That's the difference between wild dogs, and domesticated dogs.

Domesticated dogs prefer canned toddler, or maybe some Kiddies and Bits^TM.

Baby quoted as saying "It jumped up and bit me right in the buttocks."

The comments previous to this one are lame and unfunny.

Damn, I missed the cutoff.

Was the toddler yelling "beep beep" at the time?

MrGronk: Was the toddler yelling "beep beep" at the time?

Clap Clap Clap

In the Buttocks.

This is why we need to arm our children at an early age. Shoot a coyote and another eats your baby when you aren't looking, teach your baby to shoot and he never has to worry about coyotes again.

/not really

The real question is: Why the hell are a child and a nanny in the Coyote's sandbox anyways? Everyone knows they're terrible at sharing.

TommyymmoT: That's the difference between wild dogs, and domesticated dogs.

Domesticated dogs prefer canned toddler, or maybe some Kiddies and BitsTM.

Mmmm...Soylent Pink...

Dear Acme:

I'm writing to complain about the Nanny Neutralizer recently purchased from your company...

Nanny state strikes again

Thats the difference between an aussie dingo and a US coyote. The dingo wont let go of its dinner.

Paulistinian: The comments previous to this one are lame and unfunny.

And your comment is boring & trite.

scuffer
Thats the difference between an aussie dingo and a US coyote. The dingo wont let go of its dinner.

Meh. Not that I really give a damn, but I would be more impressed by the danger of dingoes if there was more than the example of one, in a protected park area, habituated to and scavenging off humans but generally treated like a wild animal.

Why were no Aborigine children evidently eaten by them? Could it be that treating and managing the dogs that chose to live in their villages like dogs actually worked?

Your comment confuses me, SwiftFox. Are you suggesting that coyote attacks on small children would end if we made friends with the local coyotes?

/dingoes are dogs
//coyotes not so much

scuffer
Thats the difference between an aussie dingo and a US coyote. The dingo wont let go of its dinner.

Not even close. I'd take a coyote over a dingo in a fight any time.

/try keeping a coyote as a pet.

Nothing a twenty cent .223 round couldn't fix.

Coyote are too small to carry a human child.

ass_double: Nothing a twenty cent .223 round couldn't fix.

RIMS.

/has no tolerance for varmints, especially dirty varmints

Sgygus
Your comment confuses me, SwiftFox. Are you suggesting that coyote attacks on small children would end if we made friends with the local coyotes?

/dingoes are dogs
//coyotes not so much

No, few captive coyotes really get tame. However, you could reasonably compare the coyote bite statistics to those from the larger domesticated dog population. Canine in a US neighborhood means a possible attack on a child, wild or tame (random human in the neighborhood bears watching too). I'm not sure that applies to a single, or at least few, dingo incidents either.

TheWhoppah: Coyote are too small to carry a human child.

This is what I was thinking. Coyotes are smaller than wolves. An average 2 year old is 32 pounds. A coyote is between 7-46 pounds. Unless the kid was a dwarf, and the coyote was a super, genetically modified coyote, there is no way it was "carrying" the kid.

/African coyote maybe.

Sgygus: /dingoes are dogs
//coyotes not so much

Actually they are both dogs. Members of the genus "Canis". It is Foxes that are different.

Dogs are Canines, both teh Dingo Canis Dingo and the Coyote Canis Latrans are dogs.

Foxes are Vulpines.


Still don't know which I'd rather pull a newborn from the jaws of. Sometimes smaller can be badder. Especially in the Outback.

"Nothing a twenty cent .223 round couldn't fix."

While true, getting the shot is the question. Coyotes are VERY wary, will eat practically anything, and with no predators and lack of hunting, are on the rise in most places. If you have kids that play outside, you need a large, protective dog. If you want to prevent depredation of coyotes, get yourself a nice electronic call.

rico567: "Nothing a twenty cent .223 round couldn't fix."

While true, getting the shot is the question. Coyotes are VERY wary, will eat practically anything, and with no predators and lack of hunting, are on the rise in most places. If you have kids that play outside, you need a large, protective dog. If you want to prevent depredation of coyotes, get yourself a nice electronic call.

Did you mean wall?

tatum: Dear Acme:

I'm writing to complain about the Nanny Neutralizer recently purchased from your company...

Wins the thread. Please pick up your prize at customer service.

rico567: If you want to prevent depredation of coyotes, get yourself a nice electronic call.

