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2006-11-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Grim Milestone: Coyote attacks in Tucson suburb up to 7

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Posted by Jackal 2006-11-15 11:21|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Quagmire!

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-15 11:38|| 2006-11-15 11:38|| Front Page Top

#2 maybe they are just angry because they keep shooting their friends.

Posted by anon 2006-11-15 11:41|| 2006-11-15 11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I, for one, welcome our new Canine Overlords.

Posted by Kent Brockman 2006-11-15 11:57|| 2006-11-15 11:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Strange. Generally, Coyotes take off whenever they are seen by people. However, they can breed with some types of domestic dogs, and cross-breeding would change behavior.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-15 11:59|| 2006-11-15 11:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Can we breed them and deploy them along the whole border? Assuming they like Mexican food.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-11-15 12:11|| 2006-11-15 12:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Caninetafada? Oh dear. But if the idiots were feeding them, and then somebody didn't... they're just lucky stupidity doesn't always have a Darwinian outcome.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-15 12:18|| 2006-11-15 12:18|| Front Page Top

#7 lol, TW! Why do I have a mental image of you feeding a coyote tea and crumpets?

Posted by BA 2006-11-15 14:18|| 2006-11-15 14:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Coyotes can't read, they thought the new 'ACME' warehouse was open and they were just in buying supplies for catching road runnerus fastimaximus.

Posted by USN, ret. 2006-11-15 14:47|| 2006-11-15 14:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Coyotes are one of the few species to actually do better once people move in to their environments. The locals probably aren't feeding them in the way most of us think, however....coyotes are scavengers after all. Must be some fine garbage pickin' in the neighborhood (along with a few tasty cats and small dogs.)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-11-15 18:51|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-11-15 18:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Since Oregon banned hunting mountain loins with dogs, the mountain loin population is rapidly increasing. And mountain loin foraging in the suburbs is way up, with a lot of Fluffies, Snowballs, and Rovers ending up as takeout for the visitors.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-15 18:56|| 2006-11-15 18:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Tea and crumpets, BA? Only if they come to the table and sit up nicely like ladies and gentlemen. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-15 18:58|| 2006-11-15 18:58|| Front Page Top

#12 I work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, just a stone's throw away from UC-Berkeley and the city itself.

We have had reliable mountain lion sightings on-site within the last month, evidece of a mountain lion deer kill on-site within the last 3 months, and additional evidence that the lab is home or host to at least 1 mountain lion for at least the last 3-5 years.

Whenever and wherever you have deer or evidence of deer, according to local wildlife experts, you are within the hunting range (in CA at least) of at least 1 mountain lion.

I personally saw a dead coyote on the road to work in the hills along Kirker Pass Road above Pittsburg, CA just the other night.

We regularly hear of coyotes in the outskirts of where I live in Antioch, CA.

"Life finds a way."

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-11-15 20:05|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-11-15 20:05|| Front Page Top

#13 I have a pack living about 4 houses down.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-11-15 23:50|| 2006-11-15 23:50|| Front Page Top

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