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Subject: Re: as we destroy animals' habitats, they move closer to us (and GCSE English)

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Lucas (to Jerry)
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Date Posted: 16:50:56 01/22/26 Thu
In reply to: Jerry (to JoaKim) 's message, "Re: Never heard before" on 17:36:03 01/05/26 Mon

> They communicate with each other with a howl sometimes
> referred to as the coyote's "song". Yip, yip,
> yowlllll.

Some supposedly worthy piece of English literature included the text "yip yip yip" and it briefly became a meme amongst GCSE English students forced to study said text....

(I just checked and apparently it was a hyena)

> 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.

yes, might have been that one!

> 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.

And soon the polar bears will join them, as we destroy their habitat too!

Polar bears are not so easily deterred just by closing your screen door. They love to move in, and they won't replace the screen door (or anything else) after they do.

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Re: as we destroy animals' habitats, they move closer to us (and GCSE English) Jerry 18:52:13 01/23/26 Fri

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>> They communicate with each other with a howl >sometimes >> referred to as the coyote's "song". Yip, yip, >> yowlllll. > >Some supposedly worthy piece of English literature >included the text "yip yip yip" and it briefly became >a meme amongst GCSE English students forced to study >said text.... > >(I just checked and apparently it was a hyena) > >> 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. > >yes, might have been that one! > >> 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. > >And soon the polar bears will join them, as we destroy >their habitat too! > >Polar bears are not so easily deterred just by closing >your screen door. They love to move in, and they won't >replace the screen door (or anything else) after they >do. > ><img >src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s9SvWVM2GHm8rPf8 >WZCJ9P-1024-80.jpg">
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Re: as we destroy animals' habitats, they move closer to us (and GCSE English)	Jerry	18:52:13 01/23/26 Fri