The Yellowstone Coyote: From Top Dog To Underdog | Real Wild

In the 1920s wolves were completely wiped out of Yellowstone Park. The coyote then became the top dog in the Park for 60 years. With the re-introduction of the wolf in 1995, coyotes went from top dog to underdog. It is in Yellowstone that we can best understand the coyote of the past, for it is here that the coyote must confront the grizzly bear, the mountain lion, and now the gray wolf, his closest relative, and now his most dangerous adversary. Coyotes mate for life, with the male helping to feed, guard, and defend the pups. They eat mostly small rodents, mice, and voles. But in winter they may survive largely on the remains from wolf kills.
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[@Bones_Beetles]

I'd just like to say, I love coyotes, their so silly

[@thebreaderick]

I know a decent amount about the larger canine's, I had ZERO idea that coyote known to hunt "with" a badger every once in a while in Yellowstone. That's absolutely wild, what a weird but logical temporary partnership. Nature is so rad.

[@damaslpressath]

it is not a partnership, or just a one-side partnership, so the badger has no advantage of the coyotl but just tolarating it when a small animal is fleeing from the badger into coyotls mouth....

[@johnb7046]

@@damaslpressath It works both ways..

[@hello-laura]

*The crow -to the coyote- to the bear-all playing with blade of grass..too cute.*

[@kathleengivant-taylor2277]

Coyotes and wolves are so smart and resourceful. Especially the coyotes cause there practically everywhere. U have to be a really smart animal too adapt like they do.

[@fredajordan5704]

Amazing documentary, I love coyotes and wolves as well. amazing pictures and outstanding commentary.

[@Sunshinexoxo4795]

Poster Freda Jordon, I agree with you. My favorites are the pumas' and the wolves and the cheetah's and the wild dogs.

[@lenacheri7624]

I was pre-tripping my bus around 5:45am and saw a biggg coyote! This was my first time seeing one and it freaked me out!

[@canny1485]

I love coyotes

[@Sunshinexoxo4795]

Coyotes go after the lambs am I ccorrect?

[@GenericDan]

@@Sunshinexoxo4795 Yeah, and?

[@brunoqnzbk7891]

​@@Sunshinexoxo4795Are you vegetarian?

[@ssue4q]

First I just want to say I LOVE your Channel. You have some of the best if not the best newsworthy stories around. Wild animal related stories . Those coyotes are huge! When I was living back in my home state of Co. For about 5 years. There was a pack of them in the neighborhood. Some fools must have been feeding them. Anyway they were small and scrawny. These coyotes look like freaking wolves! Great footage thanks for sharing!

[@danasarber7991]

Such an interesting show about the coyotes! I really enjoyed it!

[@lenacheri7624]

I saw one today on my way to work, which is what brought me to this channel. Hehe

[@johnshields6852]

Geez, when the wolves catch the coyote there's zero mercy, they shred the coyote.

[@calvinvang4749]

Why didn't they show the whole thing

[@Alteori]

Yup. It must be terrifying

[@casienwhey]

I read an article about the return of the wolf to Yellowstone and they quoted a wolf specialist who was watching the newly arrived wolves chase away coyotes from a kill. The guy told the reporter, that was the wolves' way of saying, we're boss now! I'm sure the coyotes got the message.

[@brunoqnzbk7891]

They are freaking adorable ❤

[@jjames6552]

Narrator's voice is excellent reminds me of Morgan Freeman and the content is brilliant. Badger clip when it shakes the dirt off was amazing. Would love to see it again in slow motion x

[@jeffcampbell2710]

It's amazing how much dirt it can move. And yes, the amount of dirt he shook off was eye opening.

[@markmanleyH2Oactivity]

I had been in the USA [& in Yellowstone] up until the Fall of 1995. Then they reHomed wolves into the Park !!! WoW that is !!!!!!! just AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jjn6914]

So glad wolves were introduced to the park so they can help re-establish balance in the food chain. Coyotes range and population exploded, now covering all of North America and growing into Latin America, due to the extermination of their natural predators and to the point they're now pests. Hopefully they can be scaled back to their previous, natural volumes.

