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Taylor Mitchell - Canadian country folk singer and songwriter who died at the age of 19 of injuries and blood loss after two eastern coyotes mauled her (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months ago

In 2022 a study by Stan Gehrt, wildlife ecologist at Ohio State University, was released that revealed the coyotes had been living on a diet of moose rather than their typical diet of smaller animals. It was concluded that the unavailability of smaller prey led the coyotes to become accustomed to large targets leading them to see the young woman as a potential food source.

Fascinating read, albeit sad

[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

How do coyotes take down a moose? Even if there's 5 of them??

[-] JeromeVancouver@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

As another poster already commented these coyotes were a much bigger breed than your typical coyote

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

okay but surely the coyotes weren't bigger than a moose. A moose can be bigger than a truck.

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah they're big, but they don't turn very quickly. If the coyotes can draw blood, they'd be able to make the moose bleed out eventually.

Also, there was an article like a decade ago about America's coyotes and one phrase really stuck with me: canis soup. The researchers used the term to describe all the interbreeding that was occurring with coyotes, wolves, and domestic/tame dogs. I only point this out to say that the 'coyotes' in this story may have had some wolf or pitbull in them.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Has anyone ever caught that on video?? A pitbull dog fucking a coyote? 😳

[-] tym@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

No, but I got this sweet video of a coyote fucking a pit bull! /s

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Watched a video of a single wolverine taking down a grown reindeer. It was brutal, took some time, but the little guy won.

(Don't watch that if you're not accustomed to nature "red in tooth and claw".)

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