Coyotes have successfully expanded their territory across the United States despite aggressive extermination efforts, illustrating their adaptability and opportunistic behavior. In contrast to the once-dominant wolf, which has disappeared from much of its historical habitat due to targeted eradication, coyotes have used such pressures to become more resourceful. This adaptability highlights the benefits of behavioral flexibility over specialization. As mesopredators, coyotes exemplify how thinking like both the hunter and the hunted allows them to thrive in unpredictable environments, making them unique survivors of ecological change.
When facing environmental change, the opportunism of the coyote beats the apex predator behavior of the wolf.
Coyotes teach us that behavioral flexibility is more valuable than specialization in uncertain times.
Mesopredators think like both hunter and hunted, preparing them for a world without rules.
The most innovative species thrive at the edges of ecosystems.
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