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Grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, coyotes, cougars/ mountain lions,bobcats, wolverines, lynx, foxes, fishers and martens are the suite of carnivores that originally inhabited North America after the Pleistocene extinctions. This site invites research, commentary, point/counterpoint on that suite of native animals (predator and prey) that inhabited The Americas circa 1500-at the initial point of European exploration and subsequent colonization. Landscape ecology, journal accounts of explorers and frontiersmen, genetic evaluations of museum animals, peer reviewed 20th and 21st century research on various aspects of our "Wild America" as well as subjective commentary from expert and layman alike. All of the above being revealed and discussed with the underlying goal of one day seeing our Continent rewilded.....Where big enough swaths of open space exist with connective corridors to other large forest, meadow, mountain, valley, prairie, desert and chaparral wildlands.....Thereby enabling all of our historic fauna, including man, to live in a sustainable and healthy environment. - Blogger Rick

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

New video(click on link below to view) shows the striking black colored Coyotes of Sullivan County, South Carolina...............Just as with Wolves, Eastern Coyotes can "come in a variety of shades, including black............Biologists believe that the up to 25% Eastern Wolf genes found in Eastern Coyotes is responsible for the the various color phases(gray, black, red and blonde) that one sees in our Song Dogs east of the Mississippi...........Striking. these South Carolina Coyotes are!





CLICK ON THIS LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE "BLACK PACK" OF COYOTES
ON SULLIVAN ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://abcnews4.com/news/local/new-video-shows-pack-of-coyotes-on-sullivans-island-saturday-morning&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzczNDkxNjE5OTA5MDIyOTI0NTIaZjUwOWE2YjQ0ZTNkYzY4OTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFblK1X3gAeJs6fVxWC3hAsqxWxXQ

New video shows pack of coyotes on Sullivan's Island Saturday morning













Eastern coyotes differ from their western counterparts with a larger average size and various color phases, including blonde, red and black. Past interbreeding between wolves and coyotes may be responsible for the larger size and color variations in our eastern coyote. Adult coyotes range in weight from 20-50 lbs. and exceptionally large ones may be up to 55 lbs. Coyotes adjust well to their surroundings and can survive on whatever food is available. They prey on rabbits, mice, birds and other small animals, as well as young and weakened deer. They also consume dead deer whenever they come across them. 


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