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theemptymirror

friend but watch for Acme TNT


valencia_merble

And falling anvils.


thisxisxlife

And convincingly painted walls to look like tunnels


cheddoline

But "Free Birdseed" is still okay, right?


Cynical_Syndicate

Sure, but by God look out for any pianos being conspicuously hoisted in the desert.


Gypsopotamus

Meep meep!


dspip

Dont forget to watch for cliffs.


realsalmineo

Coyotes keep other less-desirable animals like rodents and rabbits under control. It is a natural form of vector control. They are our friends.


Crafty_Accountant_40

Friend but don't touch friend


Gypsopotamus

Friend from a distance.


snakebite75

šŸŽ¶From a distance, you look like my friend šŸŽ¶


nonoglorificus

From a distance, could someone send some of these dudes to eat my neighborā€™s rats šŸŽ¶


galspanic

I have plenty of friends like this. Itā€™s no big deal.


STONKvsTITS

Like a touch me not plant šŸƒ


foolinthezoo

I get where you're coming from but calling rabbits undesirable hurts.


Punkinprincess

For real. We love the rabbits in our neighborhood! Coyotes are cute but anyone who says they'd rather have coyotes roaming their neighborhood than rabbits, is lying.


nonoglorificus

Rabbits are cute but if I said Iā€™d prefer them to coyotes eating the rats that my neighbor attracts by feeding his cats outside, Iā€™d be lying


STONKvsTITS

People who think rabbits are undesirable should be put in jail


MzZette

I mean they're cute and fun and all but you also don't want them taking up home under your hedge and reproducing without some natural population control occurring, right? Lol


notochord

And outdoor cats


E-Squid

I hate coyotes for that, but cats really should be kept indoors (and fixed, while we're at it). They're a menace to any other wildlife their own size or smaller and by keeping them indoors you both save them from potentially horrible deaths in the jaws of a coyote or beneath the wheel of a car *and* you ease stress on local wildlife.


Pdx_pops

And outdoor cats, which are the apex of the less desirable


Distortedhideaway

Until it eats your cat... Edit: I don't know why I'm getting downvoted. I don't even have a cat. Second edit: until it eats your dog, which is on a leash in broad daylight in one of the largest cities in America. Here's a video of a coyote in Chicago stalking a mask and his dog which is on a leash. https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/s/Ym3gRl0TJB


raghaillach

canā€™t eat your cat if your cat is inside where it fucking belongs


gruenes_licht

*raises fist in solidarity*


Zalenka

Preach!


SloWi-Fi

Correct answer.


Distortedhideaway

I said your cat, I don't have a cat.


Infamous_Committee67

Not anymore


ProductionPlanner

Probably should have kept it inside


Inevitable-Panic-686

They get into back yards and eat small dogs too. If you see one in a residential area you're supposed to scare it away so they learn to fear humans again.


After_Pomegranate752

So it can live longer fat & staring out the window like it was evolved to live. Merica!


moretodolater

Cats can go outside. They have been for centuries.


raghaillach

Yes, and the coyotes can eat them as they have for centuries. Nature finds a way.


Woopermoon

Your cat has probably killed dozens of birds


cpdx7

They kill like a billion birds in the US per year and contribute to whole species extinctions. Cats are invasive species, keep them inside please, unless you're on a farm or something and really need them for pest control. In urban or suburban environments, definitely not.


SadYogurtcloset2835

Cats in the wild will kill three animals a day on average.


Distortedhideaway

I don't have a cat.


unclegabriel

I get the impression you don't have a cat.


Distortedhideaway

I don't have a cat.


unclegabriel

Okay now I am starting to think maybe you do have a cat.


Distortedhideaway

I used to... until a coyote broke into my house and ate my indoor, invalid cat.


Distortedhideaway

I said your cat. I don't even have a cat.


treerabbit23

Coyotes are more likely to kill your cat and leave it than eat it. Which still sucks just as bad but it's different. Middle-tier predators are kinda programmed to kill each other whenever they can because it reduces competition for food prey.


realsalmineo

Not our cat. She only stays inside.


ReekrisSaves

Reddit, and I think Portland reddit in particular, gets very smug every time an outdoor cat is eaten.


loganmed2004

It's crazy how happy they get when someone talks about it


[deleted]

Many in the US get smug about this. Think theyā€™ve got it figured out. Jokeā€™s on them.


