Un freaking believable!!

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I didn't shoot the photos, but. . .
A brother and sister were driving on Interstate 80 near the Utah-Nevada border when a coyote ran out in front of them. They hit it doing 75 mph and assumed that was the end of the desert dog. When they got to their destination 600 miles down the road they checked to see how much damage was done by the hit. The guy saw what looked like fur in the grill and tried to poke out what he thought was pieces of coyote with a stick. Then the fur moved!
The front end of the car had to be disassembled to remove the very much alive coyote who had been sucked up into the area between the grill and the radiator of the car. The coyote only had a couple of minor cuts and abrasions.
Wayne

[Randy]

ACME let him get by unscathed in his pursuit of the roadrunner this time!

[photax]

If i did not not see this pictures, i would not believe this story !

Mik

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The story actually ran in the MAIL in the U.K. People on their forum were complaining because the driver did not stop immediatly to chewck on the condition of the animal. But they were on one of the most desolate stretches of road in the U.S. at 1 a.m. in the morning. What if they had found the coyote beside the road, injured and scared? Unless they had a gun, not much of anything.

Many people don't understand how huge the American West is and how far it can be between civilized spots.

I've always had a lot of respect for Coyotes. They are one of nature's most adaptable animals and are real survivors (obviously). When I was in my teens I drove a rockpicker during the summer. It was a big machine pulled by a tractor that picked up rocks off deser land that was being improved. Every morning a pair of coyotes would show up. As soon as the tractor started moving they would follow along behind grabbing the mice that the rockpicker uncovered as it tore up the ground. If I stopped the tractor to coyotes would move off 100 yards or so, sit and watch we. When the tractor started moving again, they would return to catching mice.

Wayne

[nikonbob]

Yea, a real miracle for the coyote just unbelievable. My wife is a real animal lover and was upset when something ran into the car late at night on the highway and I did not stop. I just asked her if she wished me to dispatch the possibly wounded animal with a tire iron considering that is all we had to do the job with. Either way not a pleasant situation. On a major highway here there is a stretch that has nothing for 120 kms and I mean nothing. That is Kings Highway 11 between Longlac and Hearst Ontario.

Bob

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Someone here suggested the Coyote got hit because he was in the middle of the road pouring out bird seed laced with iron pellets so he could catch the Roadrunner using a magnet. Then he looked up and Beep! Beep! *@%$$$$$

Wayne

[mickeyobe]

Coyotes are becoming a problem in Toronto. With our river valleys and extensive, forested ravine systems they are hard to find and send packing.
They have snatched pet dogs and cats and have attacked a person.
They are able to leap most backyard fences and can even climb chain link fences.
No matter what has been tried they always manage to outsmart their pursuers.
Little children are considered to be in danger.
So far, no one has come up with a solution but I would hate to see them destroyed if they can be safely controlled.

Another wildlife tale.
Yesterday morning a young doe found its way to the heart of Toronto's very busy downtown. After wandering past Union Station and The Royal York Hotel it eventually found some bushes on a patch of lawn where it seemed content to stay.
Several dozen police and firemen came with what looked to me like a tennis or volleyball net. Then the head vet of The Toronto Zoo arrived.
They did not want to startle it and cause it to run into the heavy traffic. Chaos could have ensued.
The vet shot it with a tranquilzer dart whereupon it started to run.
The police shot it twice with a taser. That knocked it over and they captured it. It took over four hours to get her.
It has been released into the bush where it belongs and seems healthy and content.
It is a beautiful animal.

Mickey

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Coyotes consider house cats the "Other white meat." The have adapted to urban sprawl better than any other wild animal. We've had them pass through our subdivision on occasion. They even hang out withing blocks of downdown LA. One reason the one went through that little opening in the nose of the car is that they are much smaller than they appear. Get a Coyote's fur wet and there isn't much there.

[nikonbob]

Wayne

You said they are adaptable and that probably explains why they are one of the few North American wild animals to have vastly expanded their natural range in the last 50 years. You really have to give them credit.

Bob

[hurriken]

I live in the suburbs of Chicago and we see them on a regular basis. There are no stray cats around here. There has also been frequent sightings of a large (estimated 7ft long)roaming the area. There is a picture of it but you cannot ID the species from the photo.

By the way, I never leave my dog outside alone after dark.

[Randy]

We have tons of cayutes here in Northeast Ohio. They run with wild dogs here. Some say they have seen wolves here also.

[nikonbob]

We have them here too and people refer to them as brush wolves as opposed to timber wolves, the real deal, which we also have. Yea, your pets aren't safe from either.

Bob

[mickeyobe]

So far as I know there have been no wolves here.

With the exception of those that whistle at passing girls.

Mickey

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In central and northern Idaho they reintroduced wolves about 10 years ago--they had been extinct since the 1920s or '30s. They have multiplied to the point where there was a season for them this year to thin down the packs. It was to the point where the elk population was dropping and bulls wouldn't even bugle in some areas because they would almost immediately be attacked by wolves. Folks also learned quickly that they nedded to keep their dogs with them and not let them roam as they often disappeared. Even the coyote populations were going down snf if a coyote can't survive things are getting pretty serious.

[nikonbob]

Don't worry, we have plenty more wolves we can lend you should you run short again.

Bob