on the way home from a dairy I worked at and a large coydog was sizing me up. His head was higher than the hood of a 1964 Galaxy 500 that drove by. That was enough to make me scared and I chucked rocks as fast as I could find and throw them. The coydog bolted and hit a barb wire fence making the barbwire shriek pretty damn loud when he hit it.
They eat u our quail eggs, rabbits and small animals. But they can have the rats, squirrels and feral cats.
I have a rez dog who is part coyote. Best dog I ever had - so sweet, loves everyone, and smart as a whip.
That’s awesome! 🐾
Here in Tucson, I saw one look both ways before crossing the street - smarter than many human pedestrians!
They are cautious 🐾
We often have coyotes in the open area behind our coral. It is fun to listen to them yelping at each other when I go out to feed the horse. It is a happy sound like children playing.
That's a great way to describe their sounds! 🐾
I like to leave a window open at night in my bedroom so I can hear the coyotes. Sometimes I hear turkeys and even bullfrogs. Living right at the edge of a little tiny country town has its many advantages. I will miss this when I move into a larger town for my health - one of the disadvantages of growing older. Loved to hear the coyotes all my 73 years. Very good video. Thank you.
sorry u have
to move. i’m still on 5 acres by myself at 71. hope to be here till my day comes.
Thank you for watching!
Not bad ⚡️
Thank you! 🐾
...a worthy adversary indeed!
Very true 🐾
I live in the northeast and would agree our coyotes are larger than western coyotes. We see them all the time and often hear them at night . Generally it starts out like a dog barking and builds into howling. Behind our home there is a salt marsh and tract of woods. I imagine they make dens in this area. We recently had a fox family living out back and would often see them all the kits in the summer months. The female would pass through our yard daily or would run up the road always on the yellow line. None of us would bother her as she passed by often within several feet of us. She was a very good provider as we would see her return with rodents and once a chicken. Last summer we didn’t see them at all . Not sure why.
That sounds like a great area for wildlife! 🐾 Thanks for watching.
I have a German Shepherd / Coy. He is almost two now. I thought he was a dog when I saved him last year. A guy walked into a liquor store and asked me if I wanted GSD pup because he was not getting along with his husky. I was excited. What he brought back was a weak, skinny, dehydrated bag of bones with long skinny legs. Poor pup couldnt even stand.
I cried most of the way to the vet because I didnt think he was going to make it. The vet told me what he was mixed with and if I still wanted him. I said yes. He had massive worms and was near death but we saved him. Now he is huge with long skinny legs. He looks like a Coy and a dog. He does pretty good in the house and only destroyed one rug. Once he is outside he is a freaking nutcase.
His need to chase squirrels and cats is off the charts. Walking him on a leash is nearly impossible. He doesnt walk a human pace and can not concentrate on me at all because he needs to be aware of our surroundings stopping many times to sniff the wind.
I can get him to sit but not stay. If he eats and gains weight he will stop eating for a couple of days but needs water around or he paces.
I have a small male dog too. They get along but I feel tension between them during feeding time so I separate them. He loves to chew stick. Inside he is amazing watch dog with a strange bark that is terrifying.
I would NOT recommend mixing any dog with a coyote on purpose. He is NOT the ideal pet even in a small town. I constantly worry about him getting loose so I buy expensive heavy duty leads and collars with ID.
He never gives up on what he wants to do.
He is super beautiful in the fall leaves and loves to dig which is okay I dont mind holes.
I worry that if he ever gets loose someone will sh00t him or he will chase. German Shepherds need training but he will never give in and is extremely stubborn. Outside he will nip my hand until I pet him and if I turn and walk away be will jump up on me. Sorry this comment is so long but if you cant dedicate your life to a coy mix........DONT fool yourself. You can NOT fully train half wild animal. I love him and I will never give up on him because I know for a fact I am his last hope. He is A LOT of work.
I appreciate you sharing your experience, it's so important to be realistic about the challenges of owning a wild animal or mix.
@assortedanimalsonline He does funny stuff like jump crickets.😆 He sniffs the grass and weeds for crickets. When he finds one he pounces really high. I will post videos when I can someday. Anyway, thanks for your video. I try to watch all the Coyote info I can so I can understand him better.
Very well said and, hopefully, heeded by those who think a coyote can be a good house pet.
Amazing story! You are absolutely correct, coyotes are wild animals and you cannot breed their instincts out of them. They can be great "pets", but they are still wild.
Our experience was very similar. We got our mangy, at-death's-door, girl when she was about a year old. When we took her to our vet, who was also a rancher, he said "That's not a dog." She was skeletal and had lost most of her fur, but my wife was determined to save her-she fell in love with her almond eyes and giant ears. As she healed, put on weight and grew her fur back, it was clear our vet knew what he was talking about. He sent a vial of her blood up to Colorado State's Vet school, where they were doing DNA studies on canids. The results came back 87.5% coyote/12.5% domestic dog. Every year, when we'd take her in for her annual shots, our vet would say before examining her, "Remind me again...is she one of the nice ones or one of the mean ones?" That's her as my avatar.
I love coyotes
They are pretty awesome! 🐾
I had a coyote Shepherd mix for a service animal for 14 years she was a marvelous creature. I often told people she could count, but they didn't believe me.
That is really awesome! People underestimate these beautiful creatures 🐾
I have always believed that if I was another animal I was , am and or would be a coyote ! Brothers and sisters from a different set of parents .Bless their hearts !
Thanks for watching! 🐾
They are very similar to Australian dingoes, I care for 3 pure desert dingoes wild born and hand raised. Magnificent animals and wired differently to dogs, they are sadly under serious threat due to government policy of ‘eradication’. Thanks for the vid
No problem. Thank you so much for watching!
