Damn gangs

[resonant]

Today's security alert from the neighborhood association near the church where I work: Someone found their yard vandalized this morning. Upon viewing the security video, they discovered that this was caused by four coyotes digging up their irrigation system and chewing on it.

I can add nothing to this.

Comments

[icarus]

Irrigation ... yum?

[resonant]

I know, right? Wouldn't you think they could have found something chewable on the surface?

[icarus]

Or under! Yams ... yum. That I could understand.

[scy]

I refer you to the gang of wild dogs that roamed my neighborhood - and the pair of turkeys that kicked their collective asses.

Made the front page of the local paper. And I have blogged about it: http://very-ish.blogspot.com/2011/07/turkeys-in-news.html

[resonant]

Cool! We have wild turkeys in our nature center. They look like a gang, too, and one that would cut you if you looked at them funny.

[scy]

I saw a picture of these birds and they were huge. 0.o I would not have messed with them.

[elynross]

...some type of dietary deficiency? Huh.

[resonant]

Inadequate plastic? Well, hey, they're related to dogs ...

[azurelunatic]

Bored much, were they?

[resonant]

Seems like this time of year they could have had all the squirrels they could catch.

[azurelunatic]

And squirrels go a great way towards alleviating boredom.

[malnpudl]

Scofflaws, the lot of 'em!

Also: I wonder what kind of glue was used in connecting the pipes. Some kinds are very tasty to canines. (Cost me a belt sander once. Dog: "Chew toy! Nummy gluey sandpaper! Yay!" Oops?)

[resonant]

That's an interesting theory. In fact it's the only theory of any kind that anyone has put forth.

[lookfar.livejournal.com]

Gangs of coyotes are the worst! They wear secret signs, like whiskers or pointy ears, to show what gang they are in, and they get into fights with each other. Those coyotes are like animals.

[resonant]

And, like most canines, like to mark walls and trees and other private property!

[isis]

That kind of makes me think of this. In the "wild animals are out to get us" sense.

[resonant]

It would kind of serve us right ...

[akacat]

It sounds to me like the coyotes are opposed to the damage that unnatural expanses of lawn (and the irrigation required to maintain them) are doing to the local ecosystem.

Either that or they enjoy frolicking through the sprinklers, and they were ticked that it wasn't running when they came by.

[krait]

Both of these explanations sound reasonable to me! :D (Not least because I sympathise with both motives...)

Maybe they were some out-of-town coyotes from near the irrigation source, tracking down their missing water.

[resonant]

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