[jazusamo]

JON WAY/EASTERNCOYOTERESEARCH.COM

Wolves and coyotes are interbreeding to create an animal that has

the pack-hunting instinct of wolves and the fearlessness of coyotes.

[jazusamo]

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[jazusamo]

Coywolf Ping!

[11Bush]

We're seeing "evolution in action," he says.

This guy calls himself a scientist? This is as much evolution as a Mule is.

No, I am not a creationist, just someone who knows science when he sees it and this aint it.

[onedoug]

de-evolute ‘em

[bareford101]

“evolution in action”, yes because they are the same species. Species often intermingle...done with prize dogs all the time.

Your not looking at a mountain lion and a wolf evolving...

[Jeffrey_D.]

“We’re seeing “evolution in action,” says Trent University geneticist Bradley White.

More likely some good ole boy foolin with mother nature.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This is an extremely dangerous animal and should be destroyed immediately.

Wolves have a great degree of raw intelligence and pack coordination to conduct elaborate hunting operations. They are intellectually on the same par as a five year old child. But they go to great lengths to avoid human contact.

Coyotes have a different order of intelligence, entirely. They are expert tacticians, and will plan and execute schemes which they will fearlessly use against humans. They will even pretend to be friendly and have no problem operating in suburban or even urban areas.

These two mixed together would likely defeat an equal number of large fighting dogs, and an armed adult human would have to be very careful to avoid any area with concealment, lest they be attacked by several animals from several directions at once. It is likely that they would even take the human’s weapon into account in their strategy.

Any area where these animals are sighted should be placed off limits for foot travel until they can be eliminated.

[JeanLM]

I live in Mountain Top Pa. Last winter I was cross country skiing in a snow storm late one night and was tracked by a group of these critters. Guy who works for me trapped one and it weighed 65 pounds. Have a picture of it somewhere. A pack of 65 pound crafty animals is pretty scary.

[GoldenPup]

The Boy coyotes must run around lugging small step ladders!!

Girl coyotes must run around sporting big grins!!

[fso301]

"As a biologist I find it hard to explain how a coyote brings down a 900-pound steer."

Does a steer ever have a phase of life where it's known as a calf??

[cherry]

“coydogs” have been suspected for some time.....what happened to that phenonmenon?

[GOPPachyderm]

Ping to Tgal

[marktwain]

Saying that wolves, coyotes, and dogs are all separate species is a mistake. If they interbreed and produce viable offspring, they should be considered members of the same species.

That used to be the official definition of a species, but with so much political power to be gained by specifying variants of a species as *endangered species*, the definition has morphed into anything a judge wants it to be to mollify watermelon (green on the outside, red on the inside) activists.

[50cal Smokepole]

Another example of bunny-hugger mentality. It's all the evil human’s fault. I'm a true conservationist: I hunt and fish. I understand my role in nature. As for these dogs, I prescribe high velocity lead poisoning. (Might even make a nice pelt. Helluva lap blanket for the wife.)

[freedomfiter2]

Coyotes, wolves and dogs are all the same species. That’s why they can successfully interbreed.

[charmedone]

Er, eh, ah, Coyotes hunt in packs!

[Fichori]

“We're seeing "evolution in action," he says.”

There is truth in Mr. White's statement in that there are dozens of interwoven and contradicting definitions of Evolution.

IOW, Evolution is whatever you need it to be to support your research and to acquire more funding.

“"In many ways, this animal is a creation of human impact on the planet," says White.”

What the ? (how does that work?)

Of course, under one of the definitions of Evolution, a scientist with impossibly fine tweezers manipulating genetic information technically falls under the heading Evolution.


My only question, can these critters be hunted?

[Oztrich Boy]

Yes and yes. It's a "coywolf."

"Coywolf" sounds girly. It's a Wolfote!

[Terriergal]

We're seeing "evolution in action," he says. LOL I bet if you crossed a great dane with a mastiff they wouldn't say we're seeing evolution in action. What a joke.

[Terriergal]

btw they look like they’d make a nice coat.