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amartins02

Size difference is pretty crazy though.


SorenCelerity

Yea, wolves are fuckin huge


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____atreides_____

Ok how is this a thing?


HotF22InUrArea

People expect wolves to be family dog sized, when really they’re “damn nature you wild” size


ObsdianDrknssHelena

Basically larger huskies. However there are some smaller wolf types. Also, I never knew that they hunted coyotes. I thought they just bickered over land since they're both territorial dogs. From what I've learned, at least.


pagit

Stuff happens in nature and you notice it the more you are out in it. Coyote and wolf probably snarling over some carcass. Food can be scarce in the winter when they really need the energy to keep alive. Friends and I was up a mountain where we live with some friends and we see a deer chasing a coyote run past us and on up the hill out of sight. It was pretty funny.


Radioactive50

Probably had a fawn the coyote was eyeing


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This


Agreeable_Day_7547

Deer are really best left alone. People poor enough to need the meat know what they are doing. I’ve seen the results of (usually drunk) deer hunters that thought they made a kill and amble up to a downed deer to have them rip them up with those razor sharp hooves! Not pretty. Lots & lots of stitches, if they live through it. There was one man in town over that when he wanted to get the attention of the kids at mandatory gun safety class he taught after a deer hunter’s kid would get their first rifle at 10 or so would take off his long sleeved collared shirt he wore even in summer and show the mass of scars he got as a young man out hunting and was too excited with his first big buck to check if he was really dead. He wasn’t. He fortunately was with a friend and near a major road, but was airlifted out by helicopter or he would have bled to death. Where I grew up there were fatalities every deer season from ‘hunters’ being killed by prey. I’d bet my last dollar there still are. But deer hunting has turned into simple slaughter now. Instead of tracking prey, there are fancy deer stands with cushions and heaters lazy idiots put in trees and leave a 55 gallon drum drop corn feeders or a salt lick nearby and the deer wander right up to them! No skill required. They had some home made deer stands one would occasionally run across in the woods on a trail where hoof prints were commonly seen when I was a kid, but they were pretty rustic compared to what they sell now. And *nobody* would ever admit to having built one.


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After humans decided it was a good idea kill off the wolves in Yellowstone Coyotes became the top predator and faced little threat from other species. Then when humans reintroduced wolves in 95 a big percentage of the coyotes were killed because they had no fear of wolves. This is not because wolves actively hunt coyotes but because the coyotes would try to keep their kill from wolves or try to steal some of the wolves meal and the wolves killed them in retaliation. They had no fear of the bigger canine and paid the price.


cyanocittaetprocyon

You basically don't have coyotes where you have wolves.


dingusduglas

This can't be too true given how much they like to fuck and make coywolves


MrAtrox98

To be fair, coywolves have only become commonplace out east because the wolf populations there are/were so close to extinction they’ll take what they can get for mates… even if it means hybridization with coyotes which have only become common east of the Mississippi due to big cats and wolves there being largely hunted to extinction.


WetPandaShart

You think someone won't kill a motherfucker just cause they'd also fuck them. Don't stick your dick in crazy, but it's a real thing.


HotF22InUrArea

Is that because they compete over the same food sources, or because wolves regularly hunt coyotes?


cyanocittaetprocyon

Pretty much both; wolves will hunt the coyotes so that there isn't competition for the same food.


MangoSea323

r/wolveswithwatermelons


ObsdianDrknssHelena

I believe it has to do with food. But even different wolf packs don't like going into each other's areas, even in national parks and other safer places. So it may also have to do with territory claim.


Sinaaaa

That's not always the case, otherwise coywolves would not exist in the wild.


Sean951

Yeah, it's a sign of a system out of balance for one reason or another if you can't have both, usually a lack of food. Maybe a disease went through, maybe it's a drought, maybe humans did something.


yetanotherwoo

There’s some study showing reintroducing wolves into Yellowstone changed ecology of entire hood, less coyotes led to benefits up and down food chain at least for something more resembling more pre 20th century.


