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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:39 AM Original message |
Coyotes kill Toronto singer in Cape Breton |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Huh? That makes no sense. nt |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Every Coyote I've seen is small. Can't imagine 2 killing an average sized person |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. And they're not aggressive unless you do something stupid or aggressive. nt |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Rabid or some other illness? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Yes, that certainly could do it. nt |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
80. Rabies came to mind when I read this. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. There's a Wily E. joke here somewhere... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Or a Joni Mitchell Song |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. What about these? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. Whoa. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. First incident like that I'd ever heard of, and I've lived near it for 28 years |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:19 PM Original message |
Oh brother. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. +1 |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Honestly? yeah |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Deleted message |
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Animals are stressed to the max these days too.. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Confer on the matter with Posteritatus (my other respondent). |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. How bizarre and tragic. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Neither had I. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Everyone's a critic |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. Obviously, this is horrible and tragic. But to attempt to find a silver lining, |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. Only time I've heard of coyotes attacking was in cases of rabies. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. She seems to have been a lovely person |
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mb7588a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. I hiked that very trail last August. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. we have coyotes here |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. I have to admit, this is the first time that I can remember hearing about a coyote attack. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The only one I have heard of was a year or so ago in Southern CA involving a toddler: |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. It is extremely rare for an adult to be attacked by coyotes. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. Coyote attacks on children happen every few years. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 04:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
81. From reading a comment above about moose in the area.. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. "Bancroft advises hikers to be alert and leave their iPods at home..also suggests carrying a knife"? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. pocketknife? useless. you won't have time to pull it out |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. I guess a survival knife couldn't hurt... but it seems dumb. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. I read a story in one of the outdoor mags ten or twelve years ago about a hunter who |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. What a horribly sad story. |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. then they randomly kill coyotes |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. nothing to do with revenge |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Does it occur to anyone that this could be disinformation, or |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. You're edging into full-blown paranoia with the first half of your speculation. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Being found under attack by coyotes often constitutes evidence of a coyote attack. (nt) |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Wow. Just wow. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Sorry, I couldn't go to the link. I was having computer trouble. So I didn't know that |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. (facepalm) |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. I've never heard of a coyote attacking humans, ever--let alone a "pack." |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #61 |
85. Really? Mother Nature: not just fluffy bunnies. Here's a few instances... |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. you don't understand wild animals |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Hahahahahahaha! |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #67 |
89. Tabasco, have you ever been to Virginia? Probably not since you're named after a hot sauce. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. UPDATE |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. I don't live in quivering fear either, but I do respect the fact that there are animals in |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Coyotes used to stalk me occasionally |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Read the story |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Coyotes were run out of the west so they moved east, using the nice dry |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Run out of the West? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Not all of them, but they were poisoned, and harassed to the point some |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. They've moved back into the suburb I live in n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. They come into Lexington Ky at night to hunt. If your cat disappears, it |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I can hear the pack singing at night from my house in Santa Barbara, which is about as far West... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. The ranchers and farmers on the great plains did their best to eradicate them, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. we have coyotes in my small town neighborhood in wa state. they weren't run off here. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #54 |
87. I believe the campaign was greatest in the plains. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
76. No such thing happened. Coyotes expanded as wolves were killed off |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 06:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
82. Must be a different Tobacco Curing than we use out here |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Coyote means "little brother" |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
68. Coyote is just the Spanish form of coyotl, |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. There is no such thing as a coyote around here any more. Just coyote/dog hybrids or coydogs |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
77. "Think about a couple of these coming at ya:" Um...she's wearing a collar |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. They usually go for smaller prey like pets and toddlers, but yes, a team of two could... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #40 |
73. We so wucky we live Kaneohe...no mo yotes...only mynahs and mongooses...and some small minds too |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Mynahs and mongooses nevah boddah me... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Most likely a RAT Republican't....LOL |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. We have a pack that howls in the open space behind our home every night. |
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Raffi Ella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. damn. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
50. Gee if we can get Celine Dion to take up hiking |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
51. "Hey, this doesn't taste like Dylan!" |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. I find the idea of coyotes killing anyone hard to believe. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Yep. Animals never kill people. nt |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Pretty rare that an animal between 20-40 lbs attacks a full grown adult. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Me too. I will be very surprised if it's not rabies. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
69. there were witnesses. nt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
63. They said on the news that they think she got between the coyotes |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
65. We are in the suburbs. A coyote ran across our front yard the other night. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. I've heard of being eaten by a wolf and shit over a cliff, but ... |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
70. Coyotes and wolves have interbred... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
71. EASTERN COYOTES ARE PART WOLF, PEOPLE! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. If that's the case, then I propose that we start calling them wolfotes |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 03:03 AM Response to Reply #71 |
78. When was the last time you heard of wolves attacking and killing a human? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
74. I never thought I'd say this... |
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Lost Jaguar (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
83. I've had experience with both Eastern and Western Coyotes... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
84. This is why.. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Let me add one thing.... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
86. That's bizarre. And sad. |
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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
90. the coyote apologists are out in force today! |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. oh are they? |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Lest you lump me in that group.... |
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