Coyote Wolf Hybrids

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I read in the local paper that a study has confirmed that Coyote’s are in the Algonquin park area and have hunted older moose for food. While you sit back and think ha ha typical Canadian issues do you guy’s feel that animals intellect’s are becoming more advanced with time as science dictates?

Or are we just starting to pay more attention to their actions since we have easier access to documenting their behaviour. I had a brief run in with a coyote or fox like creature it passed right by me in a corn field and kept walking. Luckily it was not interested in me or my Sheperd, I talked to the farmers and they like the foxes because they control the ground hog population.

Which would you rather fight a coyote or a family of Ground hogs?
Push we may need your expertise in out cunning coyotes up here sometime soon lol!

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heres the article they know that a coyote or hybrid killed the moose because of gps collars used to track the moose.

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PS There is no snow on the ground up here…yet

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[quote]Jlabs wrote:
do you guy’s feel that animals intellect’s are becoming more advanced with time as science dictates?
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Now, I am not saying that the dogs are not getting smarter, but I do disagree that the theory of evolution “dictates” that “animals intellect’s are becoming more advanced.”

That’s “evolution according to Star Trek,” not “Darwin’s theory of evolution.”

The actual theory states that traits will be favored if said traits permit a species to have viable offspring that, in turn, have off spring.

That could, indeed, mean animals getting smarter, bigger, stronger, whatever. But not necessarily.

For example, the Shetland ponies were just ponies from a shipwreck. The land and climate favored ponies that did not require much food. So the littlest survived. The result, after a very brief time, is something that barely looks like a pony.

Similarly, neaderthals were bigger and quite possibly smarter that homo sapien sapiens (you and me). Well, the neaderthals required more food and didn’t have as many babies. So we won, with them becoming a genetic remnant in some Europeans.

And one need only go look at the nearest trailerpark on the Zuni reservation or the White Settlement near my neck of the woods. It’s not exactly Nobel Scientists having 10 kids these days. So perhaps our intelligence does not make us more “fit” as Darwin would say.

So anyway, to your point regarding coyote/wolf hybrids. We have that here, too. Nasty, skulky animals, meaner and more random kills than a wolf. Basically what a coyote would do if it was bigger and had buddies. Smarter? Maybe. Or just bigger.

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Thanks for your input. Yeah I agree that darwnism is flawed because when things breed there can always be un - wanted traits passed down. I like to think of it almost as a crap shoot that is genetics. Kind of like you can get this this or this well unlimited possibilities but more are common than others for certain species. Neanderthal’s mourned their dead makes me think that they could have had bigger and established societies before we arrived. For instance we’ve all heard of ancient civilizations or specifically ruins that predate human history.

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[quote]Jlabs wrote:
Thanks for your input. Yeah I agree that darwnism is flawed because when things breed there can always be un - wanted traits passed down. I like to think of it almost as a crap shoot that is genetics. Kind of like you can get this this or this well unlimited possibilities but more are common than others for certain species. Neanderthal’s mourned their dead makes me think that they could have had bigger and established societies before we arrived. For instance we’ve all heard of ancient civilizations or specifically ruins that predate human history.[/quote]

I think I didn’t explain my point well. I don’t necessarily think Darwinism is flawed (although there are so open issues); it’s just that “bigger, faster, stronger, smarter” is not Darwinism.

It’s babies, babies, babies, babies.

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Like a lot of animals, coyotes are evolving to be better adapted to the suburbs. There are coyotes in the scraps of woods in and between a park, baseball fields, golf course, large drainage ditch/corridor, and sewage plant behind my house. There is a fire station on the edge of all that, and when the sirens go off at night they whine and yip for two or three minutes before settling down. All of this is surrounded by miles of suburban housing, and many of the neighborhoods and properties have high fences or walls. There is no open path in or out. This leads me to believe that they got there by walking down the roads and sidewalks.

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[quote]thethirdruffian wrote:

[quote]Jlabs wrote:
Thanks for your input. Yeah I agree that darwnism is flawed because when things breed there can always be un - wanted traits passed down. I like to think of it almost as a crap shoot that is genetics. Kind of like you can get this this or this well unlimited possibilities but more are common than others for certain species. Neanderthal’s mourned their dead makes me think that they could have had bigger and established societies before we arrived. For instance we’ve all heard of ancient civilizations or specifically ruins that predate human history.[/quote]

I think I didn’t explain my point well. I don’t necessarily think Darwinism is flawed (although there are so open issues); it’s just that “bigger, faster, stronger, smarter” is not Darwinism.

It’s babies, babies, babies, babies.[/quote]

Yup. Cockroaches have been around a long time. It is not because they are getting bigger, stronger, or smarter.

http://www.planetcockroach.com/cockroach-fact.html

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[quote]thethirdruffian wrote:

[quote]Jlabs wrote:
Thanks for your input. Yeah I agree that darwnism is flawed because when things breed there can always be un - wanted traits passed down. I like to think of it almost as a crap shoot that is genetics. Kind of like you can get this this or this well unlimited possibilities but more are common than others for certain species. Neanderthal’s mourned their dead makes me think that they could have had bigger and established societies before we arrived. For instance we’ve all heard of ancient civilizations or specifically ruins that predate human history.[/quote]

I think I didn’t explain my point well. I don’t necessarily think Darwinism is flawed (although there are so open issues); it’s just that “bigger, faster, stronger, smarter” is not Darwinism.

It’s babies, babies, babies, babies.[/quote]

I think people get confused because “bigger, faster, stronger, smarter” in a decent amount of cases translates to higher chance of reproduction. The general public does not understand that it really is that which is better adapted (higher chance of survival) normally leads to higher reproduction. There are those who do not realize that just because some is “bigger, faster, stronger, smarter” does not mean they are better adapted.

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I’m pretty sure it’s humans getting dumber, not animals getting smarter.

also, any wild predatory animal is satan reincarnated and must be eliminated swiftly and with no remorse before they take over our civilization like sky-net.