[@henry568]

Most beautiful wolf !

[@mariaguarino1399]

So beautiful 🥰🥰🥰🥰 I love Coyotes!

[@jondee715]

"O Great Coyote, make me laugh when i make a fool of myself, make me smile when i mess things up. Help me see the humour in chaos and help me learn lessons, while I laugh at my own folly.. O Great Coyote, show me the wisdom in stupidity and help me find levity, in otherwise painful situations. Teach me to laugh when i want to cry O Great Coyote.. Knock Knock?”

[@markrumfola9833]

Nature can be very Cruel. I love it & Enjoy the better Moments

[@johnshields6852]

Great commentary, thank you for clever insight and detailed information.

[@janetchickey3577]

This was so wll done you captured life of coyotes so well I so enjoyed watching this the photography made you feel like you were there the most resourceful animals yellowstone is such a beautiful park I could watchthese videos all day I will share this with my grandchildren I just want to say thank you

[@treasuringpricelesstime5962]

Never knew they are the 2nd fastest land animal in North America. Nice to know.

[@theGospelthroughart]

Coyotes???

[@GenericDan]

@@theGospelthroughart Yes. Cool, isn't it?

[@theGospelthroughart]

@@GenericDan I always thought wolves were faster

[@Alteori]

Wolves have a decent relationship with crows and crows don't like coyotes

[@GenericDan]

Didn't expect to see you here.

[@xochitl9161]

Excellent video!

[@kg21bestpf94]

Great video really liked this one

[@pitbullmom3234]

I love it 🙏💯🙏👉💙💙💙🐆🦁🐅🦌🦓🐘 already 🐺 🦊 I love them ❤️

[@cynthiarodriguez1019]

Technically, a coyote is not always gray and beige. It's rare, but u can have white coyotes. Just info for anyone that cares

[@psdeas7530]

It’s true. They can be found in Newfoundland, and the mutation came from some ancestral breeding with golden retrievers. There are pockets of black ones for the same reason. Very rare, though.

[@GenericDan]

@@psdeas7530 I knew that black wolf genes came from dogs, thousands of years ago, but I never knew it was the same with coyotes. And recent too, given how new retrievers in general are.

[@dermantolbert7796]

And there are black coyotes guess you for got to mention that if you wanna be politically correct

[@cynthiarodriguez1019]

@@dermantolbert7796 🙄

[@waggingtailluna]

Very informative 👌👌👌

[@Coyoteyiphowl]

I love the coyote!!!

[@namthomson1124]

Thanks 😊

[@jeffcampbell2710]

Thanks. I enjoyed the education.

[@harmoni4499]

Wolves were big help on environment problems. We need more wolves to balance the food chain.

[@Sunshinexoxo4795]

I agree with you about the we need more wolves for the enviroment.

[@magonyx6374]

That was true 25 years ago but now they've decimated over half the population of elk in Yellowstone. Wolves are one of the only other animals besides humans and orcas that kill for fun.

[@botsareeverywhere]

Montana allowed them to be hunted this year

[@basslover48]

@@botsareeverywhere Idiots

[@eddieyoung2151]

I agree 💯 I love wolves.

[@user-th7od1bj5w]

Nice vidio 👍

[@amitylukesadventures2139]

I love your work

[@georgeanderson5276]

So glad to hear you pronounce the name correctly. Coyote! Instead of the Disney name ,coyotie. Lol

[@RR-nl2ep]

It looks like the coyote is the "digging machine" actually.

[@summercucumber4964]

The claim that coyotes only come in brown/gray is incorrect. Though typically rare, coyotes can come in a variety different color morphs.

[@mnkash2007]

the expired fish. you guys are to funny

[@tammydeboard6537]

That was funny when the raven was mocking the coyote. Wolves will kill coyotes every chance they get. I didn't realize how big that golden eagle was till I saw it by the coyote.

