The article speculates that this coyote might attempt to establish a pack on Alcatraz, by calling until a mate makes the same 1.5 mile swim in treacherous cold water.

I wish everyone the best of luck here, but I can't shake the image of the lonely guy unwittingly calling young females in proestrus to their likely deaths. An appropriately gender-swapped Coyote Siren of Alcatraz.

Maybe female coyotes are smart enough to understand SF Bay tides and currents, or just to ignore the crazy loud guy. I sure hope so.

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MomsAVoxell 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It seems too good to be true, honestly. The idea that this is how nature works, that it is indeed so metal, and it is actually just we, puny humans, who find the swim so treacherous in the pursuit of lust and eventually love. I’d swim to Alcatraz for pussy, if it was the only pussy for hundreds of kilometers around. I suppose.

Alcatraz being the last place on Earth I would expect to see such savage beauty is of no consequence to the fact that it is we, humans, who make Alcatraz so treacherous. Mother Nature sees it as an opportunity to breed hella puppies.

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jollyllama 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

On the other hand, he's certainly proved his physical fitness by completing the trip.

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quesera 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Well I don't mean to hope for his loneliness.

I guess I hope that not too many suitresses are lost to the passion before he finds his mate of elevated luck and/or constitution.

Any resulting pups are going to have to make some difficult decisions though.

(Actually, assuming he's alive and found, relocating him is probably the most humane option)

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layman51 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Right, I don’t know much about coyotes but it seems like Alcatraz Island is too small and too touristy for a coyote to breed there.

	▲	quesera 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Most of the island is off-limits to tourists. It's administered by the National Park Service. Coyotes are territorial and usually have fairly large ranges. Alcatraz is small, but probably big enough to keep a breeding coyote pair well-fed and mostly out of the way of humans. But the younguns will need their own territory after a year or so, and needing to cross the Bay to Marin or SF City would be have very low rates of success!