Animal identification

[nhclone]

Agree.

Speaking of...I rolled up on a coyote standing in the middle of a highway in the middle of the day. I slowed down to pass it, thinking it was going to dart away in some direction and wanted to be able to stop if that direction was in front of me, but other than it’s head turning to stare me down as I passed, it NEVER MOVED. Again...this was the middle of the day. Certainly rabid, right?

Coyotes aren’t purely nocturnal so that part isn’t crazy. Mange can make them act weird if it’s bad enough, but you would see that. The strain of rabies that effects coyotes is extremely rare, especially in the northern states. Most likely one that is used to traffic, if you stopped and got out he would have hit Mach 3.

 

[GTO]

Werewolf?

 

[CYCLNST8]

I am super, duper cereal.

 

[Bigman38]

Dikfer

What's a penis for

 

[Bigman38]

Since it seems we have so many experts on animal IDing, what do you think this is? This is from my property and it is nothing I've seen before. Pretty sure it's not a coyote. Maybe some kind of dog? I'm going to go get the card out of the camera to get a higher resolution image but let's start speculating now.

Coyote and maybe just looks weird on the head because the background is almost the same color.

 

[CYCLNST8]

Coy-wolf? I think I spotted one in Clive about a month ago right next to Chicago Bridge & Iron.

 

[cmjh10]

Bobcat

 

[BoxsterCy]

It's the rabid devil dog pet of the Smiley Face Killers.

It's why you'll passed no permit gun carry, states freakin' dangerous as hell.

 

[nhclone]

What's a penis for

One half of my marriage seems to share this opinion.

 

[Cyched]

 

[Acylum]

Chupacabra

Absolutely the first thing that came to mind for me.

 

[theshadow]

Dikfer

 

[Acylum]

Coy-wolf? I think I spotted one in Clive about a month ago right next to Chicago Bridge & Iron.

AKA as the Eastern Coyote. And they can get huge. Friend had something picking off his feeder pigs and caught a coy wolf in the act and shot it with a .22. When I saw it in person I suggested he get something more powerful for next time. Also, I do a lot of hiking, backpacking, stealth camping- it’s incredible how much coyote **** you come across. And you never really see them all that much. They are truly the “ghosts of the prairie “.

 

[TXCyclones]

Hell hound. Devil Dingo.

 

[carvers4math]

Agree.

Speaking of...I rolled up on a coyote standing in the middle of a highway in the middle of the day. I slowed down to pass it, thinking it was going to dart away in some direction and wanted to be able to stop if that direction was in front of me, but other than it’s head turning to stare me down as I passed, it NEVER MOVED. Again...this was the middle of the day. Certainly rabid, right?

We had this happen with a raccoon. It was swaying a bit like drunk. I always assume they are rabid though.

 

[jsb]

People on that dumb next door ap claim you can hear them at night in West Des Moines.

 

[carvers4math]

People on that dumb next door ap claim you can hear them at night in West Des Moines.

I have seen them in that park by the WDM police station

 

[dafarmer]

Could be a coyote who just had pups.

 

[1100011CS]

People on that dumb next door ap claim you can hear them at night in West Des Moines.

If you're talking about coyotes I have no doubt you can. They can be really loud. And as for the posts claiming this picture is a coyote, I have seen plenty of coyotes and this looks nothing like one unless it is mangy.

 

[1100011CS]

Could be a coyote who just had pups.

Oh, do they look that bad after having pups? There's 3 that I see frequently but haven't seen any that looked pregnant. And none look like this.