[@damaslpressath]

sometimes the even have sex....so never say allways!!!! It is believed that many coyotl in the east have wolves blood, so Algonquin/Timberwolves is found genetics of Coyotl and so in remaining redwolve population. Wolves are very different in character and there is thousands of situations they will surprise you but not acting like 100 percent always the same like we are used from a insect or other less inteligent animal. Those animals evolve and adapt and also make mistakes....somehow like we do

[@bronah6942]

there was a wolf pack i saw here on YT that would let coyotes eat their leftovers, so dont say "Every chance they get"

[@Alienfrommars613]

​@@bronah6942there the druid pack. Long dead now, cassanova helped rebuild them and there blood lives in the lamar canyon pack.

[@scotthull2141]

Coyote, the Jackal of North America. i encountered them on the golf courses in the Palm Springs area and some of the males are intimidatingly large, but, have never seen nor heard of one being aggressive accept for taking cats and small dogs LoL

[@goodsolonius7305]

"On occasion, a pack of coyotes may kill a weakened mule deer" lol i saw the eaten carcass of a mule deer subadult at a trailhead of will rogers state park in los angeles when i was working there

[@GenericDan]

22:31 Waiting for someone who thinks they're smart to say it's leading the bear to the entire pack to get ambushed. 25:34 That's an elk.

[@manni774]

The golden eagle ❤❤

[@minokuro3]

17:24 I like this scene.

[@TheVastBlack]

Yall used audio of a brown bear roaring for a mountain lion. Whoever edited this doesn't know what mountain lions sound like.

[@youpyee5568]

10:10 that’s a big coyote lol

[@syedmuizzahmad]

Nice

[@blqr3138]

Cool

[@Wahid910]

🦁🔥🦁🤜😁🐈

[@RR-nl2ep]

Wolves and coyotes are both amazing although some people think otherwise. This is because they don't understand or know anything about them besides the negative BS that is said about them.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

37:08 Added in roar… Mountain Lions can’t roar, they hiss and meow

[@uvcsdx6112]

From coyote to 🦊 in yellowstone

[@ap5933]

Dare and time and who is narrator?

[@RealStevens]

Morgan Freeman

[@basslover48]

@@RealStevens 😆😅🤣😂

[@desi_patriot]

Imagine the very first time in Yellowstone in 1995, coyotes run into a wolves.... They haven't seen these wolves ever in their lives for generations b4 - so what would have been their reaction to the wolves? Would they been drawn with curiosity or instinct taken over giving them danger signals that they aren't top dog anymore...

[@chuckylohhkz1817]

Wow this was an amazing glimpse into the western ecosystem that once used to thrive in abundance I’d love to see the day where all these creatures are able to roam across the entire continent as they once did thousands of years ago it would be truly fascinating to co exist and get to see all these beautiful animals while keeping their populations in check it would provide more research and knowledge for us to learn from and experience the beauty of nature our beautiful land has to offer 🤎💯 It really was excellent and I enjoyed every minute of it thank you for this documentary.

[@Diamondntheruff]

That wolf is called black tail. He found n joined the pack called Woppoti pack .

[@indyreno2933]

The Coyote (Prolupus latrans) is a species of jackal native to North America, it is also known as the american jackal or silver jackal, it is one of the two jackal species included within the genus Prolupus, the other is the Golden Jackal (Prolupus aureus), members of the Prolupus genus are called laurasian jackals or holarctic jackals.

[@shafqatishan437]

It's Canis latrans. Stop making up names

[@indyreno2933]

@Shafqat Ishan, actually, the Canis genus only contains eight extant species, the Grey Wolf (Canis lupus (cladistically including the Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris))), the White Wolf (Canis albus), the Sea Wolf (Canis crassodon), the Eastern Wolf (Canis lycaon), the Red Wolf (Canis rufus), the Pale-Footed Wolf (Canis pallipes), the New Guinea Singing Dog (Canis hallstromi), and the Dingo (Canis dingo), the coyote is most closely related to the golden jackal and both species now belong to their own genus, which is the genus Prolupus with the scientific names of the golden jackal and the coyote being Prolupus aureus and Prolupus latrans respectively.

[@psdeas7530]

I’d be interested in a citation or reference. I can find no information confirming this, and coyotes are not terribly close to jackals on the evolutionary tree.

