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Started by jimmy olsen, September 20, 2014, 04:36:54 AM

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jimmy olsen

September 20, 2014, 04:36:54 AM
Coyote delenda est! Reintroduce the Grey Wolf! :mad:

http://retrieverman.net/2014/09/15/coyotes-have-crossed-the-panama-canal/

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Coyotes have crossed the Panama Canal

September 15, 2014 by retrieverman

A few years ago, I noted that it wouldn't be long before coyotes crossed the Panama Canal. I even made an April Fools prank that coyotes had even made it to Colombia.

It turns out that these animals are pretty darn hard to parody, because it turns out that an article recently published in the journal Checklist has documented their presence beyond the canal.

They are now South America bound. If they do make it to Colombia they will be the first wild Canis to be in found in South America since the dire wolf went extinct.

Researchers found that Panamanian coyotes prefer to inhabit cattle ranching areas, mainly because those areas are also where cougars and jaguars have largely been extirpated. The also readily prey upon poultry, calves, and small dogs in these areas.

The coyote now ranges from Labrador to Alaska south to Panama.

Right now, there are only two species of canid that can be found in both North and South America:  the bush dog, which could be a potential competitor for the southbound coyotes, and Urocyon gray fox, which has been given top billing on this site in recent months.

I would almost put my money that one day there will be three. Canis latrans keeps pushing the boundaries of what we think we know about it.

They aren't just survivors.

The are thrivers.

We kill off the big predators, and they sail in to exploit the new niches that are opened up.

We've come up with all sorts of creative ways to kill them, and they've just expanded– almost to spite us.

And you have to admire that.
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Caliga

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September 23, 2014, 07:03:52 AM
A few nights ago I heard a coyote take something around here... probably a chicken or small dog.
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Martinus

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September 23, 2014, 07:08:05 AM
Don't worry - they will just get bogged down in inane failed attempts to catch road runners.

Capetan Mihali

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September 23, 2014, 07:13:11 AM
They're just volunteers who got lost...
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Grey Fox

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September 23, 2014, 07:58:12 AM
Invasion is invasion.
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Malthus

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September 23, 2014, 08:11:27 AM
QuoteWe've come up with all sorts of creative ways to kill them, and they've just expanded– almost to spite us

Next thing you know, they will be comming back the other way with packages of cocaine clutched in their maws.
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derspiess

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September 23, 2014, 08:57:41 AM
They're cute animals.  I don't mind the noise they make outside my window at night.
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Capetan Mihali

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September 23, 2014, 11:40:34 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 23, 2014, 09:06:28 AM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 23, 2014, 07:13:11 AM
They're just volunteers who got lost...

:unsure:

Panama Canal : Russia-Ukraine border :: coyotes : Russian soldiers.
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Admiral Yi

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September 23, 2014, 11:42:14 AM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 23, 2014, 11:40:34 AM
Panama Canal : Russia-Ukraine border :: coyotes : Russian soldiers.

Since when are Russian soldiers coyotes? :unsure:

Valmy

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September 23, 2014, 11:49:15 AM
I take it Yi got a bad score on the Verbal section of the SAT.
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September 23, 2014, 11:49:44 AM
Hells no.  I crushed it.
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