Do you mean depredation BY coyotes, or is it "of" coyotes? The call would be to lure them in.. or away?

/Ruger No.1B .243WIN

I was just wanting to use the phone!

Quigley Down Under quotes FTW

ass_double - where you getting that kinda price on 223? I'm on 308, and paying 45/rnd, but 223 around here is closer to 30/rnd than 20/rnd...

/ feeding a FAL is expensive

ArgusRun: TheWhoppah: Coyote are too small to carry a human child.

Thats just what they want you to think!

Quit basting your children in tasty gravy.

/the coyotes

Maybe the nanny's bosses will pay her a fair wage now. Oooh, maybe some health insurance too.

My first name is Wiley so I'm getting a kick...

DNRTFA

Had a coyote mix dog once. Very different attitude from any other dog I've owned. Wary and sly. Pretty animal, though.

i.r.id10t: where you getting that kinda price on 223? I'm on 308, and paying 45/rnd, but 223 around here is closer to 30/rnd than 20/rnd...

/ feeding a FAL is expensive

HANDLOAD... I shoot 30 06 for about 15 cents a pop. And any decent handloader (not real good, just decent) will be more accurate for your rifle, once you find the right load.

TooCheapToTF: once you find the right load

he he he.......you said "load"

If, as reported, all the wounds were in the buttocks area, this sounds suspicious.

Was the nanny uglier than the coyote?

ass_double: Nothing a twenty cent .223 round couldn't fix.

Yeah, but what are the parents going to say when you tell them you've shot their kid just so that the coyote could have an easier meal?

/It's their kid, so they should get first dibs on the liver and other choice bits

ArgusRun:

TheWhoppah: Coyote are too small to carry a human child.

/African coyote maybe.

It' a simple question of weight ratios. An African coyote, maybe, but not a European coyote.

ass_double: Nothing a twenty cent .223 round couldn't fix.

For the coyote or the kid? I'm confused.

California Coyotes are pretty darn small, I'm trying to imagine such a "vicious animal" trying to carry off a two-year old. I call shenanigans. Nanny's probably got a dog that attacked the kid, and didn't want to get in trouble. "IT WAS A VICIOUS EVIL COYOTE!"

Loved the picture of the coyote that Fox put up to induce fear, however. FEAR THE COYOTES! THEY ARE AL QAIDA COYOTES! THEY WANT TO EAT YOUR CHILDREN AND POOP ON AMERICA!

If anything it probably bit and let go. Since the nanny didn't want to get in trouble she made up a story that she ripped the baby out of the jaws of the coyote to become the savior.

LincolnLogolas: "IT WAS A VICIOUS EVIL COYOTE!"

Tim: There he is!
King Arthur: Where?
Tim: There!
King Arthur: What? Behind the Coyote?
Tim: It *is* the Coyote!
King Arthur: You silly sod!
Tim: What?
King Arthur: You got us all worked up!
Tim: Well, that's no ordinary Coyote.
King Arthur: Ohh.
Tim: That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered canine you ever set eyes on!
Sir Robin: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
Tim: Look, that Coyote's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
Sir Galahad: Get stuffed!
Tim: He'll do you up a treat, mate.
Sir Galahad: Oh, yeah?
Sir Robin: You manky Scots git!
Tim: I'm warning you!
Sir Robin: What's he do? Nibble your bum?
Tim: He's got huge, sharp... er... He can leap about...Look at the bones!

Phil Herup
Dogs are Canines, both teh Dingo Canis Dingo and the Coyote Canis Latrans are dogs.

Canis lupus is wolf. So wolves are dogs too? Better check your math.

Dingos and domesticated dogs are all members of Canis lupus. It means the wolf and the dingo are both common ancestors of the domestic dog.

Help a dingo ate my baby!

speaking of which i need to play some counterstrike and hang w/ dingo - doods a riot :D

/DNRTFA
//SLASHIES
///3 for fun
////4 for more

Sounds like the check the parents paid the Coyote to smuggle them in to the US bounced.

Maybe you shouldn't be building your home up in the hills if you're afraid of the wildlife, douche.

Had a lady tell me that the coyotes in Agoura Hills (which is.. get this, in the hills) should all be exterminated because they're a danger to her small dogs.

I have news for you, lady, and anyone who thinks like you: I'd much rather see this area returned back to its original state than give a damn about your precious dog being eaten by a coyote that is being driven to extinction.

Same with your baby. Maybe if coyotes eat more babies, we won't have this tragic urban sprawl in the next generation.