#[ canidae ]

[mammalianmammals]

Coyote (Canis latrans), family Canidae, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

photograph via: National Park Service

[packpack-killkill]

Southeastern Coyote | Kerry Carloy

[taxidermycanine]

YOU THERE

HALT !!!

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[inatcanids]

Coyote Canis latrans

Observed by kriscu, CC BY-NC

[oddarette]

🎃🐺🌘🍃

I don’t normally draw wolves or canid creatures in general but what would this account be if not for pushing me out of my comfort zone. Hopefully the whole crescent moon tail thing translates.

[snototter]

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Yellowstone National Park, USA

by Tom Hamilton

[rebeccathenaturalist]

A recent study confirms what wildlife experts have been saying for years: hunting coyotes just gets you more coyotes. In areas where wolves have been extirpated, coyotes have often taken on the wolf's mantle as "that evil beast that must be destroyed at all costs or else they will eat our flocks and our families and ruin the world". This disproportionate hatred for a native canid often ends with people indiscriminately shooting, trapping, or poisoning any coyote they possibly can.

Instead of ridding their areas of coyotes, they often find that the coyotes return in larger numbers. The study doesn't surmise why that is, only reporting that the populations do not drop in response to killing. But Team Trash makes some good educated guesses.

Maybe we can stop responding to an animal that is inconvenient to us with "kill it!" and instead look at some of the many nonlethal ways to protect livestock, pets, and ourselves. We may have hunted and trapped wolves, bears, and mountain lions out of much of their historic ranges, but it's apparent coyotes aren't going away. they're a reminder that nature will persist in spite of our attempts to control it to the nth degree, and I see that as a good reminder to remember our place as part of nature, rather than separate from it. We can find better, mutually safer ways to coexist, but it starts with us ratcheting back our most extreme responses to anything that doesn't immediately do what we want it to.

[wildlifetracker]

Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus. 5/8/24.

[typhlonectes]

Watch Ethiopian wolves drink flower nectar, a first for a large carnivore

Pollen coating their muzzles suggests the endangered canids may act as furry pollinators.

With fewer than 500 individuals believed to be alive today, Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis) are the world’s rarest wild canid and Africa’s most endangered carnivore. But when they’re not chowing down on rodents, these lanky, alpine wolf relatives have a bit of a sweet tooth: Researchers report this week in Ecology that the animals enjoy licking nectar from red hot poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa, seen in the video above), documenting this behavior for the first time in a large predator...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-ethiopian-wolves-drink-flower-nectar-first-large-carnivore

[amnhnyc]

It’s National Dog Day, so say “hello” to the dingo (Canis familiaris dingo)! This good boy can be found throughout Australia and parts of Southeast Asia. In Australia, the dingo has adapted to various environments, from mountainous areas to deserts to tropical forests. It hunts opportunistically, in groups when taking on larger targets, like kangaroos, or alone for smaller prey like rabbits. Rather than barking, it communicates through wolf-like howls.

Photo: chris_barnesoz, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[mammalianmammals]

Black-backed Jackals (Lupulella mesomelas), get into a squabble, family Canidae, Tanzania

photograph by Ward Poppe

[packpack-killkill]

Coyote | Sheryl Hester

[taxidermycanine]

don't care + running + jumping + skipping + hopping + having fun + playing

[doglover43]

vancouver coastal “sea” wolves

more vancouver coastal wolves!! the captures people are able to take of these creatures are always so stunning

[inatcanids]

Chilla Lycalopex grisea

Observed by ralph-roberts, CC BY-NC

[shadyufo]

Wolf Skull vs Brachycephalic Domestic Dog Skull