Coyotes

Look West: Coyotes
by Lauray D. Yule (Cloth)
From the Look West Series -- Remember Wile E. Coyote? That mangy rascal, endlessly trying to catch the clever roadrunner? Truth, as usual, is much stranger and more unpredictable than fiction. In Coyotes, the first book from the Look West series, nature writer Lauray Yule reveals many surprising facts about Canis latran, whose scientific name translates as "barking dog." In fact, coyotes were named for an Aztec god. No one really knows the meaning of a coyote's howl. They rarely eat roadrunner, but do snack on chili peppers (spitting out the seeds!) And, perhaps oddest of all, coyotes are well known to form hunting partnerships with badgers.