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>Hi, JoaKim, > >Good to hear from you again. No way would I visit >that cabin without a small portable gas electricity >generator. Except maybe on a fishing expedition, a >boat maybe. City kid. As to the wolf... > >>It was a sound like nothing I had ever heard in my >>life! Any of you? > >Not a wolf. Only in movies and TV. However, coyotes >are another story. Pronounced either kyo' tee or ky' >oat, they are dog-sized and shaped predators with a >wolf-like life style. Wile E. is, of course, the >heavy in the Roadrunner cartoons. They abound in the >mountains I go hiking in. Occasionally they will run >out of territory in the hills and the lone animal will >be forced into town. They prey on alley cats and >stray dogs and, of course, people's pets whose owners >are inconsiderate enough to let them roam free at >night. They have never been known to attack humans so >we are not unduly threatened, but there is always the >chance of a rabid animal running amuck. >Never-the-less, seeing one loping along the sidewalk >usually makes me unduly fond of my bedroom, to which I >repair immediately if on foot. > >In the wild they usually hunt in packs, like wolves. >They communicate with each other with a howl sometimes >referred to as the coyote's "song". Yip, yip, >yowlllll. Walt Disney has a cartoon ("The Coyote's >Lament") of a coyote pack singing around a gathering >that is hilarious. The chorus in the background is >providing a counterpoint of um yip-yip, um yip-yip. > >https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDU2NTFkZDAtYWE >3OC00YjEzLWI1ZDItMzU0NjhkOWRjMDFmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg >_UX1000_.jpg > > That's on TV. Hearing it for real is not so amusing. > We will sometimes hear a pack in the mountains, kind >of pleasant so unlike a barking dog. However, the >recent raging fires in the hills has reduced territory >to the extent that <i>packs</i> are now showing up >roaming the streets. A lone coyote will go after a >cat or a beagle, but a German shepherd or Rottweiler >is immune. A pack on the other hand will go after >anything. Still haven't heard of humans being >attacked but we'd be no match for a pack. When a pack >of coyotes makes a kill they will go into a paroxysm >of howling, maybe to alert straggling members that >there is food available. Hearing that outside your >bedroom window at night (packs usually hunt at night) >is, I think, analogous to your hearing the wolf. >Chilling! Especially because you know that somebody >probably just lost their pet. Matilda stays inside at >night until further notice! > >-Jerry
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