| ▲ | mekdoonggi 3 hours ago |
| I wonder if we stopped trying to eradicate coyotes we might have an easier time with rats. I personally would rather see a coyote than a rat. |
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| ▲ | WalterBright 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| Around here the coyotes eat mice. I'll see a golf ball size blob of crushed bones and fur on the driveway now and then. A few years ago, a coyote mom with her 5 pups set up shop on my front lawn. She'd keep a weather eye on me, and me on her, and we got along fine. Over the summer, the number of pups dwindled. I saw a severed head of one a ways away, I think it was done by an eagle. I think only 2 survived the summer. I sometimes see 6 eagles at a time circling overhead. One flew by so close I could have touched its wingtip. Wow! A bobcat lives nearby. I see his tracks in the snow, and saw him a couple times. I live well within the Seattle metropolitan area. Isn't it amazing? |
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| ▲ | OptionOfT 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This inevitably brings us to the story of the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone, and how they eat the deer which brings back a whole new slew of changes. |
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| ▲ | bragr 24 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Not to be downer, but recent studies have not corroborated those effects. >One of the most celebrated claims about Yellowstone’s wolves is facing a major challenge. Scientists say the study behind the famous trophic cascade story relied on flawed methods that overstated the ecological impact of wolf recovery. Their reanalysis found no evidence for a dramatic, park-wide surge in willow growth. Instead, the effects appear smaller and vary from place to place. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260613215510.h... | | |
| ▲ | mekdoonggi 20 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Is there a word for a popular misconception that nonetheless produces a positive result? The understanding by the public of the effects could be completely wrong, but the reintroduction of wolves and the restoration of Yellowstone are still good things. |
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| ▲ | hephaes7us an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Farmers and pet-owners might prefer the rats. |
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| ▲ | cmrdporcupine an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Coyote populations are climbing, not shrinking. |
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| ▲ | mekdoonggi 19 minutes ago | parent [-] | | I know, which makes our attempts at killing them even dumber. | | |
| ▲ | cmrdporcupine 18 minutes ago | parent [-] | | The problem is they've grown accustomed to urban environments, are way more fearless than they used to be. I live rural (Ontario) and we hear but never see them. But if you go into town, they're a frequent occurrence. Grabbing people's pets and stuff. If it was just foxes... fine. But coyotes can be a problem. | | |
| ▲ | WalterBright 13 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Once an owl sat on the porch railing, looking into the window. It was huge! What a magnificent sight. |
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| ▲ | sidewndr46 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| fox eat rats too |
