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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCamera Catches Coyote And Badger Friends Traveling Together
"I was speechless."BY LILY FEINN
Nothings better than traveling with a buddy. Thats what an unlikely pair of animals roaming the Santa Cruz Mountains discovered late last year.
A motion-activated camera caught a coyote and his badger friend crossing a busy highway. The cameras were set up as part of a three-year study by Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and Pathways for Wildlife on how wildlife interact with roadways.
When Neal Sharma, who leads the team of researchers, first saw the footage, he was stunned.
This is the kind of interaction that someone like me can only dream of, Sharma told The Dodo. I was speechless just to see this kind of interspecies relationship.
Coyotes and badgers are known to partner together when hunting each one supplying a set of skills that the other lacks. A coyotes agility and speed and the badgers expert digging help to make each outing successful.
They both like to eat ground squirrels. So if a badger is flushing out a den, digging things up, a coyote is waiting nearby in case a squirrel runs out of a different entrance, Sharma said. So its mutually beneficial.
In the recent video, it becomes clear that these two aren't just casual acquaintances but an actual team. And the animals had been traveling together for quite some time before their playful interaction was caught on camera.
They came through from one side of the highway, spent some time and went back through from the way they came," Sharma said. "So definitely a relationship here, and just some amazing body language. This is about as good as it gets.
In the video, the coyote playfully hops and bows toward the badger, as if beckoning him to follow. The badger lumbers behind the coyote, and the pair cross through the drainpipe.
You can watch the adorable video here: (Note: It is an awesome video--it's like the coyote is saying, "C'mon! Hurry up!)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8J6ooFFa27/
Its clear the pair are looking out for each other whether they're searching for their next meal or the perfect place to cross the road.
https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/coyote-and-badger-caught-on-camera-traveling-together
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Camera Catches Coyote And Badger Friends Traveling Together (Original Post)
catbyte
Feb 2020
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Bayard
(22,063 posts)1. Way cool!
herding cats
(19,564 posts)2. If no one minds I'd like to add this link here.
I'll delete if anyone objects.
Hi. Remember the coyote-badger video that made us all briefly joyous? And remember the lovely artwork that captured the animals bond?
The artist,
@Dangerwood6
, is making prints available. All proceeds go to
@POST_fans
, which filmed the animals.
The artist,
@Dangerwood6
, is making prints available. All proceeds go to
@POST_fans
, which filmed the animals.
Link to tweet
From The Artist
100% of proceeds from this sale will be donated to the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), the organization that filmed this coyote and badger in California's south Santa Cruz Mountains.
Coyotes and American badgers are known to sometimes combine their talents during joint hunting expeditions. Together, these two trotted joyfully through the culvert, throughout the internet, and straight into our hearts.
POST is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been working to protect open space on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the South Bay for the benefit of all since 1977
https://openspacetrust.org/
100% of proceeds from this sale will be donated to the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), the organization that filmed this coyote and badger in California's south Santa Cruz Mountains.
Coyotes and American badgers are known to sometimes combine their talents during joint hunting expeditions. Together, these two trotted joyfully through the culvert, throughout the internet, and straight into our hearts.
POST is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been working to protect open space on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the South Bay for the benefit of all since 1977
https://openspacetrust.org/
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thedangerwood/coyote-and-badger-go-hunting/
catbyte
(34,376 posts)3. I love it. Thanks!
Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)4. If a coyote and a Badger can get along, why can't we?
A question for the ages.
But loved the pictures. I hope they have a long friendship together.