Diane K. Boyd
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The animal up in the northeastern part of the U.S. is called a coy wolf, and it's a coyote mixed with a wolf of unknown origin mixed with dogs. And there's lots of theories out there, and I'm not up on the most current theory. The original wolf up there was more like the red wolf. Then you get down here and down in Louisiana, Texas, Florida.
The animal up in the northeastern part of the U.S. is called a coy wolf, and it's a coyote mixed with a wolf of unknown origin mixed with dogs. And there's lots of theories out there, and I'm not up on the most current theory. The original wolf up there was more like the red wolf. Then you get down here and down in Louisiana, Texas, Florida.
The animal up in the northeastern part of the U.S. is called a coy wolf, and it's a coyote mixed with a wolf of unknown origin mixed with dogs. And there's lots of theories out there, and I'm not up on the most current theory. The original wolf up there was more like the red wolf. Then you get down here and down in Louisiana, Texas, Florida.
There were red wolves, and now they're just at the alligator refuge in North Carolina. But those are being bred almost out of existence because they're hybridizing with coyotes.
There were red wolves, and now they're just at the alligator refuge in North Carolina. But those are being bred almost out of existence because they're hybridizing with coyotes.
There were red wolves, and now they're just at the alligator refuge in North Carolina. But those are being bred almost out of existence because they're hybridizing with coyotes.
Well, up in the Great Lakes, if you look at those wolves, that's where he started doing wolf stuff, they look a little bit like coyote. And the mitochondrial DNA shows some traces of coyote. But it's very uncommon. When a wolf encounters a coyote, they kill it.
Well, up in the Great Lakes, if you look at those wolves, that's where he started doing wolf stuff, they look a little bit like coyote. And the mitochondrial DNA shows some traces of coyote. But it's very uncommon. When a wolf encounters a coyote, they kill it.
Well, up in the Great Lakes, if you look at those wolves, that's where he started doing wolf stuff, they look a little bit like coyote. And the mitochondrial DNA shows some traces of coyote. But it's very uncommon. When a wolf encounters a coyote, they kill it.
So they were, I mean, so you get a fox, it's like 10 pounds. You get a coyote, it's like 30 pounds. You get a wolf, it's 90 to 100 pounds. It's about three times between each step. And so the ones that are closest, so for coyotes, the foxes are a threat. They kill them. For the wolves, the coyotes are a threat and they kill them.
So they were, I mean, so you get a fox, it's like 10 pounds. You get a coyote, it's like 30 pounds. You get a wolf, it's 90 to 100 pounds. It's about three times between each step. And so the ones that are closest, so for coyotes, the foxes are a threat. They kill them. For the wolves, the coyotes are a threat and they kill them.
So they were, I mean, so you get a fox, it's like 10 pounds. You get a coyote, it's like 30 pounds. You get a wolf, it's 90 to 100 pounds. It's about three times between each step. And so the ones that are closest, so for coyotes, the foxes are a threat. They kill them. For the wolves, the coyotes are a threat and they kill them.
But a 100-pound wolf and a 10-pound fox, it might be a nuisance and you let it scavenge. But it's not a threat to you.
But a 100-pound wolf and a 10-pound fox, it might be a nuisance and you let it scavenge. But it's not a threat to you.
But a 100-pound wolf and a 10-pound fox, it might be a nuisance and you let it scavenge. But it's not a threat to you.
Exactly. So when wolves come back on the landscape, it happened up where we are, happened at Yellowstone, where it's just been a coyote economy since the wolves were taken out. Coyotes rule, right? I love coyotes too, but I shouldn't say love. I really respect them.