Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Raccoons Vs. Coyote



What sparked these combative raccoons? Look closely at what the coyote appears to be eating.
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3 comments:

Peter Apps said...

That squirrel is so heavy it must be made out of depleted uranium !

I don't know as much about racoon behaviour as I should - would this be a mated pair working together ?

Thanks for showing.

Peter Apps

TEC said...

Looks like a squirrel tail to me. Could it be that the raccoons were originally chased off the squirrel by the coyote, and they were merely reclaiming their find? It is a little puzzling to see that type of combativeness in the wild.

PBurns said...

At 0.7 I see what I think are stripes on the tail, which might mean a baby raccoon (or part of a raccoon), perhaps frozen to the ground. Those two things might explain both the anger of the raccoon if the den was right there nearby, and also the coyote having a hard time busting it loose. The raccoons are clearly PISSED.

P