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Old 12-29-2010, 05:01 PM   #24
skysidhe
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
Holy shit, that's huge for your neck of the woods. PA coyotes came across the heartland and run about 50 lbs. Further north, they came across Canada and interbred with wolves, so they run up to 75 lbs.

Coyotes have been displacing Red Foxes around here, since they like the same habitat. The Coyotes are bigger/tougher, plus the Red Foxes have been decimated by rabies.
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Originally Posted by SPUCK View Post
Here's a shot I took of some doggies.. They wanted to visit Mr. Beaver but he wasn't having any of it.

I thought they were actually wolves. But that one on the mound looks sort of coyotish.
Interesting bit of evolution. Thanks for posting that picture.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32976657...ience-science/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coywolf
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