Dab muaj qhov hnov tsw tsw tsw qab. Lub qhov ntswg canine nta 200-300 lab tus ntxhiab tsw receptors, nyob ntawm seb hom tsiaj, thiab tib neeg muaj 5 lab p altry. Cov dev txawm muaj tus ntxhiab tsw thib ob los txhawb lawv lub peev xwm sniffing hardcore. Lawv qhov hnov tsw tsw qab heev uas lawv tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas cov kab mob xws li ntshav qab zib thiab mob qog noj ntshav tom qab luv luv ntawm cov qauv lom.
Dab nkag siab lub ntiaj teb no los ntawm kev hnov tsw, tso siab rau nws li peb ua ntawm peb ob lub qhov muag. Nws yog vim li cas koj tus phooj ywg canine nyiam nres thiab hnia thaum taug kev-nws yog qhov koj tus dev kawm paub leej twg nyob ib puag ncig, ntev npaum li cas, thiab thaum twg. Tej zaum koj yuav xav tias dev tuaj yeem hnov coyotes; cov lus teb yog yog. Cov dev tuaj yeem hnov cov coyotes ib yam li lawv tuaj yeem nqus tau ntawm cov miv thiab tib neeg. Nyob ntawm cov xwm txheej, cov dev tuaj yeem khaws cov ntxhiab ntawm qhov deb li 12 mais deb. Nyeem rau kom paub ntau ntxiv txog dev thiab coyotes.
Dab tsi yog Coyote?
Coyotes, technically Canis latrans, yog cov tswv cuab ntawm tsev neeg Canidae. Lawv nyob hauv North America thiab muaj feem cuam tshuam nrog hma. Coyotes zoo li me dua lawv cov kwv tij Canis lupus, uas feem ntau hnyav dua 80 phaus thiab loj hlob mus txog 30 ntiv tes ntawm xub pwg. Cov txiv neej coyotes tuaj yeem ncav cuag li 24 ntiv tes ntawm lub withers thiab hnyav txog li 50 phaus. Qee qhov ntev dua 4 feet, qhov ntswg mus rau tus Tsov tus tw. Feem ntau nyob ib ncig ntawm 8 xyoo hauv cov tsiaj qus, tab sis cov tsiaj raug ntes feem ntau ua rau lawv cov 20s.
Feem ntau muaj cov tsho grey lossis xim liab, tab sis cov coyotes pom nyob rau hauv roob roob feem ntau muaj cov plaub uas muaj xim dub thiab dawb txaws. Thiab cov neeg nyob hauv cov suab puam zoo li yog qhov ntxoov ntxoo ntawm grey. Coyotes tau ntev bushy tails thiab pom tau los ntawm lawv lub ntsej muag dawb lub ntsej muag.
Lawv feem ntau yog carnivores; nyob ib ncig ntawm 90 feem pua ntawm lawv cov khoom noj muaj cov nqaij, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog snowshoe hare thiab mos lwj. Lawv tseem yuav noj noog, nab, ntses, prairie aub, thiab marmots. Coyotes yos hav zoov sib koom ua khub lossis pob khoom tuaj yeem nqa cov tsiaj loj dua, xws li elk thiab yaj qus. Thaum tua tsiaj loj dua, coyotes tsom rau cov tib neeg uas yooj yim-rau-ntaub, zoo li cov neeg ntes tau hauv dej khov lossis qaug zog los ntawm kev tshaib kev nqhis. Coyotes tseem yuav khawb thiab noj txoj kev tua.
Cov tsiaj uas yoog tau zoo kawg no kuj txhawb nqa lawv cov zaub mov nrog txiv hmab txiv ntoo, kab, thiab nyom. Coyotes tig mus rau txiv hmab txiv ntoo, suav nrog blackberries, txiv apples, thiab txiv duaj, thaum muaj teeb meem nrhiav lossis ntes cov tsiaj. Lawv tseem yuav noj txiv laum huab xeeb, carrots, thiab txiv kab ntxwv. Suab puam-tsev coyotes nquag noj kab ntsig thiab kab, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav. Lawv niaj hnub tua tsiaj txhu hauv thaj chaw ua liaj ua teb thiab tau paub tua miv thiab dev me.