[@mnkash2007]

@@indyreno2933 grey wolf and dog check white wolf THATS NOT A VAILD SPECIES ITS A SUBSPECIES OF GREY WOLD SO IS THE SEA WOLF AND PALE FOOTED WOLF red wolf is its own species I think the new Guinea is being called a dog or dingo idk eastern wolf and dingo are kind of still having a debate just because the coyote is closely related to golden jackals does mean it in a different genus heck the coyote is more related to the gray wolf and African wolf then the golden jackal GET YOU SCIENTIFIC NAME RIGHT

[@indyreno2933]

@Teddy's gameplay, actually, the Canis genus is polyphyletic, the golden jackal, coyote, ethiopian golden wolf, and common golden wolf all do not belong to the Canis genus anymore, they are relocated to two separate genera, Prolupus for both the Golden Jackal (Prolupus aureus) and the Coyote (Prolupus latrans) and Flavocyon for both the Ethiopian Golden Wolf (Flavocyon simensis) and Common Golden Wolf (Flavocyon lupaster), while the former is the sister genus to Canis, the genus Flavocyon is not closely related to the Canis genus at all, the Flavocyon genus is instead a primitive offshoot of the subtribe Canina (Old World Wolf-Like Canines) that is more derived than the other two african genera Lupulella (African Jackals) and Lycaon (Painted Dogs) but is basal to the Cuon + (Prolupus + Canis) clade, in fact, there are actually now twenty extant genera of dogs (family Canidae), Urocyon, Atelocynus, Speothos, Chrysocyon, Bassarilupus, Pseudalopex, Lycalopex, Cerdocyon, Vulpes, Neocyon, Alopex, Fennecus, Otocyon, Nyctereutes, Lupulella, Lycaon, Flavocyon, Cuon, Prolupus, and Canis, the Urocyon genus contains only two extant species: the Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and the Channel Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis), Atelocynus contains just one species, which is the Short-Eared Jackal (Atelocynus microtis), Speothos contains only one extant species, which is the Bushdog (Speothos venaticus), Chrysocyon contains only one extant species, which is the Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), Bassarilupus contains two extant species: the Pampas Fox (Bassarilupus gymnocercus) and the Sechuran Fox (Bassarilupus sechurae), Pseudalopex contains two extant species: the Culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus) and the Hoary Fox (Pseudalopex vetulus), Lycalopex contains two extant species: the Chilla (Lycalopex griseus) and the Darwin's Fox (Lycalopex fulvipes), Cerdocyon contains only one extant species, which is the Crab-Eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous), Vulpes contains three extant species: the Eurasian Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), the American Red Fox (Vulpes fulva), and the African Red Fox (Vulpes niloticus), Neocyon just contains one species, which is the Tibetan Fox (Neocyon ferrilatus), Alopex contains four extant species: the Corsac Fox (Alopex corsac), the Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus), the Swift Fox (Alopex velox), and the Kit Fox (Alopex macrotis), Fennecus contains six extant species: the Bengal Fox (Fennecus bengalensis), the Blanford's Fox (Fennecus cana), the Ruppell's Fox (Fennecus rueppellii), the Fennec Fox (Fennecus zerda), the Pale Fox (Fennecus pallidus), and the Cape Fox (Fennecus chama), Otocyon contains only one extant species, which is the Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis), Nyctereutes contains two extant species: the Chinese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), Lupulella contains two extant species: the Side-Striped Jackal (Lupulella adusta) and the Black-Backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas), Lycaon contains only one extant species, which is the African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus), Flavocyon contains two extant species: the Ethiopian Golden Wolf (Flavocyon simensis) and the Common Golden Wolf (Flavocyon lupaster), Cuon contains just one species, which is the Dhole (Cuon alpinus), Prolupus contains two extant species: the Golden Jackal (Prolupus aureus) and the Coyote (Prolupus latrans), and Canis contains eight species: the Grey Wolf (Canis lupus (cladistically including the Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris))), the White Wolf (Canis albus), the Sea Wolf (Canis crassodon), the Eastern Wolf (Canis lycaon), the Red Wolf (Canis rufus), the Pale-Footed Wolf (Canis pallipes), the New Guinea Singing Dog (Canis hallstromi), and the Dingo (Canis dingo).

