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Thread #135235 Message #3083288
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
27-Jan-11 - 08:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: Some Coyote Information
Subject: RE: BS: Some Coyote Information
Coyotes are weird critters....
A few years back, on a round-trip from Pensacola, Florida to Jacksonville, Florida (350 miles), Interstate 10 was literally littered with road-killed coyote carcasses. It's not uncommon to see an occasional road-kill along that stretch, but on this particular trip there was one every three or four miles, on average. It was like some sort of mass hysteria dulled their normally keen survival instinct and drew them to the highway to be run over.
And coyotes have a sweet tooth. Our friend Phil tried growing watermelons for market a few years back, and every time a few would reach the ripe stage, they'd disappear from his field. He thought it was neighborhood kids until he was walking through nearby woods scouting deadfalls for firewood and came across a clearing where he found the remains of his lost watermelons, each with clear canine fang marks.