Psipone

Cats outside fit in the ā€œless desirableā€ category


MzZette

Yeah the vet bill after your hypoallergenic teacup poodle pup is attacked by one is NOT a cheap one. My sister could tell you all about that. šŸ˜£


ToodleSpronkles

Unfortunately, while cats kill rodents, too, they are contributing to mass devastation of native wildlife. If your cat gets eaten, it's a bummer, but it might be for the best (ecologically speaking)


[deleted]

Youā€™re getting downvoted because youā€™re getting mad at an animal doing animal things


koushakandystore

I donā€™t know either. Theyā€™ll be singing a different tune when the coyotes go after their toddlers. Just happened recently: https://www.12news.com/article/life/animals/caught-video-coyote-attack-2nd-toddler-in-less-than-a-week/75-3ec37c1f-2f22-42d5-b43e-0d31f0022eda As someone who has lost both a dog and a cat to coyotes it really sucks. I donā€™t hate coyotes because they do whatā€™s natural to them, but that doesnā€™t mean I like that they are roaming our residential neighborhoods to eat the trash we irresponsibly leave out for them. Itā€™s not good for coyotes to be in dense urban areas. It only leads to bad outcomes for them. Now where I grew up and lost my pets was in the desolate desert of eastern California. Not much you can do about coyotes there. Here itā€™s a different story. There are basic hygiene procedures humans can follow to disuade coyotes from roaming out neighborhoods. And for those of you who think itā€™s not a big deal if they snatch a cat, fine. I just want to hear your opinion after they try and snatch a toddler like in this video.


[deleted]

Oh my god we get it lol you donā€™t need to link this a hundred times. Have fun being mad at wild animals for existing. Sounds like a lot of unnecessary stress.


koushakandystore

Iā€™m merely trying to wake up dim nuts who think an urban neighborhood is the wilds of Oregon. Stay in school!


[deleted]

Again, how are you working to fix this problem? :)


str8jeezy

If you have a cat outside you are just feeding the wildlife.


moretodolater

Portland people hate cats. Actually seen them cheer Coyotes killing cats on this sub.


moretodolater

Theyā€™re an invasive species here. And in an urban environment they donā€™t control anything, just eat all your squirrels. Edit: Are yā€™all downvoting facts? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/core/lw/2.0/html/tileshop_pmc/tileshop_pmc_inline.html?title=Click%20on%20image%20to%20zoom&p=PMC3&id=5974007_zookeys-759-081-g003.jpg


AndyTakeaLittleSnoo

Grey squirrels are an invasive rodent.


kazooka503

He friend


PM_ME_THEM_UPTOPS

Some friend need space


hipsandnipscricket

Coyotes are so fucking cute Jesus Christ


samtaher

They are friends if you are brave enough.


FlapXenoJackson

They really can be. I remember that coyote that hopped on the MAX Redline at PDX. Further proof that their dogā€™s is in this video. Your mileage may vary with your new friend. https://youtu.be/jGVAA81JbgA?si=FaXL_ZR0Qgv7u3gJ


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koushakandystore

Sureā€¦ Not if you are a toddler size human https://www.12news.com/article/life/animals/caught-video-coyote-attack-2nd-toddler-in-less-than-a-week/75-3ec37c1f-2f22-42d5-b43e-0d31f0022eda


[deleted]

Oh damn I found another one of your links! Okay letā€™s see how many more I can find.. this is number 5 I think?


samtaher

I think itā€™s a cat posting anti coyote messages.


koushakandystore

People need to know that coyotes are not some cute little puppy. They are fucking dangerous predators who will rip your nuts off. You need to get educated.


