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Do you hear coyotes regularly? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Their crazy songs are one of my favorite things about living in a rural area. They sound like a roving dog rave! So much yipping and screaming, so much energy, it's thrilling every time I hear them.

What crazy shit are they getting up to out there?!? Why do they sometimes sound like they're just a roving party and other times like they're the actual Wild Hunt?!

I know they want to eat my chickens, guineas, and probably also my cats, but they're just having such a good time out there that I can't be mad about it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My impression of them is that they are very shy, too. They'll get close by me when I'm out camping but the second i move abruptly or make any sort of noise, they head for the hills. Ive never once felt threatened by one, or even a group of them. Theyre just sort of there on the periphery.

I have to think that when it does happen it’s because the animal is starving, desperate, or something like that to cause them to act out of their norms. I blame human encroachment, solely.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Occasional desperation instead of general boldness makes a lot more sense!

Whew, I can't imagine what that would be like. I've never had a dog small enough that a coyote could just whisk it away, and the confusion and horror that would result from that kind of seemingly-random attack would be so hard to deal with!

I can totally understand why some people are super scared of them.