Hope you can change it.❤
Thanks it’s a species loss if we don’t at least in the wild. But our government would rather poison the dingoes and the environment than control domestic dogs in the outback. Take care
I thought dingoes were non-native?😊
I once saw a coyote wait for a crosswalk signal to change before crossing a nearly empty two lane road one late night. It was a remarkable thing to behold
I believe it!
Fact 26: Coyotes are one of the most universally hated predators in the world, particularly by ranchers.
lol you got that right! 🐾
Get a llama.Or a Donkey.Or an Anatolian Shepard.Those help.Often an animal dies and coyotes eat it and get the blame.But they do kill cats dogs and livestock at times.My mom and sister had a 22 pound American eskimo dog.Old.My sister didn't watch him.when he was out at 11 pm.He went down hill during mating season.Got grabbed and shook by the male coyote.He survived.Had to get vet care.I blame my sister for Not watching dog at night.😮
My 14 year old miniature poodle was bit 3 times in our front yard last month. Our standard poodle saved the day. However can't be mad at the coyote.
Sorry to hear that Gary. That’s awesome that your miniature had a protector! Thanks for watching.
There are coyotes living in my neighborhood in a residential neighborhood of Los Angeles about a mile from the beach next to LAX airport . There have always been coyotes because there is a large open natural wetland and natural open space with sand dunes and the beach and bean fields with a couple of creeks. We get all kinds of wild animals like fox, coyote, racoon, bobcat, owl, hawks, skunks, Huron, cranes, duck, geese etc... but as helpful as the coyote can be about keeping the rats, mice, gophers, rabbits, opossums, etc... populations down, they actually hide out and just before dark and after dark they will snatch up small dogs while the owners are walking them. They also will take them out of backyards and they get cats also. This happens regularly. It's not just a once a year type thing, they are doing this all the time. Probably once a week at least someone has loses a pet.
So they aren't our little buddies. They are opportunists just like most wild carnivores and omnivores.
People definitely need to stay alert when there is a coyote sighting, with pets, and small children.
I remember seeing coyotes regularly in Hollywood, back in the 80s and 90s...up by Griffith Park usually.
@carolinanavarro9076 --- they are all over the whole city/county. They always have been and will likely always will be.
They thrive on living with humans.
Raccoons are also a huge problem in the city. They have their packs of 10 or so that have small territory of a few blocks of residential neighborhoods . They sleep in attics and under houses in trees during the day and come out at night. I've personally seen them patrolling in avgroup of five raccoons walking in the middle of the street at 3am scouting around for food.
A show I watched a few years ago was discussing the raccoon situation we have but most people don't know about and a woman who is a Fish and Game officer or County wildlife officer showed photos of raccoons in the wild in the San Gabriel Mountains and photos of the raccoons living in the city and the difference was amazing. The mountain raccoons were thin and their fur was rough and tails ratty, the city raccoons were twice the size, thick full fur coats, more muscle mass because they are eating so much better from the population of people leaving food out for their pets and trashcans with no lids or not lcking lids. I had an encounter with one living in a house I was moving into in Hawthorne. The owner had cats and the cat doors in the front and back doors and a raccoon was living in the master bedroom. I walked in the house at night and was in the kitchen and I see a raccoon walking out of the bedroom slowly across the living room towards the front door and I said hey! Get out! And it looked at me stopped as if it was their house and I yelled again and moved towards it and it slowly walked out the door.
another fact, they cut down mice and ground squirrel populations
Very true, they can be beneficial in many areas
And pets like cats and smaller dogs
Especially on golf ⛳️ courses
@@rafterL78 invasive species both when let out loose. Coyotes belong.
Yep, they do. Ground squirrels feed so many of the animals we enjoy seeing. Ground squirrels are the second most important animal to north American wildlife.
Thank you for this interesting video. I grew up in a small town in Northeastern Wisconsin where on just about any night coyotes would serenade me to sleep. My family and neighbors were simple country folk and pronounced that word "cuy yoot". When I got to high school an (educated) teacher told us that we were pronouncing the word incorrectly, that since it was a Spanish word it should be pronounced "cuy yoo tay". (Since Spanish did not much participate in the Great Vowel Shift the vowel "e" is still pronounced "ay".) As I moved on in life I too began to pronounce it "cuy yoo tay" after all I had aught to emulate my betters. Over the years I grew to have quite an interest in etymology and languages in general. Imagine my chagrin when I looked up the etymology of Coyote and found that 'twas not a Spanish but rather a Nahuatl word. Further the pronunciation in Nahuatl is much more like "cuy yoot" Quoting from The other OED (Online Etymology Dictionary)
" coyote (n.)
common prairie-wolf of western North America, 1759, American English, from Mexican Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) coyotl. Noted for its howling at night. "
So do not criticize anyone for pronouncing it Cuy yoot, Their pronunciation is more correct than your own.
Interesting history! I've always loved the way the word sounds, no matter how it's said.
I usually pronounce it 'yotes or song dogs.
They don’t howl at night. Wolves do. Coyotes yelp
@@SamClemens-n9q I call it "yipping."
Very Wile E.
My Brethren...💪
The one, and only. Actually, there's hundreds of thousands, but you get my drift! 🐾
San Francisco has coyotes. They tried to get rid of them but they’re here to stay. There has even been pictures of them at night crossing the Golden Gate Bridge.
They are resilient 🐾
We live in the boonies and have multiple families of coyotes around us and when they talk at night , it’s pretty cool , they’ll go back and fourth for several minutes .
Song dogs! 🐾