Wolf DNA News

[blacktailslayer]

"""New DNA evidence reveals that coyotes have bred with wolves in the the northeastern United States, turning mice-eating coyotes into much larger animals with a hunger for big prey, such as deer."""

link to msnbc story..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32976657/ns/technology_and_science-science/ns/technology_and_science-science/from/ET

[MNcrittergittr]

I dunno what kind of coyotes are runnin around in the northeastern part of the U.S. but I have a feeling they have been eating more than just mice for quite some time, and have never needed the contribution of wolves to hunger for bigger prey.

[njbowhntr]

They started talking about this several years ago when they could not figure out why some coyotes in the area were about 1.5x the size of coyotes in this area. A farmer friend of mine shot a coyote/wolf mix as far back as 1994, she weighed 83lbs.