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Radio Extra: City Coyotes Look Both Ways

December 4, 2014 11:17am | Updated December 4, 2014 11:17am
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Urban Coyote Research

CHICAGO — New research into Chicago's coyotes — yes, city coyotes — shows they are far more mobile than their suburban brethren, they walk around neighborhoods freely at night ... and they're getting good at crossing streets, including looking both ways.

Chicago coyotes have adapted well to city life, trotting from Lincoln Park or Bronzeville to the Loop in the dead of night, scrounging for rabbits, rats or human food.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Kyla Gardner explains the findings of an Ohio State professor: 

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