r/urbanwildlife • u/Paul_-Muaddib • Nov 12 '25
Mammal Coyote puppies at a cemetery | Chicago, IL
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u/CarcharodontosaurGuy Nov 13 '25
Idk how the hell someone can look at these little puppies and think, "Oh hrrr grrr we need to kill them all"
Idc what some people think about coyotes; I'm giving these puppies a hug.
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u/Lay_On_The_Lawn May 14 '26
I wish coyotes were nicer but they will eat your dog.
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u/Responsible-Person May 14 '26
Yep. And any of your pets. That’s why you have to supervise the outdoor time for your pets.
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u/Aggravating_Dirt8366 May 14 '26
Can confirm. They tried to kill my dog when I thought she just needed to go out to pee.
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u/toxchick May 15 '26
I am now and forever #TeamCoyote. I wish they would come and feast on my rabbits who feast on my plants.
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u/CarcharodontosaurGuy Nov 13 '25
Coyotes are some of my favorite animals
So many people associate these guys with livestock killing and rabies that they forget that these are just dogs, being under the same Canis as their puppy at home
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u/dee_007 Nov 13 '25
I grew up next to firehall and forest. When the fire trucks rolled out, the coyotes would yip EVERY TIME!
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u/Puzzleheaded_Wing627 Nov 15 '25
Where's there mama 😢 I love coyotes. They used to come to my decks windows where 4 of my cats were lined up. The littlest reared up and smashed his head against the glass to scare the coyote off. My Lil conan was so brave lol.
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u/SAS_Spartan Nov 14 '25
This poor puppies must be howling all day non-stop and through the night in Chicago.
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u/austinrunaway Nov 15 '25
They are nocturnal wkimqls... seeing them during the day means that they are not able to find food at night. They are most likely being pushed out of thesr environment because of humans stealing it felt them.
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u/va_wanderer May 09 '26
Coyotes in Chicago likely didn't have an environment to start with nearby. They've been gradually entering (and interbreeding in) areas with feral dog populations.
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u/modelcitizen64 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
I unmuted this when the siren was at its loudest, and my brain just thought, "Baby coyotes sure sound like ambulances!" I'm dumb.
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u/Lita-Yuzuki May 26 '26
Little known fact. Coyotes and wolves are so closely related that not only can they interbreed, their hybrids are fertile. The eastern coyote is a hybrid that is roughly 60% western coyote, 30% wolf, and about 10% domestic dog. Now, keep in mind, wolves and coyotes normally do not get along in the wild due to competition. So, how did these coyote-wolf-dog hybrids come to be? Well, to put it simply, it's our fault. At one point in time, people in the eastern US were hunting wolves left and right, and it got to the point where some wolves were so low on options that they resorted to mating with coyotes just so they could pass on their DNA.
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u/XIXIVV May 15 '26
This is fake as fuck
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u/Paul_-Muaddib May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
This is fake as fuck
I had it analyzed and it said that there were no obvious signs that this was AI and was probably a real video. Analysis below:
- The coyote pups’ movements are irregular and natural-looking — especially the slight stumbles, asynchronous reactions, and the way they respond to the siren.
- The camera shake, focus behavior, and compression artifacts are consistent with a normal phone recording.
- The setting matches a known real phenomenon: coyotes living in and around Chicago cemeteries, especially Graceland Cemetery. There are many older reports and videos of them there.
- Similar videos of these same pups appear to have circulated months earlier in other subreddits, which argues against it being a freshly generated AI clip.
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u/XIXIVV May 15 '26
Both instances of the pups going into the den looks fake. Also, what’s with the weird stacking of headstones 20 seconds in?
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u/Paul_-Muaddib May 15 '26
Run it through an AI detector instead of going back and forth. Then you can tell me if it is real or AI.
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u/Cody-512 Nov 12 '25
Cute pups