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It's more along the lines that coyotes are adapting to suburbia. They're even urban. They're withing Boston and Los Angeles city limits, and most other major cities too. I'm sure there are some in Providence itself.
^ That right? Quick take: I bet you can easily justify the decimation of the Native American tribes and taking their land, too. Because that's equal to your position on coyotes. And don't get me into the internment of American citizens of Japanese origin during WWII. Hope I'm wrong, but I fear the worst.
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That doesn't contradict my statement. Black bears weren't native to RI either...until forced to ramble from their natural habitat.
This is a misunderstanding of the process. It isn't animals are being forced out of their natural habitat. It is that they are adapting (it is a type of evolution) and expanding their populations, they aren't being displaced then showing up. Ranges change over time, as habitat changes over time. For the coyotes, their main niche competition in the East is long gone and they've, through behavioral adaptive radiation, expanded to the ecological niche of the wolf, and also adapted to suburbia. There are coyotes within the Boston and NYC city limits and have been for quite awhile. I've they're not in Providence yet (which would be surprising), they soon will be.
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This is a misunderstanding of the process. It isn't animals are being forced out of their natural habitat. It is that they are adapting (it is a type of evolution) and expanding their populations, they aren't being displaced then showing up. Ranges change over time, as habitat changes over time. For the coyotes, their main niche competition in the East is long gone and they've, through behavioral adaptive radiation, expanded to the ecological niche of the wolf, and also adapted to suburbia. There are coyotes within the Boston and NYC city limits and have been for quite awhile. I've they're not in Providence yet (which would be surprising), they soon will be.
They've been in Providence for at least a decade. I think I first saw them on Blackstone Blvd. circa 2004.
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