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Cowyotes. Beware
Nov 21, 2020 6:42 AM
Mick2152
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verylittleinsight
Yes and if my grandmother had wheels then she'd be a bicycle.
68people
You are 300 times more likely to be killed by a cow, but a cow isnt 300 more times more likely to kill you.
nonCanadianGoose
Ppl are often overlook how many ppl mosquitoes kill
certainlynotaserialkiller
AceBandito
"A tOiLeT iS cLeAnEr ThAn MoSt TaBlEs!" Yeah, cuz toilets get cleaned a lot, cuz they're dirty.
TautologyIsWhatItIs
Would the statistic be different in a meaningful way, though? Coyotes are pretty small, aren't pack hunters, and couldn't easily trample you
maelgwyn
Also the size difference between a cow and a coyote is rather important to this statistic.
bklynborn
Look man, I not gonna let a cow or a Mangy coyote kill me. Fuck em.
WackyTicTacCasualty
https://killercows.co.uk/facts-stats/cattle-attack-statistics-an-alternative-view/
semajretrac
The first statement is Trumpian "facts"...
rowanmc
Was once bicycling in the countryside and a cow was loose on the road. Fucker chased me, had to ride for my life to get away. Cows: no joke.
Iaimtomisbehave
Chewie81
I read this as crows the first time, and I was so confused with the addition.
Turbolibros
SecondSince
OH NO!!! Now it has a taste for human flesh!!
iamahighfunctioningsociopath
lozeldatkm
Dungeongeek
Yeah, our coyote rodeo was a bloodbath!
Antrazit
Reminds me of that post that had all those US maps with shit like murders and all that, and each map was basically population density
wantfastcars
That sounds like an interesting look, got a link?
Antrazit
Don’t have it at hand, sry mate
mirhagk
Not quite what they were referring to, but good anyways: https://xkcd.com/1138/
techley
Murder rate per capita is a better map
ImHereForExplicitContent
So cities aren't dangerous, people are dangerous?
Aslatra
In the same way that being in a tiger pen isn't dangerous, being around tigers is, if you follow.
dingofdong
I mean... by the nature of cities and what their purpose is, those two things aren't mutually exclusive
TheYoungBear
particularly vhen they're in large numbers and close proximity
ProphetofEntropy
and cities like people can be better and worse than others... dont be a geolocalist.
NothingButReactionGifs
Oh no! I know one of those, am I in danger?
ImHereForExplicitContent
For your own sake I'd avoid mirrors too
TheHeftyMan
I just got done with my shift in orlando, I read this and for some reason thought it said crows
Aslatra
Murder technically is a thing done by crows, I suppose.
saberfecco
Part of it is difference between absolute and relative. Abs may be similar or higher in cows, but Rel to count/anim prob higher in coys
speakertoidiot
Being a coyboy is no easy job.
kyzentun
A co-yote typically yeets small animals, but a pack can yeet a human when desperate.
ddbrown30
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
ImHereForExplicitContent
This making me question whether I understand the word 'yeet'
flash2011
Yeet
QimmiQ2
A pack of them is actually called a trebuchet
jimbojimbob3031415
Now apply the same logic to deaths from plane journeys versus deaths from car journeys.
mirhagk
Okay. And cars are still more dangerous. Cars have a death rate of 1.13 per 100 million miles. Planes have an accident (including 1/
mirhagk
Non fatal) rate of 0.35 per 100 million miles. Source https://fortune.com/2017/07/20/are-airplanes-safer-than-cars/ Cars are driven by 2/
mirhagk
People with very little training, and in very crowded situations with very little maintenance. Planes have constant proactive maintenance 3/
mirhagk
Have pilots that have way more training and don't even rely on humans at this point.
revenantape
jfitz
“The point is, even in the contest between man and steer, the issue is not certain “.
AtsaMattaForMe
Mannananan
Denim777
"got beef? you better not"
Psionickitten
How do you KNOW that would be different? This requires experimentation!
wyrde
We didn't have 300 coyotes, more like 10 at most. But they never harmed any of us, or the livestock. Everything on the ranch was their pack.
notMyShadow
Yotes are like 40 pounds. who is scared of a coyote?
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Ya ever stuck your hand down for a snarling chihuahua?
notMyShadow
Yes
SeriousCloud
There's only one recorded instance of Coyotes killing an adult human.
sciencenf10
And I knew her, so fuck off
DarksteelPenguin
There are 40 pounds humans out there.
jellyonrooster
One is 40 pounds, now have 10 of them all attack at once. They don't attack solo they set up suprise attacks as groups
MayhemKing
A total of 2 people have been killed by coyotes in North America... It’s incredibly rare. Not really a thing here.
FetaForMoses
And they put their paws together and transform into some kind of Mecha-Yote. Nature is crazy man.
pixelsnader
That's why they (coyotes) are still around, while a related species (the soloyote) is extinct. Yote alone, weak, yote together, strong.
rowesie
They'll only hunt in large packs if they're starving. Mostly they're solitary hunters (or in loose pairs). Wild dog packs? Different story.
MissAizea
Their strategy varies from location to location, they're arguably one of the americas most successful hunters. They're adaptive af
jellyonrooster
They are always in packs around here. Smaller packs of 4 or 5.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
I'm not sure about the sidenote. Coyotes aren't particularly aggressive towards humans. Neither is cattle (aside from bulls), but they ...
