The video was recorded on a home surveillance camera in Surfside, Texas on June 9, and showed the scene unfolding between the two animals.
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I gotta tell you, it looked to me like the coyote was playing more than anything else, although I'm sure the cat thought differently.
I'd say that was a young coyote that hasn't quite mastered the hunting skills needed to take on a cat. Cats can be a hand full due to their speed, strength, wicked claws and teeth.
ReplyDeleteI can assure you, the coyote was not playing.
ReplyDeleteLucky cat. Judging by all the missing cat posts on nextdoor, that's not how the majority of those encounters end around here.
ReplyDeleteOff/on topic, we had a doe three houses down the street stomp a dog's lights out for harassing her fawn the other evening.
A course the Biden “speech” was a highlight. Wonder what happen after the cat fell off the post. You could see the coyote running in the background so I doubt he left.
ReplyDeleteI think the cat was declawed or she would have scratched the coyote's eyes out.
ReplyDeleteDeclawed cats don't climb poles.
DeleteMight have been just the front paws declawed.
DeleteWirecutter, cats with just their front claws removed do climb poles and trees, I've seen them do it.
DeleteYou're right, Tsgt Joe. Looking back, I do remember seeing my mother's cat do it.
DeleteI have a lot of coyotes around my place, feral cats don't last long, neighbors who leave the chickens out a little late have found out that coyotes love chicken. the guinea hens seem safe from predators but get hit by cars often, I guess if you want to keep your animals don't leave them out at night.
ReplyDelete"He said coyotes are not known to harm humans, and attacks on pets are very rare."
ReplyDeleteWhoever wrote that doesn't have a clue about coyote's predatory nature. Pets are always on the coyote menu. So are young and old frail people. Just a couple years ago an old lady was killed by coyote(s) in that same vicinity right outside her own home.
Between the black bears and the coyotes, I don't go in the woods at camp any more without being suitably a*r*m*e*d. Camp is 1600 NE of Houston.
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This was my fourth attempt at posting this comment. After I got the "posting attempt failed, try again later", I added the asterisks to a*r*m*e*d and it was posted successfully. I had this same experience with another comment last week when I changed another offending word to a different one with the same meaning, which was accepted immediately after I changed it. I'm thinking Blogger or what ever platform you're using these days, is blocking comments that contain words on some offending list.
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I don't know, Nemo. The word n*gger comes through fairly regularly. You'd think that would be on their list.
DeleteIf that's an outdoor cat that's been declawed, the owners should be shot. Pretty much anyone who declaws a cat should be strung up. If you don't like the claws, get something else!
DeleteI had maybe three different posts last week, it did the post failed thing. As far as I recall, I was using normal language.
DeleteUp here they try to lure the dogs out, yipping and barking. Whole pack. If I can pinpoint them, I send lead their way. Not to mention livestock.
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