Culture

The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. This capacity is long been taken as a defining feature of the genus Homo. However, primatologists such as Jane Goodall have identified aspects of culture among human's closest relatives in the animal kingdom. Similarly, it has recently been determined that the Orca pods have culture specific vocalizations and tastes for food. Orcas used in theme parks are exclusively from pods that oth the Barbarians and the Populace respectively.

Coyote

The coyote is a member of the Canada (dog) family and a relation of the domestic dog. Coyotes are native to North America and are only found from Canada south to Costa Rica. European explorers initial encountered these canines during their travels in the American Southwest. They may infrequently assemble in small packs, but naturally hunt alone. Coyotes live a standard of about 6 to 10 years. The word "coyote" was borrowed from Mexican Spanish, which itself borrowed the phrase from the Náhuatl (Aztec) word cóyotl which may have meant "singing dog".

Despite being lengthily hunted, the coyote is one of the few medium-to-large-sized animals that has distended its territory since human encroachment began (another is the raccoon). Coyotes have moved into the majority of the areas of North America formerly engaged by wolves, and the "dog" observed foraging in a suburban trashcan may in fact be a coyote.

The coyote stands fewer than 0.6 meters (2 feet) tall and varies in color from white-gray to tan with occasionally a reddish tint to its coat. A coyote's ears and nose show long and pointed, particularly in relation to the size of its head. It weighs between 9 and 22 kilograms (20 - 50 lb), averaging 14 kg (31 lb). The coyote can be recognized by its thick bushy tail, which it often holds low to the ground. It can be illustrious from its much larger relative, the Gray Wolf, by its overall slight look compared to the massive size and stockiness of the bigger canid, which classically weighs 34 to 57 kg (74 to 125 lb). The coyote is an extremely lean animal and may appear underfed even if healthy.

The northeast coyote and the Cape Cod coyote are consideration to be a 50% mix with the Red Wolf. Coyotes can also hybridize and create fertile offspring with Gray Wolves and domestic dogs. However, sensible constraints such as the timing of estrus cycles and the need for both parents to care for the pup’s boundary such crosses in the wild. Hybrids between coyotes and domestic dogs are known as "Coydogs"