Posted on 10/26/2009 6:16:18 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
Daniel East and his sister, Tevyn, were driving at night along Interstate 80 near the Nevada-Utah earlier this month, when their car slammed into a coyote that scurried in their path, reported Rex Features.
Believing there was no way the wild animal could survive the 75 mph collision, the pair kept driving for eight more hours to their destination, where they finally inspected the damage to their car.
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THAT is not an animal that got “hit” nor is the front of that minivan a vehicle that “hit” an animal at 75mph.
“They like all animals are cute when little. Grown up are mangy and NOT cute.”
The ones I’ve seen out here in the West are large, well fed and look like beautifully groomed German Shepard dogs. Quite the predators.
No more “balloon boy” sagas, please.
This is what happens when an ecosystem is put out of balance by humans hunting one animal to extinction or near extinction. There was a time when wolves lived across the entire north American Continent. When humans wiped out the wolf population, there was no other predators to compete with the coyote. So the coyote filled in the niche left by the wolves. Wolves didn’t just compete with the coyotes for prey, they also killed coyotes they found in their territory. Without wolves to keep them in check, the coyote has out bred its habitat and being so adaptable they are now invading suburbia.
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