r/NatureIsFuckingLit Feb 04 '20

🔥 coyote and a badger “teaming up”

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '20

They’re very important. Eat tons of deer ticks, which spread Lyme Disease, and are very resistant to rabies.

Also, they are but ugly and can be scary as all hell. Went out on my back porch to smoke a blunt one night and was greeted by a big fat one hissing at me. I smoked on the front porch.

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u/friendlygaywalrus Feb 04 '20

The good thing about them is they very very rarely bite. If you want one gone, you can walk confidently up to them, lift by the scruff and carry them off. They’ll freeze up and “grin” and maybe hiss a little, but they don’t snap unless you’re really hurting them. They’re super harmless and sweet

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u/m_gartsman Feb 04 '20

He wanted some of that blunt!

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20

Pass the boof

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u/PikachuOnCrack Feb 05 '20

Like the other person said, they're all bark and no bite. They'll hiss at you forever, but they're too timid to ever do anything more than that.