I say Ca-yo-tee, you say Cay-ote

[lumineaux]

All about the coyote, particularly those reappearing on the East Coast: 

Science

Mysteries That Howl and Hunt

By CAROL KAESUK YOON

Published: September 27, 2010

Despite coyotes’ growing urban presence, we have trouble understanding them, counting them — even defining them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/science/28coyotes.html


I am not surprised that all of the species in the genus Canis can interbreed.  Dogs and their kinfolks are the ultimate opportunists.

Comments

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

*Land Shark*

[harpduchess.livejournal.com]

Don't know why they were surprised to find domestic dog DNA. When I lived in Vermont, it was tacitly assumed that if you heard/saw coyotes they were more likely 'coydogs' than purebred coyotes. Here in southern NE, where most people neuter their dogs, a coyote is probably all coyote.

I don't hear it too often these days, but I always enjoy listening to coyotes 'sing'.