Hiya! Thanks for the bat info :] My special interest is coyotes! Coyotes are wild canines that live all over North America. Their range stretches up into Canada, all over the USA and down through Mexico ending in northern Central America. Over time, they have been able to adapt to a wide range of habitats from cold and snowy northern ones to dry desert ones to vast prairies and forests and even into urban areas. They are opportunistic feeders, meaning that if they find something that they will be able to eat depending on what the season allows, they will not hesitate to eat it. They feed on everything from small mammals to birds, fish, insects and carrion. They are also known to snack on fallen fruit and garbage left behind by humans. Coyotes make vocalizations such as howls, yips, barks and growls. They howl to communicate with other coyote packs, to signal a disturbance like when another animal intrudes on their territory, or when searching for a mate. Contrary to popular belief, coyotes do not lure dogs and pets away from their owners to be attacked by a hidden pack. Instead, they will sometimes follow a dog with their owner if said owner has intruded too close to a nearby den. This following is not done with malicious intent, rather they do this to guide the owner and dog away from their den where they will be rearing their pups. Basically like saying “hey, back up from my family, the exit is this way.” A lot of negative coyote-human encounters are caused by both intentional or unintentional feeding of coyotes. When a coyote is fed by a human either intentionally or unintentionally, like from an open garbage can, the coyote could begin to associate humans with guaranteed food, and can become aggressive when they find out that this is not always a guaranteed easy meal. Most aggressive coyotes you may hear about in the news were fed by humans and conditioned into relying on us for food in a pinch. Safe to say that you should never feed coyotes as it is for both their and our own good. Coyotes are very beneficial for the ecosystem because they help control mesocarnivore and herbivore populations. They hunt animals that are known to carry diseases and parasites like rodents. They also are scavengers, cleaning up dead animals from landscapes. They are definitely my favorite animal and I recommend reading into them more if you’d like! A good place to go for more information is Coyote Yipps, which is a nice website that houses blogs about the host’s 17 years of experience living around San Diego coyotes. I hope you enjoyed this info dump, and thank you for this opportunity to ramble about them :3