Coyotes

Coyotes

In some Native American stories, the trickiest creature of all.

In some Native American stories, the trickiest creature of all is Coyote(Canis Latrans). They are clever animals and quickly take advantage of changes around them. Once coyotes lived mainly on prairies and in the deserts of North America, but as people settled across the land, coyotes learned to survive in mountains, forests, and now, even in urban areas. Attempts to exterminate coyotes generally have limited success due to the coyote’s adaptability. It has also been argued that without coyotes, rodent populations would quickly swell. Opportunistic creatures, coyotes will eat almost anything. Though they may usually feed on small rodents and insects, they also pounce on snakes and lizards and eat grasses, nuts and fruit. (Luna, one of our educational coyotes, is especially fond of watermelon!)

(source:googe/http://wildlifewaystation.org)