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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCoyotes are being seen on the empty streets of San Francisco
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-trump-ventilators-20200327-3y5ou5cc3bevtad5psk7h2jgty-story.htmlAs San Franciscans get through their second week of sheltering in place, coyotes are seemingly enjoying the newfound space on the street.
On Monday twitter user @manishkumar457 shared a photo of a coyote on the sidewalk during the shutdown.
bearsfootball516
(6,369 posts)Animals were here long before us, and they'll be here long after us.
essme
(1,207 posts)were not native to NC, and were not seen until about 25 years or so ago.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Maybe tracking down the enticing scent of someone's garbage.
eleny
(46,166 posts)watch your domestic pets.
well nature is rebounding
eleny
(46,166 posts)This is a suburb just west of Denver. Fairly big pieces of property but not the "country". Sometimes we'll see a coyote during the nighttime crossing the street in a zigzag pattern going from property to property. I always suppose that they're looking for any food left out for pets or the pets themselves. These days, since we have had an explosion of wild rabbits, the coyotes would have good hunting.
Last summer I was chatting with a Lowes checker. He said that a coyote was threatening him and his dog while they were walkng on a piece of open ground. The area used to be a YMCA that closed. The building had already been razed and the ground went back to being open and grassy. So people generally used it to walk their dogs. A coyote followed him getting closer and closer. He and his dog got away quickly but he said he knew what it felt like to be hunted. Can you imagine?!
bdamomma
(63,650 posts)they must feel so free they regained their land. Scary though.
I wonder nature is breathing a sigh of relief right now, but I read that this horrible regime we have are easing EPA regulations.
malaise
(267,784 posts)of all these huge ships and the pollution associated with them
DFW
(54,047 posts)I wonder if there will be more of them this year? Usually they are nocturnal and quite shy. IF they let us go this year, I guess we'll find out.
I don't know to what extent the maritime traffic in the Boston area has been curtailed, but if there has been any kind of significant reduction, I'll bet the whales will be having a glorious summer. The great white sharks, too, unfortunately, since the seals will have more fish to eat.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)not the streets of San Francisco. If I ever see one, Ill post about it!!!!!
MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)certainly does not look like we'd see a cable car riding by - nor does it look like Nob Hill or Lombard Street!
MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)I dont know what the link or photo in the op have to do with the title of the op.
displacedtexan
(15,694 posts)We live across the street from the Music Concourse & never let our dogs off leash over there for 2 reasons: coyotes; & Fulton Street traffic.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)This may slow the output of greenhouse gases for a year or two.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)csziggy
(34,119 posts)It's happening all over the world!
Wildlife Animals Are Roaming The Streets During Coronavirus Quarantine
In a time when many countries in the world are under quarantine or lockdown, nature continues its thing and wildlife animals are adjusting to the new and unexpected human absence.
In countries like Japan, Italy, and Thailand, people observed animals roaming the streets freely and shared some of the photos and videos on social media. People usually responded either in shock or awe.
Pictures and video: https://cheezburger.com/10910213/wildlife-animals-are-roaming-the-streets-during-coronavirus-quarantine
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Especially in the parks.
Gonna guess they'll be all over soon enough.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Yelping in the evening round-up and again in the morning split-up.
I love coyotes. When the rain is right, and they are healthy, their coats
are beautiful. They are very smart and adaptable. I respect them.
Of course I'm in the country, not on the streets of San Francisco.
Paladin
(28,202 posts)Coyotes will be around, long after humanity finds a means of extinguishing itself from the planet.