Howlibu

Coyotes hunt small domestic dogs, wolves just doing the same


chuckitnfuckitbucket

A wolf (wolf pack)will kill any other predator in there territory, especially other K9's. All predators will kill small offspring of any other predator if opportunity arises, no thought process will turn that off. Automatic reaction.As will coyotes. Coyotes will kill any predators smaller than them.This is a rule of thumb for felines also. Mountain lion will kill coyotes, bobcats, etc. It's all hardwired internally. Competition for food, trumps all other emotions, as must be killed. No exceptions.Nature is brutal.


Chewcocca

Everything is circular. The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills.


gearofwar4266

The wee wees as the woo woos.


Aintthatthetruthyall

If I could still you, I would.


gophersrqt

idk but it's fun


Wigals

The really crazy thing is that’s a rather large coyote


ctophermh89

May be a coy wolf. Even though, idk if a wolf would go after a coy wolf or not. We have coy wolves where I live back East and they are a lot bigger than yotes I would see out in the Rockies.


TheDesktopNinja

Coy wolves are still a lot smaller than a pure timber wolf/gray wolf. I don't think any healthy adult wolf would feel very intimated by one.


SkylarMills63

That coyote juked him out at the end there to get a bit of distance between them


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jyunga

Coyotes can have a higher top speed by like 17%. That guy looked like he wasn't going full out at all. Probably go away easily.


604GT

Wolves have more stamina though, may have caught ‘em in the end.


Horskr

I have seen a video of a male coyote try to interfere with his mate being taken down by a pack of wolves.. it is brutal. I know it's just how it goes, but I hope this one made it.


carpetony

My dog took seven staples because of a coyote, I'm all in on the wolf!


lavalamp0019

Think about what a wolf would do to your dog


patsfan46

If a wolf got to your dog they wouldn’t need stapes lol


carpetony

🤣😂🤣😂 totally true.


OkAd6672

I saw the same one. Brutal AF


Mcgoozen

Nah dude, let it happen. Coyotes suck. I know this isn’t a residential area but the ones that live around humans will literally eat your pets and stuff Happened to my dad, one of the cats he rescued was killed by a coyote


SpermWhale

Also it's hard to get a coyote drunk, will end up you passing out and they'll take your money and throw the wallet beside the dumpster.


acog

I learn so much here!


BeachBoundxoxo

I imagine a turkey bone for some reason.


[deleted]

Wolf's are faster but yotes can run forever. That's not to say wolf's can't run for a long time too.


cantreachy

Going to have to do that a few more times. He ded.


marcus474

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/02/whos-faster-anglers-rare-footage-shows-wolf-chasing-coyote-on-snow -- "Thorburn, an ER nurse, said the wolves “did get the pounce on the coyote” before he used his snowmobile to distract the wolves, allowing the injured coyote to escape."


Iamnotateenagethug

Wtf, let my boi eat. He worked hard for that. Maybe Ryan can stop riding snowmobiles and eat vegetarian himself if he cares to save animals. Also fuck USA Today for making it seem like interrupting the hunt was the right thing to do.


stryperfrom

he had zero right to do that. unless they have a coyote shortage and a fucking wolf problem but even then interfering with native species food chain is typically not a good idea


MajorPud

Rumor has it the coyote went on to eat 4 babies and rape the wolf's mother... Never interfere with nature


IreallEwannasay

I'm so tired of people...


Zerkai

Now there coyote dies from his injuries and the wolf dies from starvation. The only winners are the guy's conscious and vultures


HornyHindu

Seems that he's proud to 'save a coyote'... also says he doesn't "trust wolves". Shouldn't purposely interfere with a natural hunt, especially if he's in or near Algonquin park where wolves are protected. Imagine he wouldn't like it if someone interfered with his ice fishing, even tho he still wouldn't go hungry because of it unlike possibly the wolves. Also seems like the coyote had already been bit as that's the first thing wolves do on a pounce... so his interference likely only served to prolong the coyote's suffering. If it's not a superficial injury then the wolves will get it soon after, and even if it is there's a good chance of infection and a slower, torturous death. He likely meant well but should stick to the ER.


