Posted on 08/25/2021 10:17:23 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Vancouver coyotes attack people in Stanley Park, bite their own tails, and biologists don’t understand why
Vancouver coyote experts are using every tactic possible – not including catapults and dynamite – to try to solve the mystery of why these animals have attacked dozens of people in Stanley Park this year.
There may not be more than a dozen coyotes living in a four-square-mile park in Vancouver, but they have provincial and city employees chasing their tails in search of answers as to why the animals are so aggressive.
At the same time, the call to rid the park of coyotes is growing louder after nearly 40 cases have been reported since December 2020 of animals biting or showing aggression toward everyone from seniors to toddlers.
Paul Curtis, a professor and wildlife expert at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., has spent decades studying coyote aggression. His research, conducted in New York City parks 15 years ago, showed that people feeding animals that are territorial cause most aggression.
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“... I aint right in the head...”
And we LOVE you for it!!
They went crazy when forced to watch Biden on TV.
It’s the mushrooms!
Coyotes in the Hi-Desert tend to pack in the night time.
Packs of 50-100 weren’t uncommon.
Individually or in small pairs during the daytime they appear innocuous. In the evening, as they begin circling their prey, the pack picks up and gets dangerous.
“We have “coyotes” here [they’re freaking big wolf hybrids]”
Is that what they call a coywolf?
“a zillion black bears.”
I could use a zillion black bear robes. Gets cold here in the winter.
Yes, they’re coywolves and you are welcome to come and get as many bearskins as you want.
:D
I also found the shoe she lost sliding down the ditch and took it back to her.
Very nice people.
Bad dog is in lockdown, now.
:D
Do you have a bear season there?
Yes, after they caused so much misery in the western counties that the governor gave in.
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