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Monday, September 21, 2020
Badger and Coyote Hunting Together
A partnership based on shared skills and shared rewards. What the badger drives from underground, the coyote often kills above ground, while excess mortality proves a feast to both.
Those photographs of apparent cooperation between two species are truly amazing. Will more coyotes and badgers learn from this pair? How successful are their hunts, in fact? Is this behavior not uncommon between those two species? The third picture down has similarities to a handler and herding dog standing at the post, waiting for the sheep to get settled. I have heard of coyotes hanging around a pasture where sheep are worked by a dog, looking for rodents stirred above ground by the activity. To me, that example is simply taking advantage of an opportunity. Your pictures appears to be a badger and coyote purposefully cooperating in a hunt.
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Those photographs of apparent cooperation between two species are truly amazing. Will more coyotes and badgers learn from this pair? How successful are their hunts, in fact? Is this behavior not uncommon between those two species? The third picture down has similarities to a handler and herding dog standing at the post, waiting for the sheep to get settled. I have heard of coyotes hanging around a pasture where sheep are worked by a dog, looking for rodents stirred above ground by the activity. To me, that example is simply taking advantage of an opportunity. Your pictures appears to be a badger and coyote purposefully cooperating in a hunt.
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