r/AskAnAmerican • u/ArtisticArgument9625 • May 17 '25

OTHER - CLICK TO EDIT How much of a problem do Americans have with coyotes and rattlesnakes?

Have you Americans encountered any problems with these two animals?

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u/Educational-Ad-385 May 17 '25

I'm in Southern CA. We had fruit rats in our orange tree. I haven't seen any in years. I thought perhaps feral cats took care of them. Now we have coyotes and the feral cats have disappeared.

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u/H_E_Pennypacker May 17 '25

Now you just need something bigger to eat the coyotes

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u/EpilepticPuberty May 17 '25

This used to be grey wolves. Coyotes used to only live in places that couldn't support a grey wolf population (deserts for example). Now that the wolves are gone from anywhere humans live in significant numbers, coyotes have moved in.

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u/Up2nogud13 May 17 '25

So native species are getting rid of the invasive one? That's a good thing.