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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.
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
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
