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    by Joe.T from Oakville CA on 29 Jun 2025
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    It is uncommon and not a widely documented behavior for coyotes to intentionally adopt orphaned pups from other coyote pairs, a coyote pair may adopt pups if the original parents die or become separated from their young. I was very fortunate to have observed this rare behaviour where an Eastern coyote cared for two orphaned pups in addition to three pups of her own. The age differences are clearly noticeable.

    • Camera: ILCE-1M2
    • Focal: 600 mm
    • Shutter speed: 0.0015625 sec
    • Aperture: f/ 4
    tagged: animal coyote mammal canine red_wolf wolf dog pet fox kit_fox wildlife kangaroo carnivores vertebrate canis terrestrial_animal snout canidae

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    Radar posted 2025-06-30 12:53am

    Quite an occurrence Joseph, and so nice to see.

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