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DianaT
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THE THING---what is it
I am posting this pictures for Laurieboats.
Last year, she took a few quick pictures of this thing on the road from Abreojos out to Highway One.
When she first told us that they had seen something like they had never seen before, we thought, probably just a coyote---then she showed me the
pictures.
IMHO, it is one wierd looking THING that sure blends into the landscape.
This is blurry, but it shows the very pointy nose.
OK, what is it---it is so ugly that it is cute. 
Diane
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David K
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Chupacabra!!! 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Chupacabra!!!
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Exactly my thoughts! 
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the dingo ate my baby!!!!!! I saw this same thing a few days ago on the way to Vizcaino...think its a manged sick coyote.....but then again...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
OK, what is it---it is so ugly that it is cute.
Diane |
Actually, it is a dog or coyote with mange or some other disease causing hair loss. Not cute, just very sad. Looks like it has a miserable life of
cold and sunburn, which probably explains black skin. 
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DianaT
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Our first thought was Chupacabra---
then again, we thought it might be a plant from some of the people in Abreojos to keep the tourists away.
I love the legends of chupacabra because they are so widespread. The same creature is known as Come Lengua in Honduras.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
OK, what is it---it is so ugly that it is cute.
Diane |
Actually, it is a dog or coyote with mange or some other disease causing hair loss. Not cute, just very sad. Looks like it has a miserable life of
cold and sunburn, which probably explains black skin. |
Laurie will check in, but I remember her saying it was furry. I think the picture makes it look more like black skin.
It doesn't look underfed, and while we thought coyote, the ears are different.
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bajadogs
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Here is a coyote from Laguna San Ignacio with a similar complexion.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadogs
Here is a coyote from Laguna San Ignacio with a similar complexion. |
Nice photo. I have some, not so good of Coyotes at the Bahia Asuncion Dump that look similar---but it is the ears that look so different.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
Actually, it is a dog or coyote with mange or some other disease causing hair loss. Not cute, just very sad. Looks like it has a miserable life of
cold and sunburn, which probably explains black skin. |
Just a couple of thoughts.
Goat, I apologize if I offended you or sounded insensitive by saying it was cute. I at times think nature can be quite cruel, but it is what it is.
I think there is nothing cuter than a jackrabbit with the big ole ears and long legs, and what a life they have to live. They are on the lunch menu
of so many other animals. Once I saw a badger with a very cute little ground squirrel draped out its mouth---still thought that wild badger was cute.
I have also seen coyotes that appear to be starving for some reason or another and wish I could just put them out of their misery, but it is a part of
nature, and desert life is harsh for all.
So if the use of the word cute offends you, I apologize.
Diane
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
Our first thought was Chupacabra---
then again, we thought it might be a plant from some of the people in Abreojos to keep the tourists away.
I love the legends of chupacabra because they are so widespread. The same creature is known as Come Lengua in Honduras. |
We keep them around just for that reason! Go ahead Diane. Send us your sickly coyotes
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Diane. here in the south west there seems to be a cyclical pattern of sickness (mange) that helps keep the coyote population under control.
Probably the same natural selection process in Baja.
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| Quote: | | I think there is nothing cuter than a jackrabbit with the big ole ears and long legsDiane |
Hey!! Watch that indiscriminately used reference to long legs! The first straight-on pic is reminiscent of the top of a donkeys head....the ears
& a fringe of mane. But my guess is that it's the offspring of a coyote/dog mating.
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We have coyotes out on the beach area west of San Quintin. They run in a couple of packs here but a few weeks back I spotted a lone animal exactly
like the one in Diane's photo. I thought it was perhaps a coyote at first but looking closer I noticed the difference, as in the photo.
Googled it and found some pictures of similar coyotes and mange does appear to be the correct diagnosis...
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Looks like an animal that is suffering.
Ken
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Coyotes have unusually large ears for the size of their heads (unusually large compared to wolves and similar animals). Could be a result of breeding
- like large noses or pop-eyedness in humans.
That said, my first thought was dog-coyote mix.
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Diane,
Thanks for posting it for me, the pictures aren't very clear, I couldn't get very close to it. It is interesting to read everyones comments. Lauri
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
Goat, I apologize if I offended you or sounded insensitive by saying it was cute. I at times think nature can be quite cruel, but it is what it is.
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It's impossible to offend me, but I can very easily offend just about everybody
anywho, i just thought the pics of a mangy sunburned canine were depressing.
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Si aparece a un Coyote con mange. No se come se dice mange en Espanol. Pobrecito...
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Google search Picture Coyote with Mange turned up the following link:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Photo+of+Coyote+with+Mange+&a...
It sure looks like this critter.
Iflyfish
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