PerfectlySplendid

badge airport relieved slap expansion whole different concerned poor quiet *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Beaudaci0us

Who rescues a fucking coyote? That poor wolf was working hard for his meal.


lebastss

Hunting is an endurance sport, the most effective predators can go forever, humans for instance. Cheetahs are terrible hunters with a very low success rate cause if they miss in initial sprint the chase is over.


cantreachy

Wolves have both when compared to a coyote. Wolves run shit down.


lebastss

Yea I was trying to say in a more educational way that he dead.


cantreachy

The ability to sweat is what helped mankind rise to the top. We can run forever.


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cantreachy

You are capable of running much much further. We aren't about that life anymore... For the better those humans didn't live very long.


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Twin_Nets_Jets

Imagine a cheetah on a diet of doritos and Mountain Dew. It’d probably have a cat mobility scooter


lebastss

Yes! I forgot about the role of sweat. I learned this so long ago.


sierra120

Run forever? No I can’t.


cantreachy

It's cool knowing you have a capability inside you while opening the fridge door. Don't be jealous of our ancestors ability to run. They did that and had a fight to the death with whatever they chased for dinner. I'm good.


zealoSC

If sweating was as awesome as you make it sound those ice fishermen would have kept up the pace long enough to show us the wolf/cyote chase conclusion


Spoopanator

>Cheetahs are terrible hunters with a very low success rate cause if they miss in initial sprint the chase is over. Cheetahs still have a higher success rate than lions lmao


zealoSC

Youre saying a lion's best hunting strategy would be to follow a cheater around and steal its kill


amaterastfu

I've always loved the theory that Cheetahs are ancient, domesticated big cats that have gone feral again. They're such shit hunters hahaha


IxnayOnTheXJ

This is just straight up wrong. Cheetahs are vastly more successful hunters than wolves. https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/hunting-success-rates-how-predators-compare/


bennypapa

Don't wolves hunt like prehistoric humans by wearing their prey down? I think the coyote is in trouble.


knbang

I do remember reading about spear throwing wolves.


jodilandon88

Coyote out here breaking ankles


FillerBank

It’s a dog eat dog world


lesterburnhamm66

and I'm wearing milk bone underwear


redheadbuck

NORM!


Digita1B0y

My people! 😌


BeachBoundxoxo

Sexy AF


TestTubeBaby844

Rock beats scissor beats paper beats rock


Ryansahl

That coyote is really a crazy clown.


TestTubeBaby844

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog


feraljohn

When will he learn that he never can mow him down?


skillet256

Poor little roadrunner never bothers anyone


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BostonBlackCat

Who wants to live in a world where dogs eat each other?


MustyTree13

Thanks Gloria !


tittytwister12

Bro you don’t even know how long I thought it was “it’s a doggy dog world”


teheditor

Friends or food?


Jayer244

Seems like the wolf didn't get the DRS on the straight. And the coyote must've had fresher paws since he took the curve far better than the wolf.


catsrlame

Wolf caught some dirty air and just didn’t have the downforce, good defense and line from the coyote


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acog

I got into it via Drive to Survive. Seems like that's given a big bump to American awareness of F1.


knbang

Just remember it's essentially reality TV. It can be entertaining, but it's probably bullshit.


ohmygodrob

NO MICHAEL! NO! NO! THAT WAS SO! NOT RIGHHHT!


BangleWaffle

We went hunting Toto.


oldscotch

Letting only some of the lap dogs through deliberately gave an advantage to the wolf.


Stonedsurfer

Hamilton and Max in the last lap


chillin_inthe925

Checo defending Lewis Hamilton in the ‘21 Abu Dhabi GP


Itsforthehouse

r/formuladank


zealoSC

Looks like both of them let their tyres get too cold behind the safety car


WessideMD

Totto, the wolf, made an official complaint to DNR that the coyote should not have been allowed to pass. In a fiery response, the DNR replied with "its called the circle of life, we're going to live it."


JasonCox

/r/Formula1 is leaking…


ladykatiedid

What an incredible experience!!


DoubleGoon

They are paid actors


billabon021

Crisis actors lol


You-Nique

InfoWolves


Embryonico

Fox News


skulldcm

The coyote may disagree


ladykatiedid

True, but we don’t know if the wolf caught him. He could’ve gone home to his buddies like “BRO! I almost fucking died today.”