Coyotes Ameslikas muaj ntau yam uas tau nthuav tawm ntawm Sonoran Desert mus rau Alberta, Canada, tab sis tom qab cov neeg hma pib poob qis, cov tsiaj nruab nrab no tau nthuav dav mus rau Central America thiab Alaska. Coyotes muaj ntau haiv neeg nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Canada thiab sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, tab sis tam sim no lawv tuaj yeem pom thoob plaws Tebchaws Meskas. Tsuas yog Darien Gap txwv tsis pub lawv tsiv mus rau South America. Lawv tsis muaj ntau yam tsiaj qus, tab sis cov tsov ntxhuav roob thiab hma qee zaus tua coyotes.
Cov dev puas tuaj yeem ua phooj ywg nrog Coyotes?
Raws li cov tswv cuab ntawm tib genus, coyotes thiab dev tuaj yeem sib txuas tau yooj yim, zoo li dev thiab hma thiab hma thiab coyotes! Muaj peb hom North American hybrids: coydogs, hma dev, thiab coywolves.
Coyote/dog mixes hu ua coydogs thiab tseem hu ua dogotes. Kev sib xyaw feem ntau suav nrog leej txiv coyote thiab niam dev hauv tsev, ib feem vim tias poj niam coyotes zoo li tsis nyiam ua phooj ywg nrog cov dev hauv tsev. Coydogs thiab dogotes tau txhob txwm bred nyob rau hauv pre-Columbian Mexico thiab nyob rau hauv Canada, qhov twg loj hybrids tau siv los ua sled dev. Coyotes tseem nquag bred ua tsiaj hauv qee qhov chaw thiab tau nrov heev txawm tias muaj teeb meem coj cwj pwm.
Coydogs tsis muaj nyob rau hauv cov qus li lub caij yug me nyuam ntawm ob hom tsis sib tshooj; coyotes nyiam yug thaum lub caij ntuj no, thaum cov dev hauv tsev nyiam ua li ntawd thaum lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav. Nyob ntawm qhov loj ntawm tus niam txiv dev, coydogs tuaj yeem loj dua coyotes, nrog qee qhov nce mus txog 27 ntiv tes ntawm lub withers thiab hnyav dua 100 phaus. Thiab lawv feem ntau nthuav tawm lawv cov poj koob yawm txwv los ntawm kev tsim cov tawv ntoo.
Wolfdogs yog hma-dog sib xyaw thiab tau nyob ib ncig ntawm ntau txhiab xyoo. Lawv tuaj yeem pom yuav luag txhua qhov chaw uas cov neeg hma grey tau los nyob rau hauv siab thiab muaj kev sib cuag nrog cov dev hauv tsev. Tab sis tib neeg kuj tau xaiv cov tsiaj zoo sib xws no kom txhob txwm tsim cov dev yug tsiaj nrog hma cov noob, suav nrog Saarloos Wolfdog thiab Czechoslovakian Vlcak.
Coywolves yog sib xyaw ntawm coyotes, hma, thiab cov dev hauv tsev, thiab lawv nquag pom nyob rau hauv cov qus. Coywolves zoo ib yam li hma me tab sis nthuav qhia tus cwj pwm coj cwj pwm tau txais los ntawm tag nrho peb ntawm lawv cov poj koob yawm txwv. Feem ntau yog yoog tau zoo heev, muaj peev xwm nyob hauv nroog ib puag ncig, thiab ntes cov tsiaj hauv hav zoov. Ntau tus Eastern North American "hma" yog caj ces coywolves. Txawm tias lawv lub suab hais txog lawv cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv txij li thaum ntau tus pib tawm nrog hma zoo li lub suab nrov thiab xaus nrog lub lawj ntawm coyote-like-yips.
Conclusion
Cov dev tuaj yeem hnov cov coyotes mus txog 12 mais deb lossis yog li ntawd, nyob ntawm seb muaj xwm txheej. Tab sis tsuas yog vim koj tus dev tsis hnov mob rau tus coyote tsis tau txhais hais tias lawv tsis tau xav tias muaj ib qho hauv zej zog. Coyotes yog cov tswv cuab ntawm tib lub genus li dev, thiab ob qho tib si feem ntau pom cov cwj pwm zoo sib xws, xws li kos npe thiab quaj qw.
Ob hom tuaj yeem sib txuas, tsim coydogs thiab dogotes. Coyotes kuj tuaj yeem ua phooj ywg nrog hma los tsim coywolves, uas feem ntau muaj me ntsis ntawm cov dev hauv tsev DNA sib xyaw. Cov dev tej zaum hnov cov coyotes nrog tib qhov tseeb uas lawv hnia lwm cov canines, suav nrog cov dev hauv tsev thiab hma.