[@josephtanner4594]

I WISH THERE WERE MORE COYOTE DOCUMENTARIES AVAILABLE FROM YOU PRETTY PLEASE REAL WILD?

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

Coyotes are dangerous animals that cause damage to cattle, pets, and people, they need to be killed on site

[@josephtanner4594]

@@gregscavuzzo5457 NO COYOTES DO NOT NEED TO BE KILLED ON SITE!!!!

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

@@josephtanner4594 If you live in the country and farm or have livestock, they need to be killed , coyotes kill newborn animals, pets , and children, they are not dogs , they are dangerous animals and cause huge losses for farmers and ranchers, they need to be killed

[@josephtanner4594]

@@gregscavuzzo5457 Why Not Try Using Livestock Guard Animals Like Donkeys and Lamas To Drive The Coyotes You Kill The Coyotes Certain Wild Prey Food For Coyotes Population Numbers Like Hares & Rabbits 🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇Will Breed Out Of Controls Think Of What Happened In Austraila, Scotland, The Cheezy B Movie Night Of The Lepus etc....

[@josephtanner4594]

You Do Not Want To Be Destorying The Circle Of & The Food Chain Also Coyotes Are Only Dangerous? Because Of You & Other Providing Easy Prey Food & Other Food.

[@theGospelthroughart]

Kayot or kayot E 😂 I'm lost here And.....yes I know it's spelt coyote 🙄

[@enricotoesca3941]

L❤️vely 😍😍😍

[@counterstrike89]

Plus the red fox, which is as successful or more so as the coyote.

[@mamaginanixiaxiakunieda2373]

💗💗💗

[@mariaringswirth927]

❤❤❤

[@juliusdream2683]

Everyone always says there bad. I’m on Long Island and there not here so I don’t know what there like.

[@yellowstonevoices]

If you are interested in learning about animals in Yellowstone, check out our page to learn about what's happening to the Yellowstone Bison.

[@celestialcircledance]

I always took comfort in wintering mice and voles secure from the cold and predictors in there underground tunnels but think again ...

[@mello3214]

👍❤️❤️

[@memewalkerb5305]

Good! Send some wolves east where they even pester people's pit bulls.

[@hsdinoman2267]

that's pretty much the story of all life on this earth, adapt or go extinct and end like most lifeforms on this planet we call home

[@Austin.Kilgore]

25:33 Pretty sure that was some kind of deer or elk

[@user-lt8ef6gm3u]

💜💯🙏🏿

[@cablebrain9691]

The “BARKING” Dog??? C’mon……really?

[@RR-nl2ep]

I see coyotes everyday. They are all not this color. They are all not this small and can be much BIGGER!

[@neryruano4490]

Hola

[@jolka-sb5ej]

In real life I'm the underdog

[@jameshotz1350]

The wolves were brought back to keep the antelope in check ravens are the most intelegent of all birds,

[@karbeenjasim5348]

Jackel

[@leebarry5686]

It's immoral to bring predators to an area where they were not there!

[@hyenaboy7504]

Luckily, no-one did that.

[@Virtuousmom1983]

D

[@animalmovieandshowclips7277]

0:36 48:02 48:35

[@Hardwork7777]

Wolves didn’t hunt ELK FOR IONS!?! BS video.

[@user-uw6ve4pg1o]

Чувашия. Слава Украине!!!

[@dubbomarcus]

That’s a poor attempt at an Australian accent.

[@damaslpressath]

what a ancient missconcept: underdog....think nor fox is underdog for coyotles, nor coyotl underdog compared with wolves. We still have those concepts.....bringing african people as slaves and call them underhumans or concept of nazis or whatever we should respect all creatures and understand its value and sense in nature. So also the coyotl and badger have no partnership, the clever coyotl is just following the badger and waiting for escaping prey of badger like mice and squirrels, but badger has no advantage of coyotl....