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		Unbelievable pics of how a coyote managed to survive being hit by a Honda, lucky for him it wasn't a Road Runner (snopes.com)		96
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NewportBarGuy

2009-12-01 11:40:11 PM

Wow!

Gecko Gingrich

2009-12-01 11:50:54 PM

Whatever it was that I did, I'm sorry. Can I get out now?

pecosdave

2009-12-01 11:55:41 PM

Wow, radiator heat...... That would have sucked.

TwistedIvory

2009-12-02 12:00:45 AM

Impressive. That's one lucky -- and hardy -- canine.

Marcus Aurelius

2009-12-02 12:05:29 AM

You need at least four of them to make a decent winter coat, and wedging one of them into your bumper does not help matters at all.

geekyspice

2009-12-02 04:36:02 AM

Do people really hit an animal and not stop to investigate? Is this normal behavior?

Other than that, how awesome! Poor wittle 'yote.

Amigajoe

2009-12-02 04:41:51 AM

geekyspice: Do people really hit an animal and not stop to investigate? Is this normal behavior?

Other than that, how awesome! Poor wittle 'yote.

-Some people might disagree...

KOOLmike

2009-12-02 04:44:14 AM

The drivers are also lucky that coyote didn't wig out on them when they popped the hood. Those are some tough and mean little animals. A friend of mine in Kansas traps them for fur, and his two dogs got their asses whooped by a coyote that was caught in a fence snare. The coyote had one leg bound and was already bleeding from the snare wound, and still farked those dogs up badly. Mean little bastards...

Biner

2009-12-02 04:45:01 AM

geekyspice: Do people really hit an animal and not stop to investigate? Is this normal behavior?...

Depends on the circumstances. On mountain backroad, or with a large animal, yes. On the Interstate at full speed and no apparent handling damage to the car, not so much.

/ Have hit everything from squirrels to an 800 pound steer.
// And snakes. Lots of snakes.

trav-o

2009-12-02 04:49:22 AM

the driver must have been a true man

/obscure?

Indolent

2009-12-02 04:49:46 AM

*meep*meep*

7wolf

2009-12-02 04:54:05 AM

and people say hitch-hiking is dangerous.

geekyspice

2009-12-02 04:56:31 AM

Biner: geekyspice: Do people really hit an animal and not stop to investigate? Is this normal behavior?...

Depends on the circumstances. On mountain backroad, or with a large animal, yes. On the Interstate at full speed and no apparent handling damage to the car, not so much.

/ Have hit everything from squirrels to an 800 pound steer.
// And snakes. Lots of snakes.

I was genuinely curious. Where I live large animals don't leap in front of your car on a regular basis. If you hit something here, it was likely a bird, toad, mongoose, or someone's beloved pet. You stop and check for the last one.

/never hit an animal
//thank god
///never seen a coyote

esteban9

2009-12-02 04:58:59 AM

Amigajoe: geekyspice: Do people really hit an animal and not stop to investigate? Is this normal behavior?

Other than that, how awesome! Poor wittle 'yote.

-Some people might disagree...

Yah, but it's well known that coyotes only have a taste for folk singers. Even country singers they won't go near...

I_Can't_Believe_It's_Not_Smegma

2009-12-02 05:09:12 AM

I was coming home from work the other night, Bam...Splat, WTF was that? Thought I'd hit a dog.

So, I pulled over to check things out, hoping that poor Over/Fido/Fifi was still alive.

Next thought was .....Ahhh shiat, I killed a possum. So I nudged it it to see if it was still alive.

Lil' farker got up and ran off in to the woods.

/99% of you won't give a shiat. But I felt good. Karma and all that.

Hilary T. N. Seuss

2009-12-02 05:13:44 AM

Uh-oh, I'm pretty sure transporting non-native wildlife into California is a crime.

Oobedoob Scoobi-Doobi Benubi

2009-12-02 05:23:25 AM

Hilary T. N. Seuss: Uh-oh, I'm pretty sure transporting non-native wildlife into California is a crime.

I guess they don't have coyotes in California.

RealFarknMcCoy2

2009-12-02 05:30:17 AM

Hilary T. N. Seuss: Uh-oh, I'm pretty sure transporting non-native wildlife into California is a crime.

Plenty of coyotes living in California. That's just one more...

/good for the gene pool
//same exact species

Cyno01

2009-12-02 05:33:48 AM

I braked for a squirrel this morning. But it was in my own driveway. And mostly because i'd already taken the hose king to the basement and shut off the outside water for the winter...

RidersOfLohan

2009-12-02 05:35:34 AM

Then there was some other coyote that got run over. Guts all over the road. So some chick on flickr decides "I'll wear a dress and lay in the road next to the guts and everything and take pix"

So. Don't be all mad and stuff if you click over and you see exactly what I just told you you'd see.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yyellowbird/4129127364/

RidersOfLohan

2009-12-02 05:41:23 AM

Dork. There's coyotes in San Francisco. Which is in California.

esteban9

2009-12-02 05:45:19 AM

There are Coyotes in Phoenix too. Often seen in close proximity to ice.

Dirty Hot Linker

2009-12-02 05:45:39 AM

fake

maryjanesbrother

2009-12-02 05:54:59 AM

I'm sorry baby, I had to crash that Honda

Bathia_Mapes

2009-12-02 05:58:57 AM

Hilary T. N. Seuss: Uh-oh, I'm pretty sure transporting non-native wildlife into California is a crime.

You might want to read this article about coyotes in California.

