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Growing up in the middle of Chicago, it wasn't terribly uncommon to be walking down a major four lane road and see a coyote running down to the road to the near

by nkrisc 5y ago

Growing up in the middle of Chicago, it wasn't terribly uncommon to be walking down a major four lane road and see a coyote running down to the road to the nearby cemetery. Or the time I saw the fattest coyote I'd ever seen casually walk right past me on the sidewalk. Or the coyote in Quizno's (sub sandwich chain) incident: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-04-04-0704040747-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-04-04-070404... A coyote walks into the shop and cools off in a drink cooler.

JadeNB 5y ago
> Or the coyote in Quizno's (sub sandwich chain) incident: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-04-04-0704040747-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-04-04-070404... How can no-one have taken a picture, or, if they did, how can the Trib not have included it?
- nkrisc 5y ago
  I recall there is a picture, but I’m not completely sure. I’d have to search around. If you search “Lincoln park coyote” you might find it. If you search “Lincoln park pirates” you’ll find a wonderful song by Steve Goodman.
- nkrisc 5y ago
  Found it. If you scroll down you can see it with bottled drinks behind it: https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/12/08/131876027/60-wild-coyotes-patrol-chicago-and-occasionally-stop-at-convenience-stores https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/12/08/131876027/6...
batch12 5y ago
A coyote out during the day, alone, and not afraid of humans is something to stay away from for sure. Where I live there are few animals that have no restricted season to hunt and no limits. Coyotes are one of them.
NordSteve 5y ago
GIS map of coyote sightings in Bloomington MN: https://blmgtn-mn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=b040f098383d43ca82edccc5f007c1d0 https://blmgtn-mn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.ht...
cmrdporcupine 5y ago
Here in Ontario coyotes seem worse in urban areas than rural. We live on 6 acres just outside town and we hear them at night, see their droppings and the remnants of their rabbit-dinners, but have seen them only a couple times in our 10 years. They're dreadfully shy. In town, though, they're brazen and walk right by people and sometimes will snatch their pets from their backyards as a snack.
- nkrisc 5y ago
  They’ve adapted remarkably well to urban environments it seems. In Chicago they regularly use train lines and greenways along the both branches of the Chicago river to get around. And there’s loads of parks, cemeteries, and other green spaces. Deer seem to do well in the city too. The cemetery I used to live by (Rosehill on the Northside) hosted many deer. This is a cemetery with dense urban residential areas on all four sides, but it must have been large enough for them and there’s lots of quiet neighborhood side streets around.
refurb 5y ago
In Alberta, which has the cities of Edmonton and Calgary which are >1M in population, it's not that unusual for moose and bears to make their way into the cities' neighborhoods. It's usually just the outer suburbs, but both cities have undeveloped river valley greenspace that the animals use to find unobstructed paths almost to the city center. https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/bear-sightings-around-alberta-capital-region-unusual-but-not-necessarily-cause-for-concern-experts-1.5455378 https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/bear-sightings-around-alberta-ca... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/moose-calgary-northwest-spring-expert-1.5992022 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/moose-calgary-northwe...
mnahkies 5y ago
I enjoyed this story of a sea lion breaking into a public pool in Dunedin, New Zealand. Unfortunately I can't find the video that includes the CTV footage of it making its way through the cafe but it's still fairly entertaining https://youtu.be/7cjL1qjaUkE https://youtu.be/7cjL1qjaUkE

by nkrisc 5y ago

JadeNB 5y ago

> Or the coyote in Quizno's (sub sandwich chain) incident: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-04-04-0704040747-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-04-04-070404... How can no-one have taken a picture, or, if they did, how can the Trib not have included it?

nkrisc 5y ago
I recall there is a picture, but I’m not completely sure. I’d have to search around. If you search “Lincoln park coyote” you might find it. If you search “Lincoln park pirates” you’ll find a wonderful song by Steve Goodman.
nkrisc 5y ago
Found it. If you scroll down you can see it with bottled drinks behind it: https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/12/08/131876027/60-wild-coyotes-patrol-chicago-and-occasionally-stop-at-convenience-stores https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/12/08/131876027/6...

batch12 5y ago

A coyote out during the day, alone, and not afraid of humans is something to stay away from for sure. Where I live there are few animals that have no restricted season to hunt and no limits. Coyotes are one of them.

NordSteve 5y ago

GIS map of coyote sightings in Bloomington MN: https://blmgtn-mn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=b040f098383d43ca82edccc5f007c1d0 https://blmgtn-mn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.ht...

cmrdporcupine 5y ago

Here in Ontario coyotes seem worse in urban areas than rural. We live on 6 acres just outside town and we hear them at night, see their droppings and the remnants of their rabbit-dinners, but have seen them only a couple times in our 10 years. They're dreadfully shy. In town, though, they're brazen and walk right by people and sometimes will snatch their pets from their backyards as a snack.

nkrisc 5y ago
They’ve adapted remarkably well to urban environments it seems. In Chicago they regularly use train lines and greenways along the both branches of the Chicago river to get around. And there’s loads of parks, cemeteries, and other green spaces. Deer seem to do well in the city too. The cemetery I used to live by (Rosehill on the Northside) hosted many deer. This is a cemetery with dense urban residential areas on all four sides, but it must have been large enough for them and there’s lots of quiet neighborhood side streets around.

refurb 5y ago

In Alberta, which has the cities of Edmonton and Calgary which are >1M in population, it's not that unusual for moose and bears to make their way into the cities' neighborhoods. It's usually just the outer suburbs, but both cities have undeveloped river valley greenspace that the animals use to find unobstructed paths almost to the city center. https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/bear-sightings-around-alberta-capital-region-unusual-but-not-necessarily-cause-for-concern-experts-1.5455378 https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/bear-sightings-around-alberta-ca... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/moose-calgary-northwest-spring-expert-1.5992022 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/moose-calgary-northwe...

mnahkies 5y ago

I enjoyed this story of a sea lion breaking into a public pool in Dunedin, New Zealand. Unfortunately I can't find the video that includes the CTV footage of it making its way through the cafe but it's still fairly entertaining https://youtu.be/7cjL1qjaUkE https://youtu.be/7cjL1qjaUkE