Dec 24, 2010: Coyote on Ice

xoxoxoBruce · 12-23-2010, 11:24 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen... and children of all ages... here for your eating pleasure...
direct from a chilling performance on Lake Michigan...

HOLLY COYOTE!!

Quote:

Rescue workers were called at around 9.30am when passers by spotted the coyote on a block of ice.
Helicopter camera crews recorded the event. At one point, the coyote jumped off the ice and tried to
swim to shore in the zero-degree Celsius water. The animal then climbed on a another ice flow, said
Larry Langford, fire department spokesman, before being pulled to safety.

Why Holly? That's the name the rescuers gave it.
No word if the coyote approved.

link

SPUCK · 12-24-2010, 04:42 AM

Damn, those are tough suckers!

He must've missed the ferry.

--------------------------------------------------------
Trying to sneak across the border.

Trilby · 12-24-2010, 08:13 AM

I kept chanting, "Please don't be a dead coyote, please don't be a dead coyote..." and I got my wish.

maybe today will be better than I think.

*fervent wish*

Griff · 12-24-2010, 08:33 AM

It could have been very sad, but now he's in prison.

monster · 12-24-2010, 10:33 AM

Looks like that coyote needs warming up a little. maybe a slow roast at 350....

Shawnee123 · 12-24-2010, 10:40 AM

I would cuddle her sweet little face right off. Poor baby girl. Holly Holy, indeed.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-24-2010, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

I kept chanting, "Please don't be a dead coyote, please don't be a dead coyote..." and I got my wish.

maybe today will be better than I think.

*fervent wish*

Would I do that to you...

TheMercenary · 12-24-2010, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPUCK

He must've missed the ferry.

Gravdigr · 12-24-2010, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I would cuddle her sweet little face right off.

She would do the same to you.

And by "cuddle", I mean gnaw.

wolf · 12-24-2010, 01:21 PM

Interesting. Usually he just slams into the rock wall where he'd painted a tunnel only moments ago.

Lamplighter · 12-24-2010, 01:49 PM

Warren Peas · 12-25-2010, 08:44 PM

Sorry kiddies. I've no love for vermin coyote. They're opportunist killers. Many a family have lost a much loved cat or pooch to these critters. They're survivors, don't need our help other than to let our pets out at night for their dining pleasure.

Diaphone Jim · 12-26-2010, 11:49 AM

Mr. Peas: In which millennium B.C. did you move to your neighborhood to predate the arrival of these "vermin coyote(s)?"
A guy moved in across the lane a few years back and thought it was wonderful to achieve a long standing dream of living in the country and keeping his own chickens. He built perches on his front porch and was angered to find the local raccoons liked them, too.
He wanted to borrow a gun or two to deal with them. I offered to help him build a coop, instead.

Lamplighter · 12-26-2010, 12:13 PM

We too have coyotes in our neighborhood, and raccoons.

And I too find myself worried about a confrontation between our dog and the "wild critters".
Of course they can all carry rabies, and I don't advocate trying to pet them.
I'm even bothered by a currently running commercial showing a woman calling a raccoon
into her bedroom (for some stupid reason) to sell some product.

But I'm quite willing to believe that the diet of coyotes,
either in the true wilds or in our more civilized neighborhoods,
is much more composed of rodents and other wild critters
than of pet cats, puppies, or young children.

Adak · 12-26-2010, 01:10 PM

If they're around city folk, they very quickly learn to expect "hand outs", from owners who leave their pets outside.

Whether inside a fenced yard (6 ft fence is nothing for them to jump over), on the front porch or rear patio, doesn't matter. The SPCA doesn't get many calls to pick up stray cats or dogs - coyotes get them first.

It makes sense from a predators POV of course. A plump pug inside a 5 ft. high fence is so much easier to catch, than a jackrabbit in the wild. The culverts and flash flood control canals make excellent "highways" for them to travel along at night, avoid cars, and quickly sweep into a suburb.

I applaud the rescue to stop this suffering, but since the coyotes have killed so many pets, and even a few people, I'd have no problem if they stopped "Holly's" suffering more permanently.

12-24-2010, 08:13 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I kept chanting, "Please don't be a dead coyote, please don't be a dead coyote..." and I got my wish. maybe today will be better than I think. fervent wish __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-24-2010, 08:33 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It could have been very sad, but now he's in prison. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-24-2010, 10:33 AM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Looks like that coyote needs warming up a little. maybe a slow roast at 350.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-24-2010, 10:40 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I would cuddle her sweet little face right off. Poor baby girl. Holly Holy, indeed. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-24-2010, 01:21 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Interesting. Usually he just slams into the rock wall where he'd painted a tunnel only moments ago. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-24-2010, 04:42 AM	#2
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Damn, those are tough suckers! He must've missed the ferry. -------------------------------------------------------- Trying to sneak across the border.

12-24-2010, 01:49 PM	#11
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402

12-25-2010, 08:44 PM	#12
Warren Peas Dog O'Nine Tails Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 20	Sorry kiddies. I've no love for vermin coyote. They're opportunist killers. Many a family have lost a much loved cat or pooch to these critters. They're survivors, don't need our help other than to let our pets out at night for their dining pleasure.

12-26-2010, 11:49 AM	#13
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Mr. Peas: In which millennium B.C. did you move to your neighborhood to predate the arrival of these "vermin coyote(s)?" A guy moved in across the lane a few years back and thought it was wonderful to achieve a long standing dream of living in the country and keeping his own chickens. He built perches on his front porch and was angered to find the local raccoons liked them, too. He wanted to borrow a gun or two to deal with them. I offered to help him build a coop, instead.

12-26-2010, 12:13 PM	#14
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	We too have coyotes in our neighborhood, and raccoons. And I too find myself worried about a confrontation between our dog and the "wild critters". Of course they can all carry rabies, and I don't advocate trying to pet them. I'm even bothered by a currently running commercial showing a woman calling a raccoon into her bedroom (for some stupid reason) to sell some product. But I'm quite willing to believe that the diet of coyotes, either in the true wilds or in our more civilized neighborhoods, is much more composed of rodents and other wild critters than of pet cats, puppies, or young children.

12-26-2010, 01:10 PM	#15
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	If they're around city folk, they very quickly learn to expect "hand outs", from owners who leave their pets outside. Whether inside a fenced yard (6 ft fence is nothing for them to jump over), on the front porch or rear patio, doesn't matter. The SPCA doesn't get many calls to pick up stray cats or dogs - coyotes get them first. It makes sense from a predators POV of course. A plump pug inside a 5 ft. high fence is so much easier to catch, than a jackrabbit in the wild. The culverts and flash flood control canals make excellent "highways" for them to travel along at night, avoid cars, and quickly sweep into a suburb. I applaud the rescue to stop this suffering, but since the coyotes have killed so many pets, and even a few people, I'd have no problem if they stopped "Holly's" suffering more permanently.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)