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The World Beyond BetterMost => Anything Goes => Topic started by: David In Indy on April 04, 2007, 05:15:35 pm
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Coyote a cool customer at Chicago sandwich shop
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP)
For one day, at least, the roadrunner was safe. It seems the coyote was hankering for another kind of fast food.
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j43/Davidindy/story.jpg)
A coyote looks around in a cooler at a
Quizno's Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois,
on Tuesday. The animal lay down in a
cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.
Employees and customers at a downtown Chicago Quiznos sandwich shop were stunned to see a coyote walk through the propped-open front door Tuesday afternoon and lie down in a cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.
"It wasn't aggressive at all," restaurant manager Bina Patel told the Chicago Tribune. "It was just looking around."
Employees and customers calmly cleared out of the restaurant, though some took the time to finish their sandwiches and snap some cell-phone photos, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Animal control officers took the passive coyote away after about 40 minutes, after a curious crowd had gathered outside.
"This one definitely I will definitely remember forever. A coyote in downtown Chicago," Quiznos employee Rick Torres told WLS-TV.
The city captures 10 to 15 coyotes every year, especially in the spring when they are most active, said Anne Kent, director of Chicago Animal Care and Control. Veterinarians will examine the coyote and, if he is not injured, release him into the wild.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Wow.
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Here's a link to another story on the coyote, which includes a video showing it being taken away by Animal Control:
Wily Coyote Wanders Into Loop Sandwich Shop (http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_093180735.html)
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Then there is the kinkajou (sp?) that escaped from the zoo, boarded a bus, rode around with the driver for an hour, and then bit a woman on the face after she decided she could hold it. And he/she didn't even pay!
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I loved that story!!! When it broke and I saw a picture like on the OP, I was like, "Aawwwwwww". Seriously — there's something about the haplessness of the animal that's kind of comical. He has this expression like, "Here I am . . . WTF do I do now??"
I come from a family of dog owners & we've had several German shepherds (like Jake, heehee). So you're inclined to have a weakness for canines of all stripes, even the potentially dangerous ones.
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Then there is the kinkajou (sp?) that escaped from the zoo, boarded a bus, rode around with the driver for an hour, and then bit a woman on the face after she decided she could hold it. And he/she didn't even pay!
I didn't hear about this, Phillip. It sounds cute. Isn't a kinkajou a small honey bear?
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I loved that story!!! When it broke and I saw a picture like on the OP, I was like, "Aawwwwwww". Seriously — there's something about the haplessness of the animal that's kind of comical. He has this expression like, "Here I am . . . WTF do I do now??"
I come from a family of dog owners & we've had several German shepherds (like Jake, heehee). So you're inclined to have a weakness for canines of all stripes, even the potentially dangerous ones.
I know what you mean Laura. It's especially cute when they wander in and act completely calm and collected. This is beginning to happen more and more. I have many coyotes and deer in my neighborhood. They wander up and down the streets at night. More and more ecotones are created each year as the wilderness continues to disappear and more neighborhoods and urban centers are developed.
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I know what you mean Laura. It's especially cute when they wander in and act completely calm and collected. This is beginning to happen more and more. I have many coyotes and deer in my neighborhood. They wander up and down the streets at night. More and more ecotones are created each year as the wilderness continues to disappear and more neighborhoods and urban centers are developed.
I never heard the word "ecotone" before. Here's from wikipedia:
"An ecotone is a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems). It may appear on the ground as a gradual blending of the two communities across a broad area, or it may manifest itself as a sharp boundary line."
Thanks David!
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Here's a link to another story on the coyote, which includes a video showing it being taken away by Animal Control:
Wily Coyote Wanders Into Loop Sandwich Shop (http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_093180735.html)
I felt bad seeing the coyote being dragged into the van. The poor animal. He was so scared.
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Thanks David!
Yeah, who would have ever thought that the west side of Indianapolis (Speedway) would have an ecotone, but it does. Many kinds of animals come out at night and walk the streets; especially coyotes and deers.
My father has the same problem at his house. He lives on the east side of Indianapolis. Ever since they closed Fort Benjamin Harrison (an army base), homes, apartment buildings and shopping centers have been built. This has eliminated much of the natural forests the animals once lived in and occupied. So now, the animals have no where to go and they are forced to walk through the neighborhoods at night in search of food.
It's actually very sad, because the animals always end up enduring the hardships. :'(
We are quickly running out of room in this country, and the ecotones are evidence of this fact.
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In certain parts of Puerto Rico people get frequent visits from these iguanas. We call them "tree chickens" (gallinas de palo). My dad has a hard time with them. They don't go into his apartment but show up at his balcony quite often.
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/nataligv_2006/gallinadepalo.jpg)
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I felt bad seeing the coyote being dragged into the van. The poor animal. He was so scared.
Yes Natali, that upset me too. He didn't understand. He didn't realize he was doing something "wrong". He was just doing what was natural for him to do. He smelled or saw something interesting and he walked in.
The story is humorous, but it is rather sad too.
I did hear a happy ending though. He was released back into the wild -hopefully far away from the city. They also gave him a name. They named him Adrian, which just happens to be my cousin's name!
So, I guess the story has a happy ending. Hopefully he will stay away from the city from now on, but he will probably come back at some point.
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Only 10 more posts to go, David! You can do it!! You + me in the Top 10!!