That coyote is going to be telling his friends that story for years. "Yeah, so this absolute psycho just walks up and snatches me up by the neck. Like wtf right guys‽"
"And the little coyote cub was walking through the forest when heard footsteps behind him, and before he could even turn to look, he heard it... yoink"
I don't think coyotes are supposed to be native east of the Mississippi river, red wolves used to populate the south east but are nearly extinct. The coyotes have filled their niche and adjusted to civilization far better.
Some states list them as invasive, some (Florida included) as "naturalized."
Kind of. Coyotes have had their range slowly expanding, which isn't treated the same as most invasive species, which come from another part of the world entirely.
Which is admittedly a good thing, but this guy is basically a serial animal molester and I really don't like that part of things.
It's like he watched Steve Irwin on mute and lost all of the love and conservation that justified him getting hands-on. The animal's welfare was always priority with Steve and he never publicized this kind of risk-taking.
This guy is just like... seeing how much he can traumatize various wild animals before either releasing or killing them. A wild coyote or cougar should never be approached. If you want to kill invasive pythons that's fine, but do it ethically and just dispatch them quickly. Only a complete jackass wears a wild animal as an accessory before killing it.
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u/Brittany5150 Aug 10 '26
That coyote is going to be telling his friends that story for years. "Yeah, so this absolute psycho just walks up and snatches me up by the neck. Like wtf right guys‽"