This Island Coyote is almost as large as a wolf & hunts Caribou & even Moose with lethal efficiency - NEWFOUNDLAND COYWOLF - video Dailymotion

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00:00This large-looking canine might look like some kind of wolf, but it isn't.

00:04It is a variant of eastern coyote that lives on Newfoundland Island, the Newfoundland coyote or coy wolf.

00:11Larger and more powerful than mainland eastern coyotes, with large individuals weighing up to 80 pounds.

00:19They posably arrived in Newfoundland in the 1980s or before by crossing the frozen ice that forms in winter,

00:25they have rapidly adapted to island life.

00:27Unlike their mainland cousins, these intelligent predators hunt in family packs.

00:34With wolf-like howls echoing through Newfoundland's wilderness,

00:37they stand as one of the island's apex predators, together with the Labrador wolves among other predators.

00:44Unlike their mainland cousins who sometimes tackle moose and other large prey,

00:48these island coyotes regularly hunt full-grown moose and even caribou.

This Island Coyote is almost as large as a wolf & hunts Caribou & even Moose with lethal efficiency - NEWFOUNDLAND COYWOLF

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