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the desert opportunist that humans tried to exterminate and accidentally bred into America's apex survivor
means A small, adaptable wild canine native to North America, known for its cunning, its eerie nighttime howling, and its uncanny ability to thrive almost anywhere.
from From Mexican Spanish coyote, which borrowed it straight from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, who called the animal coyotl. So the word traveled north along with the creature itself — Aztec tongue to Spanish colonizers to American English — carrying a trace of the trickster figure coyotl held in Indigenous storytelling, where the coyote was clever, greedy, and impossible to kill off.
- range explosion
- Spread to all 49 mainland states during eradication campaigns
- city slicker
- Thrive in Chicago, LA, and downtown New York
- wolf hybrid
- Eastern coyotes carry wolf and dog DNA
- vocal range
- Eleven distinct calls, mistaken for whole packs
- loyal hearts
- Mate for life, both parents raise pups
coyote peterson — wildlife expert and youtube creator known for brave wilderness channel with 20+ million subscribers
coyote ugly — bar in new york city famous for dancing bartenders, opened 1993, inspired the 2000 film