Tomorrow the world

[supergee]

Coyotes starting a new species.

Thanx to andrewducker

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[howlingsilence]

I was at the Living With Wildlife gathering in Toronto a few years ago when this incident was discussed. Apparently the "coyote" in question was a "coyote-like animal", genetics indeterminate. It's rare. There is no evidence that coywolves are more likely to be aggressive than either full-blooded coyotes or wolves.

[kaffy_r]

And I wasn't saying that coywolves - or coyotes or wolves, for that matter - were aggressive, even in that one unfortunate situation. What I said was that it was an unfortunate situation, and that the animals involved in it weren't aggressive; that they were undoubtedly trying to find food for their family. They aren't evil, or awful, or dangerous, or invading.

The animals are there; "rare" is a very mutable term (as is genetics, I'll warrant.)