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> Coyotes have already done an excellent job of coexisting with humans I have only seen them being 'successful' if are large tracts of land around the cities t

> Coyotes have already done an excellent job of coexisting with humans I have only seen them being 'successful' if are large tracts of land around the cities that they can live at. Would they be able to live in, say, Manhattan? If not, as we expand the urban sprawl, they might become less successful... And coyotes are not the only species we should be worried about.

chrisco255 7y ago
Manhattan is quite the edge case. It's one of the densest areas on the planet. I don't think that's a good model for development. Sprawl in the U.S. is more of the suburban variety and there coyotes do thrive quite well. They don't even need large tracts of land. They are fully capable of burrowing in little pockets of green space. See: https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/coyote-info/general-information-about-coyotes https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/coyote-info/general-informat...
- frosted-flakes 7y ago
  That is such a neat website, and very interesting research.
perl4ever 7y ago
I thought the whole point of complaints about "sprawl" was that suburbs are bad and "urbs" are good. The suburbs are prime habitat for a lot of creatures including coyotes, especially because they don't have to worry about hunters.
hadlock 7y ago
Coyotes are very common in Dallas. I've seen then in the park 2 miles from downtown Dallas. Dallas is a concrete suburban hell for ~30 miles in all directions. Dogs were domesticated by hanging out near humans. Seems like Coyotes are following the same general pattern from thousands of years ago.
shagmin 7y ago
You could say if more people lived in places like Manhattan, then there'd be more tracts of land elsewhere for coyotes (and other wildlife) to live.
brlewis 7y ago
> Would they be able to live in, say, Manhattan? They do. https://centralpark.org/coyotes-in-central-park/ https://centralpark.org/coyotes-in-central-park/

chrisco255 7y ago

Manhattan is quite the edge case. It's one of the densest areas on the planet. I don't think that's a good model for development. Sprawl in the U.S. is more of the suburban variety and there coyotes do thrive quite well. They don't even need large tracts of land. They are fully capable of burrowing in little pockets of green space. See: https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/coyote-info/general-information-about-coyotes https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/coyote-info/general-informat...

frosted-flakes 7y ago
That is such a neat website, and very interesting research.

perl4ever 7y ago

I thought the whole point of complaints about "sprawl" was that suburbs are bad and "urbs" are good. The suburbs are prime habitat for a lot of creatures including coyotes, especially because they don't have to worry about hunters.

hadlock 7y ago

Coyotes are very common in Dallas. I've seen then in the park 2 miles from downtown Dallas. Dallas is a concrete suburban hell for ~30 miles in all directions. Dogs were domesticated by hanging out near humans. Seems like Coyotes are following the same general pattern from thousands of years ago.

shagmin 7y ago

You could say if more people lived in places like Manhattan, then there'd be more tracts of land elsewhere for coyotes (and other wildlife) to live.

brlewis 7y ago

> Would they be able to live in, say, Manhattan? They do. https://centralpark.org/coyotes-in-central-park/ https://centralpark.org/coyotes-in-central-park/