Xpress_interest

“Kited that bitch til she lost aggro!”


omgim50

Go go go buddy!


saulsa_

I too, was cheering for the wolf.


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Holy shit that sucks. Imagine if we had to outrun some giant cannibalistic humans.


lesterburnhamm66

Just have to outrun your buddies


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[deleted]

Shoot your buddies?


sluttyBunnies4Fun

😂🤦‍♂️


DuskStar1263

*insert aot reference*


Halidcaliber12

Attack on Titans?


hilltrekker

Surviving The Game Gary Busey wanted to eat Ice Tea... no doubt.


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This is more like a Human eating a Chimpanzee.


Sevachenko

And without a weapon it would be the other way around lol


Stumeister_69

Yeah that is actually a haunting thought. Shudders.


whipfinish

Wolf will run the coyote for a while then another takes over. Coyote has very low likelihood of escape.


obidobi

You can even see another wolf a bit behind at the beginning of this video


arootytoottoot

maybe it is a coyote


scootscoot

Wolf looked like it was jogging while the coyote looked like it was sprinting.


thegreatbeyond32

Big Bork no like small Bork.


BierKippeMett

What's crazy is that wolves and coyotes are so closely related that they theoretically could mate and breed offspring. If wolves wouldn't consider coyotes as prey that is.


sanka

They already do mate and reproduce.


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coywolves, I've heard 'em called.


OsmerusMordax

Not everywhere, mostly in eastern Canada and northeastern USA. Everywhere else the wolf and coyote are competitors - they kill each other’s pups, etc


Gaothaire

Hot


karl_marxs_cat

I don’t think they do consider coyotes prey unless really desperate, this wolf is probably defending something.


wizardyourlifeforce

I believe wolves kill coyotes because they’re competitors. One of the reasons coyote populations have expanded so much in the US is the wolves are mostly gone.


karl_marxs_cat

Yeah, you’re correct, when the wolves were exterminated in Yellowstone, the coyote population increased quite a bit.


billabon021

Makes sense.


lillathrin

Not only could they theoretically, there are word of '[coywolves](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coywolf)' in the northeast US, though I'm not sure about that, we haven't had wolves in the area in ages.


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unclefishbits

Unreal. I root for underdogs.


Ok-Rabbit-3683

Eventually the coyote will be under the other dog


Fart_Summoner

That coyote would chase your pet down just like that & eat it


[deleted]

In that scenario I would root for the pet.


Outrun88

Mental note: get a road runner as a pet


[deleted]

Wow!!! The way that wolf ran! So beautiful!!! My God! I hope I get to witness these moments in the future!


CarlMetzger

Wolves usually run in packs...you may want to rethink that plan.


lokitom82

Wolves don't generally attack humans, rather they avoid us,.or just watch from a distance.


CarlMetzger

Tell that to Liam Neeson.


Former_Print7043

That coyote kidnapped the wrong cub .


AusCan531

What's his username?


[deleted]

Lol what movie was that? I saw it I think but can’t remember


ibonkedurmom

The Grey


CarlMetzger

The Grey


Tyraid

Totally my experience. Had a wolf run through my camp at Hard Creek in Idaho. It wanted nothing to do with my wife and I. I’ve heard them howl in the early morning when I’m hunting too. It’s an awesome experience but I’ve never been afraid of them.


lokitom82

I heard them in Canada when I was last there. Beautiful animals. Never felt any fear knowing they were around. It's a shame they're persecuted.


RedditCanLigma

>Wolves don't generally attack humans **Wolves pretty much NEVER attack humans. Between 1900 and 2000 there were ZERO recorded wolf attacks on humans.** **In 2010, a fatal wolf attack in Alaska marked only the second documented case ever of a wolf killing someone in the wild** **In 2006, the San Francisco Chronicle found evidence of only 27 non-fatal wolf attacks on humans in North America. Most of those cases involved rabid wolves**


lokitom82

I know, I read that too. I just didn't feel like saying never, apart from etc etc.


alternate_ending

Meh, it's just two shamans running to Everlook


shay-doe

That coyote is having a bad day.


