# My, my, my... my coyote **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874 "2024-01-30T19:04:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/21 "2024-01-31T20:56:44Z")
With a little dog, [get a cat.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUO0o1kFxtQ) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/22 "2024-01-31T21:05:06Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > An 80 pound coyote!? That would be a unusually large coyote. Maybe one of the biggest ever. Yeah, 33# is big, 40 # is huge. There aint no 80# coyotes wiki- _The largest coyote on record was a male killed near Afton, Wyoming, on November 19, 1937, which measured **1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) from nose to tail, and weighed 34 kg (75 lb)**._ Mind you- there are reports of larger ones, so I wouldnt think a 40# one is impossible. Maybe a coydog? where does the Op live? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/23 "2024-01-31T21:15:35Z")
I saw someone walking their medium-sized dog (still several times the size of a cat, though, not even counting the adjacent human) when a bunch of cats decided they felt threatened or something and three or four of them peeled off to attack the poor dog without provocation. I took some claws to the face (impressive leaping action there!) and leg trying, in vain, to separate them. After the dog was gone, the still-agitated moggies fell to fighting each other. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/24 "2024-01-31T21:19:09Z")
Feral cats can be quite mean and vicious. Boy those scratches can hurt. And cause infection. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/25 "2024-01-31T21:21:21Z")
Cat Scratch Fever is a real thing and not just a Ted Nugent song (I know someone who got it from their cat after a minor swipe from the cat). She was in the hospital for a week IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/26 "2024-01-31T21:22:42Z")
Yep. I’ve had it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/27 "2024-01-31T21:25:46Z")
And cat bites tend to be much more infectious than dog bites. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/28 "2024-01-31T22:01:11Z")
Oh god yes. My cousin nearly lost most of her hand from a cat bite. It was a horrible recovery, but it was a recovery. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/29 "2024-02-01T03:10:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Mind you- there are reports of larger ones, so I wouldnt think a 40# one is impossible. > > Maybe a coydog? > > where does the Op live? Cleveland, Ohio area. There have been a couple of stories on the news in the past several months. Here is one that show 3 coyotes in a back yard at 0:30. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZxPRorgXLU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZxPRorgXLU) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874/30 "2024-02-01T03:35:43Z")
Those were very big Coyotes. I must say. I would’ve guessed at least 60lbs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-my-coyote/996874.md?page=1)