Britney Spear's Speculum

2009-12-02 06:04:57 AM

Dirty Hot Linker: fake

second

Oobedoob Scoobi-Doobi Benubi

2009-12-02 06:06:41 AM

Hilary T. N. Seuss: Uh-oh, I'm pretty sure transporting non-native wildlife into California is a crime.

It would be the first time a person got arrested for sneaking a coyote into California rather than the other way around.

haddie

2009-12-02 06:17:28 AM

esteban9: There are Coyotes in Phoenix too. Often seen in close proximity to ice.

However tenuously.

asstronaut

2009-12-02 06:19:18 AM

I_Can't_Believe_It's_Not_Smegma: I hear you. Had a similar experience with a raccoon who game me the worst look of contempt and disappointment before he wandered off.

id10ts

2009-12-02 06:38:13 AM

My wife hit one here (near Rochester, NY) about three years ago.
Killed the coyote, destroyed the bumper. $1200 destroyed.

/Hyundai Sonata = coyote slayer.
//The new Elantra will probably do as well.
///Here coyote, here coyote.
////Slashies.

Nick Nostril

2009-12-02 06:45:29 AM

fanbladesaresharp

2009-12-02 06:55:18 AM

Awesome. She saved the critter that is going to eat her cat (or dog) later tonight when she lets it out.

/Coyotes do not judge on what they decide to eat.

Mad Mark

2009-12-02 07:12:12 AM

This one didn't fare as well. Of course the car was going a bit faster.
/don't clicky if you're all squeamish & stuff

Link (new window)

CasperImproved

2009-12-02 07:14:29 AM

I say its a fake... No critter is going to be smushed up against the radiator for 600 miles with-out stressing from heat until dead.

Besides, I bet the van would have overheated with the coyote blocking the air flow onto the radiator for that distance at highway speeds.

If you hit something the size of a coyote, wouldn't you have checked for damage at one of the two next gas stops?

Bgnome

2009-12-02 07:14:34 AM

what a road runner might look like.
www.carbodydesign.com

GreatNOD

2009-12-02 07:23:49 AM

Galwran

2009-12-02 07:26:33 AM

Cartoons must be on to something: coyotes are real tough S.O.Bs

L Ron Nutjob

2009-12-02 07:30:58 AM

geekyspice: never seen a coyote

Come to Indiana. We have so many coyotes in the woods around my house it's scary. Especially at night when you see their eyes in the wood line when you're walking your dog...or when your bedroom window is open in the summer and you hear them sniffing and shuffling around below it

/Bgnome...Mopar or no car

DingleberryMoose

2009-12-02 07:42:54 AM

Bgnome: what a road runner might look like.

Hurr stampa stampa drool drool want!

Galwran: Cartoons must be on to something: coyotes are real tough S.O.Bs

Tough as hell. They thrive out here where there's nothing else but rattlesnakes and jackrabbits and cotton fields. They are bred into Texas Blue Lacys. (new window) I have a friend who breeds Lacys and they're wonderful working dogs. They're also good with kids.

Arcturus72

2009-12-02 07:48:50 AM

Bgnome: what a road runner might look like.

Meep Meep!

santadog

2009-12-02 07:54:07 AM

Indolent: *meep*meep*

Stop that! We'll have no "meeping" here...

santadog

2009-12-02 07:56:41 AM

Approves

badscooter

2009-12-02 07:57:26 AM

Hilary T. N. Seuss: Uh-oh, I'm pretty sure transporting non-native wildlife into California is a crime.

What are you, a farking park ranger now?

haddie

2009-12-02 07:57:30 AM

DingleberryMoose: Bgnome: what a road runner might look like.

Hurr stampa stampa drool drool want!

Galwran: Cartoons must be on to something: coyotes are real tough S.O.Bs

Tough as hell. They thrive out here where there's nothing else but rattlesnakes and jackrabbits and cotton fields. They are bred into Texas Blue Lacys. (new window) I have a friend who breeds Lacys and they're wonderful working dogs. They're also good with kids.

That looks like a great dog. What are they like for non-prairie life?

I am set on a Vizsla at the moment (my wife is Hungarian). They are great dogs but have the energy of a five year old hopped up on coca-cola and rockets.

santadog

2009-12-02 08:01:03 AM

CasperImproved:
Besides, I bet the van would have overheated with the coyote blocking the air flow onto the radiator for that distance at highway speeds.

If it's cold enough.. and in October it could be, it wouldn't matter if something was blocking the radiator partially.

In older cars, when it was very cold, to help get heat in the car we used to block the radiator with cardboard.
FYI

/daughter of life long auto mechanic.
//just remember to remove cardboard (or coyote) when things warm up.

bikerbob59

2009-12-02 08:28:31 AM

KOOLmike: The drivers are also lucky that coyote didn't wig out on them when they popped the hood. Those are some tough and mean little animals. A friend of mine in Kansas traps them for fur, and his two dogs got their asses whooped by a coyote that was caught in a fence snare. The coyote had one leg bound and was already bleeding from the snare wound, and still farked those dogs up badly. Mean little bastards...

your friend is an ass

adp1215

2009-12-02 08:29:38 AM

maryjanesbrother
I'm sorry baby, I had to crash that Honda

lol

It's a chopper baby, hop on...

boobsrgood

2009-12-02 08:44:06 AM

I have a problem with "hit at 75 mph" and "unharmed". Coyotes do have mass, don't they?

Norman Greenbaum

2009-12-02 08:50:20 AM

Bgnome 2009-12-02 07:14:34 AM
what a road runner might look like.

Technically, that's a Superbird.

Bass O Matic

2009-12-02 08:50:55 AM