Wired has an article up about urban coyotes:
...coyotes are thriving in city suburbs like Itasca and Palatine Village, and have even been spotted in the heart of Chicago's metropolitan area.
They've also been sighted in other major urban areas, including St. Louis, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland and Boston, Gehrt said -- a result, in part, of increased urban sprawl and coyotes' adaptability.
Update: It's been pointed out to me that Seed has already covered this topic.
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Man, SEED so totally already covered that topic.
yes, but that was before was officially blogging for them, so you can't blame me for missing it.
A pack of coyotes lives literally across the street from my workplace in suburban Dallas. And one of the few remaining farm/ranchsteads in the nearly-built-out city where I live (Plano, Texas) recently converted from raising sheep to llamas, due to coyote predation. The llamas are much more aggressive in defending against predators.
Has anyone read the book "Dogs" by Raymond and Lorna Coppinger? The thesis they present is that dogs are a sub species of wolf which adapted to scavenging from human settlements. The main adaptation being a lack of fear of humans which allowed them to hang around and eat in human settlements. This scavanger was then domesticated by humans. It's an interesting theory of canine origins. I wonder if these urban coyotes are undergoing a similar adaption?