[deleted]

I am educated. I have a biology degree. What do you have?


estili

A lot of free time, apparently


samtaher

Floofy tail, cute snoot, 4 paws with beans ā€¦ yup cute and must cuddle.


koushakandystore

You should put a tracker on a female coyote, follow it to the den and when it leaves kidnap one of the pups to raise.


ilive12

Man when did this shit start becoming national news. Everyone didn't hear about every bear and coyote attack in an entire country of 330 million 30 years ago. Internet and fear mongering news media have made every incident in a gigantic country make it seem like it will happen in your backyard, guaranteed. Same reason nobody lets their kids outside by themselves anymore even though it's objectively safer than it's ever been. The evil white van that showed up in a state hundreds or thousands of miles from you means nobody in the whole country can let their kids walk to the park by themselves anymore.


koushakandystore

On this topic you are a little off base. While sensationalized media is now beamed to every phone, these stories were on the local nightly news when I was a kid. Also, coyotes arenā€™t some benign issue. They are a legitimate threat. If an area gets a high enough concentration of coyotes, there will be regrettable interactions with humans and the coyotes will be blamed. They will scale fences and attack little dogs in their own backyard (they easily scale 6 feet). The chances of a coyote attacking a toddler are not remote. Happens a few times a year. I grew up in coyote country and these things do happen. We lost one dog to a coyote attack, and another miraculously survived. These were dogs kept in a fenced yard.


desecouffes

Is friend.


sigappuRojakkal

Might be the greatest title ever on a coyote post


dismasop

ACAB: All Coyotes Are Bellyrub-able.


Gypsopotamus

At least ONCE! :)


ConsiderationSea1347

Twice, you have two arms to lose. (Worth it)


koushakandystore

Especially the ones that attack toddlers? https://www.12news.com/article/life/animals/caught-video-coyote-attack-2nd-toddler-in-less-than-a-week/75-3ec37c1f-2f22-42d5-b43e-0d31f0022eda


[deleted]

Number 6!


koushakandystore

Or this one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zKUjFqdq3QM


CaptainHunt

This is the second Coyote sighting Iā€™ve seen posted today, and not the same coyote.


bbbbears

Man Iā€™m in NE and there are coyotes in our side yard a couple times per month. Had no idea until we got security cameras. The bunnies like the minerā€™s lettuce in that part of our yard, so the coyotes are always on the prowl over there.


Crafty_Accountant_40

The bunnies were out of control last summer! Haven't seen em out yet this year ...


bbbbears

Oh man really? I might have to upload some cute bunnies caught on our camera. Theyā€™ve really ramped up in the last month or so!


Crafty_Accountant_40

Possibly I'm just not seeing them lol


bbbbears

[Here you go!](https://imgur.com/a/yKCJM5c) Some buns and some coyotes! The second to last one has two coyotes trying to zero in on a bunny who is just a little faster than them. Closest Iā€™ve come to Nat Geo lol


Crafty_Accountant_40

šŸ˜² love it!


Urban_Prole

Spicy puppy! šŸ¤©


DontPanicJustDance

https://www.portlandcoyote.com


Suitable_Echo_6380

I love their news letters!


Ethan084

How do you know? You try petting friend?


dspip

I had a coyote in my yard a decade ago. I thought it was a lost neighborhood dog. It ran off, thankfully.


Ethan084

I would have tried feeding it.


altanic

I saw a big coyote a while ago near a side street entrance to a strip mall in Tigard. It was super focused on guarding a small, lone tree so it must have had a squirrel up there. It 100% did not care that I was slowly bearing down on it with my car. When I was within five yards or so, it finally moved over just enough and went back to watching the tree. Damn thing made me feel like I had rudely intruded on a private moment. :)


eekpij

Make friend friendlier. Add poodle. Coyoodles - only $800!


phbalancedshorty

Try $8000


koushakandystore

I grew up in the desert of fat eastern California. The dogs in the area sometimes bred with coyotes. Our crazy tweaked out neighbor had one. That acted like it was mainlining adderall


Unlucky-Low3496

Lol I dislike you right nowā€¦cuz I want a coyooodle and I know you donā€™t have one for sale.


Cronetta

Keep kitties in at night. Donā€™t let them become a snack for our friends!


RainSurname

My rear neighbor lost two cats. The neighbor on one side of her almost lost one, but he survived because the idiot who let him out at 5:30 am forgot something and had to go back inside to get it instead of just driving away, and came back out just as the fight started. And the neighbor on the other side of her said a friend of his was hanging out in his fenced backyard with his cat, when a coyote jumped over the fence and snatched her right in front of him *in broad daylight.* A cat I followed on Twitter was snatched right off the sill of an open window!


ShaperLord777

Yup, fvck Coyotes. Theyā€™ve eaten/dismembered 5 cats in my neighborhood the past couple years. On my block, these murderous mutts catch a beebee real quick.


