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Help[Opinions] Re: Coyote
in reply to a message by Ani
The immigrant-smuggling, the Wile E. Coyote, the general reputation of coyotes as being at best, tricksters (who usually get their comeuppance) and at worse as vermin. I think that's why it never really caught on as a name.
Really, names like Fox and Bear didn't really "catch on" in a very meaningful sense either except with the painfully hip-celebrity types.
FYI, there are now coyotes in Delaware. The only state without them is of course Hawaii. There are now more of them in the US than there were in colonial times, because they are extremely adaptable and don't care much about their surroundings or the proximity of people. They got started in neighboring Maryland by being deliberately introduced to help control rodents, but they preferred to kill chickens and pets and were way more trouble than they were worth.
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Really, names like Fox and Bear didn't really "catch on" in a very meaningful sense either except with the painfully hip-celebrity types.
FYI, there are now coyotes in Delaware. The only state without them is of course Hawaii. There are now more of them in the US than there were in colonial times, because they are extremely adaptable and don't care much about their surroundings or the proximity of people. They got started in neighboring Maryland by being deliberately introduced to help control rodents, but they preferred to kill chickens and pets and were way more trouble than they were worth.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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Yes, I heard they were brought over by a farmer to keep the birds away or something like that.
I was turning into my work parking lot, which is in a strip of businesses off a busy road with not so much as a tree in sight, and one ran right in front of my car and into the lot!
As many as there are, I haven't seen one in a long time. Just moved back to suburban-rural Illinois from an urban area of Texas.
I think if not for the connection to smuggling there'd be at least more of an interest personally, not for use but for playing around with.
I was turning into my work parking lot, which is in a strip of businesses off a busy road with not so much as a tree in sight, and one ran right in front of my car and into the lot!
As many as there are, I haven't seen one in a long time. Just moved back to suburban-rural Illinois from an urban area of Texas.
I think if not for the connection to smuggling there'd be at least more of an interest personally, not for use but for playing around with.
There's been several sightings of one, or maybe it's more than one coyote in my mother's development. One crossed the road in front of my car too.
Tell you what, the ones I've seen aren't nearly as pretty as foxes. We have some gray foxes living under the shed. Every now and then I'll see one, and they are gorgeous, though of course the red ones are the prettiest.
Tell you what, the ones I've seen aren't nearly as pretty as foxes. We have some gray foxes living under the shed. Every now and then I'll see one, and they are gorgeous, though of course the red ones are the prettiest.
I've seen red foxes a couple times as a kid! :) They really are lovely. I haven't seen a gray! You'll have to snap some pictures to the lounge