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Mutant blue-eyed coyotes spreading through California
DIR By: Satanica
Date: January 28, 2019, 9:16 am
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HTML https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/01/blue-eyes-mutation-coyotes-spreading-in-california/
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> LAST SPRING, A photographer and guide in northern California’s
Point Reyes National Seashore named Daniel Dietrich spotted an
unusual animal: A female coyote with blue eyes. Blue is an
incredibly rare eye color for coyotes, and it’s likely caused by
a chance mutation.
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> Now, it appears the trait is spreading. In the last few
months, at least four other coyotes with blue peepers have been
seen and photographed within about a 100-mile radius of the
seashore.
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> while almost all coyotes have golden-brown irises, hers are
icy-blue. National Geographic investigated Dietrich’s find in
June of 2018, calling the coyote potentially “one in a million.”
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> Since then, coyotes with baby blues have been seen and
photographed to the east near Sacramento, and far to the south,
outside Santa Cruz. Two are now known to live in Point Reyes—an
eye injury to the first enabled photographer David Kramer to
definitively identify the second.
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> Due to the localized nature of the phenomenon, and the
complete absence of it elsewhere in the country, scientists now
hypothesize that a mutation to the genes that control eye color
likely appeared several generations ago, and these
newly-documented canines are recent descendants of one original
“one-in-a-million” mutant.
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Apparently, even fair use of the photograph is prohibited but
you can see it at the link.
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Re: Mutant blue-eyed coyotes spreading through California
DIR By: FellOffThePorch
Date: January 28, 2019, 1:09 pm
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Wow! I like the blue eyes, but like it said in the article it
might be to their disadvantage.
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Re: Mutant blue-eyed coyotes spreading through California
DIR By: Mildly Medicated
Date: January 28, 2019, 2:40 pm
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Beautiful animals.
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Re: Mutant blue-eyed coyotes spreading through California
DIR By: KatO9Tails
Date: January 30, 2019, 12:31 pm
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It is because they would have a harder time seeing at night as
well as in the day time. It sounds like there was a wolf in the
woodpile or a husky type dog that would create that and be a
rational theory husky or like dog or wolf dog] yeah that look:
my grandma did the deed with a husky, lol, it happens, I had a
friend that had a mutt that apparently went out and mated with
a coyote and the pups had those crazy eyes. he was ready to kill
them all because she was suppose to guard against the coyotes
with the chickens and turkey but it was like she would lead the
coyotes to the pens, not a good situation if you ever wanted
eggs or fried chicken
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Re: Mutant blue-eyed coyotes spreading through California
DIR By: Babs
Date: January 30, 2019, 12:52 pm
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I absolutely hate coyotes. Their howling and yipping is creepy
and they killed 2 cats of mine.
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