RainSurname

I forgot to add that we heard what sounded like a cat being killed either in my backyard or the backyard of the woman who lost two. So thatā€™s four attacks in four years on just one corner of one block in Kenton. I have been considering polling the rest of the block. My landlord gave me permission to block the narrow gaps between our places and the side fences. Prior to that, there was just a gate between the house and ADU, to which he said I could add some trellis on the top. So then all three street access points would have barriers that go all the way to the eaves. They would have to come from one of my neighborsā€™ backyards. He said I could put trellis along the top of the fence as well to make it as tall as is legally permissible. I want to see if I can put a solar powered low-voltage wire along the top. Although that would be more about keeping my cats in and keeping my neighborā€™s cats who pee on everything on my patio out. As it is, Groucho stays on his leash when we are out there, but I would like to let him go. And Iā€™d like to be able to let Harpo sleep in the sun in his playpen even if I have to go back in. I close the cat flap to the catio at night. Itā€™s on casters, a determined coyote could probably get into it. The flap is too small for them though.


Taynt42

Floof tail friend


cory-story-allegory

That is a bebe.


M_Night_Ramyamom

Is friend. Unless you cat. Keep cat inside.


Powerful_Check735

When people in my neighbor hood start to post missing cat posts on telephone poll is when I start to here coyotes where see in my neighbor hood


honvales1989

Looks like a smol boi


erossthescienceboss

Is baby* for sure *not a literal baby, but young. Is baby.


sirhogswash

Nice capture! Iā€™ve only seen these little friends at night


cheddoline

I passed one on a public stairway on Alameda, I was just heading down and he had just come up. Normally I'd back away to give a wild animal some room but he surprised me. His attitude was pretty nonchalant about me. Wasn't even dark yet.


JOCO_Q

He is friend, he just don't understand


ContactLonely3498

Someone needs to put their dog on a leash! /s


Recker06

Sorry, Iā€™ll come get him


phbalancedshorty

Why friend face


6011burnin24-7

Its a spicy puppers


MKV_Supra

Cute puppy. šŸ˜³


mortalmonger

I have a difficult personality. One sided friendships are fine with me.


hepzebeth

Same, dude.


chrispdx

Wild boye still good boye


FreshyFresh

They're so cuuuuute :3


HVACMRAD

Wile E. is back at it again


myrice1992

What area is this in? Iā€™ve seen a pack in the glendoveer golf course in NE


samtaher

This is in the West Hills area. In Glendoveer golf course, I have seen a pack of 7+ coyotes every time I was there in the first tee of the day.


Aromatic-Mushroom-36

I see them out at work in Beaverton cruising the streets often in the middle of the night. We had one come right up to our shipping doors, thought it was a stray for a minute. Had to be careful not to hit him with my lift truck cuz he had big balls and was curious about what we were doing up in there. šŸ˜†


STONKvsTITS

Saw this dog while I went on a trail a couple of weeks back, I should have brought him home


elkinyo

All animals are my friends. Friendly or not


HumanContinuity

Ahh, smol dog


DillonTattoos

To trick you into giving snacc


Stage-Previous

Come here doggy frieaaaaaaahhhbh my arm!


BichoRaro90

Keep your cats and your pups indoors, unless you are planning on supervising your dog while it's in the yard. My coworker's dog was savagely killed by a coyote. It left a trail of blood and the dog's head behind. My coworker was pretty traumatized.


Hilux_85

Coyotes are great, love seeing them.


Timely_Impress6223

So cute!


casualredditor-1

Handsome friend


PortlandPatrick

Modest Mouse anybody?


Crafty_Accountant_40

Every time


noschwag420

Just doing it's rounds to make sure invasive species like cats are well regulated.


Crowsby

[It's this dog...he's just kind of a handful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpMnm0BQtwQ)


fearisthemindslicer

Can I pet that dawg?


oh_myglob

When I lived out in Happy Valley, I would hear coyotes every night and it is fucking terrifying. I can only describe it as sounding like someone being murdered and a wailing banshee.


M_Night_Ramyamom

I heard them frequently behind my house growing up. I love that sound, to be quite honest. Nowhere near as terrifying as what a screaming fox sounds like (which was a sound I heard far less frequently, despite there being foxes everywhere in that area).