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
tend to maim and kill people due to sheer clumsiness. Squeeze them against walls, gore them by accident, step on them, lie down on them etc.
G4M5T3R
Farm any other animal in place of cattle and the statistics change regardless of the animal because it's relative to the # of deaths-by-cow.
CanadianEngineer
Relative to the rate of death by cow per unit time spent near said cow*
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
True, but the sidenote didn't specify "instead of". We didn't stop farming cattle and pigs when we started farming chicken.
G4M5T3R
idontenglishsorry
well to be fair the post doesnt say anything about being killed out of aggressiveness
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
True, but I don't see coyotes killing humans by accident either.
mirhagk
Depends on what we'd farm them for. Wolves aren't particularly aggressive towards humans but we certainly bred some of them to be
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
Fair point. Even livestock doesn't necessarily become less aggressive with domestication. Feral hogs, descendants of domesticated pigs, are…
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
more aggressive than their wild boar ancestors. While the latter eat small animals like frogs and lizards, feral pigs kill livestock up ...
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
to the size of young calves and lambs and aren't above cannibalism either. We bred them to gain weight quickly,not to be particularly docile
mirhagk
Well it also doesn't help that you tie them up in handcuffs and spank them.
theimgurappsucksballs
Coconuts kill more people than predatory animals
blumpk1npie
Tbf some are thrown by monkeys from the tree like those horrible bustards in Thailand
DicklessDan
That's because they have mastered the element of surprise
athroawayaccount
Here in the U.S. we'd attribute that to the wiping out of predators rather than acknowledge few ever actually attack humans.
noimaginationtomakeupwittyname
Just been on Wikipedia you’re lucky if it averages 1 a year
ImHereForExplicitContent
So about the same odds as sex then?
noimaginationtomakeupwittyname
I’ll not argue with you there my friend
iamahighfunctioningsociopath
CaveGrue
At least they don't migrate
gumblemuntz
They could grip it by the husk...
Shewy92
Vending machines kill more people than sharks.
ImHereForExplicitContent
That's surprising, because I rarely see a vending machine in the ocean.
JhericFury
To be fair, people rarely go up and shake sharks
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
Because sharks rarely ever go near vending machines.
frozengloop
Think I heard that from Tim minchin? Because vending machines have the statistical advantage of being where people are
Ghlargh
Try keeping 12 sharks in the lobby of your hotel, and have some people jumpkicking them when they don't get their soda.
Soufange
Soufange
...well. uhh, that is -not- what I meant to post.
StarWarsIsAToxicRelationshipThatICantGetEnoughOf
But thank you for it anyways
Ghlargh
Pets have killed more people than velociraptors ever did.
alfindel
That's not what I saw on Jurassic Park...
Ghlargh
I will argue that those were pet velociraptors and that my argument still stands!
alfindel
Is it a pet if you can't pet him?
HeWhoLies
If you classify coconuts as mammals they technically are predatory animals
allbusiness35
If my grandmother had wheels, then she'd be a bike
Superboes
What do they hunt? They arent carnivorus palnts so not predatory?
youremyboyblueyouremyboy
People, obviously.
C3PeePoo
tbf, they do produce milk
goochtickler
And are furry
Youhavinagiraffe
And are warm-blooded... by the time they're through with you
twistedlittlesmile3000
And you can have sex with them
theimgurappsucksballs
GrumpyOldMillennial
I genuinely do not understand that whole thing...like not even a little bit. What is the draw to dressing like that?
zeusdemigod131
I don't think that's true
Xecryo
Hippos on the other hand those fuckers will murder you for fun regardless.
ryanmackenzie0
May I suggest this edit, they will kill you for shits and giggles
wherearemytesticles
Just like humans.
pandro
I have yet to find a source for that "500 deaths per year" statistic. It seems like everyone just keeps repeating it. Just sayin.'
MissAizea
It's not for "fun". They're protecting their territory from you. If they get kicked out of
MissAizea
Watering hole, they're likely to die or suffer trying to find a new area.
HoSlappa
unless of course, youre a rhino
JackalopeElope
What's four beer can sized body piercings among friends?
AbacusFinch
That's four fun holes..if your friends are the horny types
HeadJamistan
KurtHamster
Those damn hippo-crips!
Hezaethox
Good thing USA never started breeding them in Louisiana
wibbIywobbIytimeywimey
BaklavaMatatas
I think facing a herd of hippos in a tiny ass canoe was the scariest moment of my life yeah. *go back go back go back*
HilroyJenkins
Now that's a story I'd like to hear
BaklavaMatatas
BaklavaMatatas
I can give you a picture
Bignholy
That is a surefire cure for constipation. That's terrifyingly close to anyone who knows about hippos.
Rabidbacon
Not our sweet Fiona!
Ketheres
Glad I live in a region that is too cool for hippos... at least for now.
boblives
The changing temperatures is also affecting the range of malaria misquitos, which is fun
XEndeadX
Global warming is a hippo plot to take over the world.
TuppenceWoofer
What about Coyotehippos
Timesplosion
Only until they're hungry hungry enough.
nitwon
Hippos just ain't cool enough for these parts ?
DrMoneybeard
Hippos are now an invasive species in Colombia because of Pablo Escobar. Just saying. They're spreading.
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
Colombia isn't that cool though
ProgeriaProstitutes
You're not that cool
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
I know, live in the cold though