Galveston Island, a fairly large island off the coast of Houston, is home to a unique population of coyotes. These coyotes mixed generations ago with the now endangered red wolf, and have up to 30% of their DNA from them. Locals have given the nickname "Ghost Wolves" to them - ThreadSky

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amuleto.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Galveston Island, a fairly large island off the coast of Houston, is home to a unique population of coyotes. These coyotes mixed generations ago with the now endangered red wolf, and have up to 30% of their DNA from them. Locals have given the nickname "Ghost Wolves" to them

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amuleto.bsky.social•24 days ago

https://www.galvnews.com/opinion/editorials/it-s-a-good-thing-galvestons-coyotes-don-t-have-guns/

https://www.chron.com/gulf-coast/article/galveston-ghost-wolves-pets-20136266.php

Here's two nice articles about Galveston coyotes :)

I'd link the New York Times article from back in 2022 but they have a paywall and suck anyways <3

The yotes were also featured in the PBS documentary show, "Chasing the Tide"

amuleto.bsky.social•24 days ago

As well, if you're curious about the full context of that paragraph, it's from this wonderful article by Texas Highways about the public resurgence of the Karankawa people, who's historical ancestors have been deeply maligned by the Spanish to the Anglo-American

https://texashighways.com/culture/people/karankawa-descendants-are-reclaiming-their-heritage-after-being-written-off-extinct/

amuleto.bsky.social•24 days ago

And one final thing, here's a photo of a Galvo yote with a tracking collar :3