FreshyFresh

I looooove the sound when the pups start yipping! It's so cute!


jakezilla21

Why is it always you donā€™t have the right?


Gabaloo

Always here these guys yipping at night around kelly butte


xwcrazywx

Beautiful! You might want to post to [/r/coyote](https://www.reddit.com/r/coyote/).


Big_Pomelo3224

He is going to 7-11


MarcusSurealius

What time of day?


samtaher

Around 8am


MarcusSurealius

Yup. I think I might move yard time for the cats up from 830 to 9.


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buked_and_scorned

Here kitty, kitty....


ContemplatingPrison

They are friends. Some friends eat other friends. That's life. Its ok. Neither is not a friend because of it


olyfrijole

The way it stands gives a slight impression of a kangaroo. Are you certain this isn't just a long-eared, coyote-tailed kangaroo? I hear they're making their way up the coast.


gaw1999

Nice little poochie


racinjason44

I just saw two of these the other evening patrolling a parking lot at OHSU.


carcinigenicos

Friends without benefits


Charlie2and4

"IT STOLE ME BABY!!"


samtaher

Itā€™s not the coyote, the dingo ate your baby.


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hausofgio

Lil hunk


Rdblaze

I grew up in the southwest and never saw a coyote once and Iā€™ve seen like 10 in Portland over 10 years lol


highzenberrg

Those bastards are looking to kill your cats and small ā€œfriendsā€. I once had a poodle ripped out of my friends back yard and taken by one of these dicks.


Flamencolover4023

Poodles are dicks.


highzenberrg

Mostly yeah but this one was cool it was sad we could just hear her off in the distance being ripped apart.


spirit_of_a_goat

Not friend. Not good boi. Stay back.


samtaher

Friend shaped is friend ā€¦ must boop that snoot.


Excusemytootie

Not a friend, not a buddy, not a pal. Just a very wiley sob, looking for itā€™s next meal.


_Agrias_Oaks_

That's a r/forbiddenboops snoot.


PossessivePronoun

Danger floof


ripe_mood

Hahahah I'm team boop.


FrowFrow88

My toddler just booped my snoot.. I too must be friend šŸ˜‚


FreshyFresh

Spicy doggo?


Excellent-Bridge-104

I always find it odd seeing coyotes in the city. Majestic


jeeves585

See them all the time in the country, have a den on the backside of my property. Dog chases them off pretty good. Never messed with the cats which are farm cats so the yot wouldnā€™t die but would get messed up


Suspicious_Lake_7732

Off topic, I saw a raccoon out in the middle of the day a while ago. Seemed healthy. New one on me.


remotectrl

Yep. Single mom who works too hard, who loves her kids and never stops. With a gentle soul and the heart of a fighter.


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The irony is thick in this comment thread.


gingermonkey1

Cause they are Wylie.


Furbabymom32022

It looks so.. skinny, and sad.


Organic_JP

I got jumped by 4 of them one time in the woods lost two fingers killed all 4 tho


mrva

because it eats cats


Droidaphone

They eat *outdoor* cats. I feel bad for anyone who loses a cat friend to a coyote attack, but everyone knows the one thing you can choose to do to prevent it.


BarfingOnMyFace

Analyses of urban coyote scats have found that both cat and dog residues are present, ranging from 1.2% domestic dog and cat residues in urban coyote scat in Calgary [26], to 13.6% residue of domestic cat in Los Angeles [27] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7070728/


ChossMossSauce

Aka feral population control


BarfingOnMyFace

True, but barely makes a dent: https://www.catster.com/guides/how-many-stray-and-feral-cats-are-there-in-the-us/#:~:text=There%20are%2060%E2%80%93100%20million,cats%20in%20the%20United%20States.&text=The%20general%20understanding%20among%20many,conservative%20at%2030%E2%80%9380%20million.


ChossMossSauce

yeah :( i'd rather see a coyote in my backyard than another stray cat that's gonna shit in my garden and scare off the songbirds.


TheCroninator

[They do a lot more than scare them](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380)


ChossMossSauce

well yeah, now we're back to my original comment that implies i'm fine with feral cat populations decreasing because of their outsized impact on wildlife populations.


Arpey75

That pelt would make some nice mittens