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   On 2026-02-16 3:54 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >   
   >> CALIFORNIA:   
   >   
   >> The Governor of California is jogging with his dog on a nature trail. A   
   >> coyote jumps out and attacks the governor's dog, then bites the   
   >> governor. The governor starts to intervene, then reflects on the movie   
   >> BAMBI and realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what   
   >> is natural.   
   >   
   > While the story made me smile and there is plenty of truth in it, one must   
   > assume the coyote is rabid and is not doing what is natural.   
      
   Why? We only know that the coyote attacked the dog, not that the coyote   
   was rabid. It's reasonable that it was tested for rabies in any case but   
   maybe it was just ultra-aggressive (or stupid).   
      
   > Why didn't   
   > the dog alert?   
   >   
   > I tend to walk my dog overnight. I don't wake up in the middle of the   
   > night every night, but when I do, the dog is always ready and willing.   
   > We have encountered juvenile coyotes. The dog always alerts but acts   
   > more like encountering another dog being walked than danger.   
      
   Interesting. I would have thought coyotes smell different than dogs and   
   are therefore concerning to the dog.   
      
   > In an   
   > afternoon walk, we have encountered foxes. I have no idea if there are   
   > wolves around here but we've never encountered one.   
      
   How did the dog react to the foxes?   
   >   
   > The most reaction I get from the dog is upon encountering the most   
   > dangerous creature of all, a squirrel.   
   >   
   >> TEXAS:   
   >   
   >> The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog on a nature trail. A coyote   
   >> jumps out and attacks the governor's dog. The governor shoots the coyote   
   with   
   >> his state-issued pistol and keeps jogging.   
   >   
   > He shot the animal? Doesn't he know that you drop an anvil on his head?   
   >   
   >> The governor has spent 50 cents on a .45-caliber hollow point cartridge. The   
   >> buzzards eat the dead coyote.   
   >   
   >> And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Texas is not.   
   >   
   >> (h/t to anim8r for finding this for me.)   
      
      
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