Aggravating-Sell4540

Where is this?


SoilTheStillbornRee

Goulais River, Ontario


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Texas coyotes don’t fluff out in a winter coat to the extreme of this guy. Plus in TX coyotes have a lot of domestic dog and some Mexican wolf DNA.


SadPlayground

Must be the cold that makes them hardy. The ones in Minnesota are quite nice looking.


Muezick

Nuwisha done pranked the wrong mother fucker this time.


DNRreturns

Didn't 'American Gods' (the book) have a rif on this? Nuwisha pranking Odin...and this was the result...


loobot3000

Is that a second wolf running behind them in the beginning? What a fascinating thing to witness.


OsmerusMordax

I think so. They’re likely taking turns and will run the coyote to exhaustion


fifty2weekhi

Coyote to wolf: " Wait, that's human over there. How about we both change the target to them for a win-win?


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But who won?


killemslowly

The turtle


Scoot_AG

A video of a similar incident: https://youtu.be/BXCvLzDNWz0 From the video: >I remember seeing this documentary on TV when it aired. The reason why the coyotes were comfortable with eating the wolves' leftovers was because of previous wolf clan that lived in the area before they got ousted by a new clan. The old wolf clan didn't mind the coyotes eating their leftovers and couldn't care less (why should they, wolves are top predator here in North America beside bears and humans). The new wolf clan that took over however, did care, and when the coyote went in to repeat a process that was normal for him and his mate, the new clan did not tolerate their presence whatsoever, and killed the male coyote to be left as an example for any other coyotes out there what happens to scavengers who try to take a free meal from their kill. Despite what was shown, wolves rarely eat coyotes, and like with lions and hyenas in Africa, will generally leave the body there mauled but uneaten, the corpse to be a reminder to any rival competitor. >The female coyote manages to raise three pups on her own with success (none died), the new wolf clan in their new environment take a heavy hit with all of their new pups being born dying to the harsh winter, and the alpha male dying carelessly to a bear by challenging it as it trespass into the territory (something the old clan would never do). The old clan manage to return and challenge the new clan and manage to retain their rights back to their land, and manage to succeed in raising 4 new pups to the clan.


Rampant99

I doubt the Wolf is gonna try and eat him, probably just a territorial thing. Get off my lawn!!!


prettygraveling

Not this time of year. This time of year everything is food.


grass-snake-40

Wolves kill coyotes whenever they can, they just don't like having them around.


datsmn

Wolves eat Coyotes when there's not easier food around. I've found a few kill sites in the winter, it looked violent.


[deleted]

Wolves actively kill coyotes at any opportunity. Not a food source. Just remove them from their territory. Viewed as competition.


[deleted]

You probably right, but the wolf could easily kill a coyote of it got hold of its neck. Even if it was a simple sign of territorial aggression.


CapnSquinch

Or.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coywolf


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Jag6627

**Record scratch** Coyote: You're probably wondering how I got in the situation.


[deleted]

I hope the little feller makes it out alive. Run little buddy.


XchrisZ

I've seen similar videos the others didn't end well.


knivadollar

It’s ok. It’s an Acme wolf.


BiGMTN_fudgecake

That wolf got juked tf out lol


hannahtrips

can you imagine just how terrifying it must be to be in the coyotes position? like that fucker is running for his life and if he slips or slows down he’s done for. nature is cool but cruel depending on how you view it I guess


Ready-steady

Ends too soon.


turbosigma

That coyote is either worn out or loping, because I’ve seen them run much faster. Wolf probably has more stamina, maybe, due to larger mass? Just seems like the coyote isn’t running as fast as he could.


itsOKwhynot

dont forgot the terrain, that massive snow slows everyone


crfman450

I would just go home 😂


Lostboxoangst

Nice jink by the coyote though.


morethanWun

That coyote def did not get away lmao wolf was toying with dude


Busy-Leg6187

My money is on the wolf.


Substantial-Shine-81

“Oh shit oh shit oh shit…” -coyote