Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Humans Have Created A New Top Predator That Is Taking Over The Northeast - the coywolf

  • Humans are not newcomers when it comes to messing around with nature. While we haven't created Frankenstein's monster yet, what we do messes with the natural world. One recent example is the creation of the coywolf — a hybrid of the coyote and the wolf that is also known as the Eastern coyote.
    These animals have a completely new genetic make up: Their genes are about 1/4 wolf DNA and 2/3 coyote DNA, the rest is from domesticated dogs. They were created when previously separate wolf and coyote populations merged in the land north of the Great Lakes...Continue reading, photos...
A coywolf, this one was spotted in West Virginia.

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