Why Coyotes Are IMPOSSIBLE To Exterminate

2025-06-27

[public] 58.2K views, 4.64K likes, dislikes audio only

Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code MINUTEEARTH at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/MINUTEEARTH

Despite the fact that we've been trying to exterminate coyotes for hundreds of years, the species is thriving because of a special trait that causes their population to grow whenever one gets killed.

LEARN MORE

**************

To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:

- Pseudopregnancy: the development of signs of pregnancy without the presence of an implanted embryo or fetus

SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH

**************************

If you like what we do, you can help us!:

- Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth

- Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth

- Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books

- Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com

- Share this video with your friends and family

- Leave us a comment (we read them!)

CREDITS

*********

Cameron Duke | Script Writer, Narrator and Director

Arcadi Garcia i Rius | Storyboard Artist

Ever Salazar | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation

Nathaniel Schroeder | Music

MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC

https://neptunestudios.info

OUR STAFF

************

Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke

Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes

Henry Reich • Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida

OUR LINKS

************

Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth

TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth

Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth

Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth

Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth

Website | https://minuteearth.com

Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176

REFERENCES

**************

Carlson, Debra A., and Eric M. Gese. “Reproductive Biology of the Coyote (Canis Latrans): Integration of Mating Behavior, Reproductive Hormones, and Vaginal Cytology.” Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 3, 5 June 2008, pp. 654–664, https://doi.org/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-436R1.1

Carlson, Debra Anne. “Reproductive Biology of the Coyote (Canis Latrans): Integration of Behavior and Physiology.” DigitalCommons@USU, 2023, https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/104/

Moll, Remington J, et al. “People or Predators? Comparing Habitat‐Dependent Effects of Hunting and Large Carnivores on the Abundance of North America’s Top Mesocarnivore.” Ecography, 5 Nov. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07390

“North American Distribution | Urban Coyote Research.” https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/coyote-info/north-american-distribution