Carnivores, like coyotes and foxes, see humans as abundant food source
Carnivores, like coyotes and foxes, see humans as abundant food source Updated Dec 16, 2020; Facebook Share That disruption in the animals’ normal food patterns could put ecosystems at risk. The researchers studied the diets of seven predator species across the Great Lakes region of the U.S.: coyotes, red and gray foxes, bobcats, wolves, fishers and martins. Chemical analysis of bone and fur samples they gathered in areas as remote as national parks and as settled as the Albany, N.Y., metropolitan area revealed that the closer carnivores live to cities and farms, the more human food they a...
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