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As an early morning runner in SF, I see coyotes in SF every week or two, including at Twin peaks as mentioned in the article. One morning in Golden Gate Park I warned a few people walkings dogs since there were about 4 coyotes around the corner. From my first hand experience, I'd assume any wooded area with cover in SF has a coyote living there.
Yes, yes, cue the "preying on young men in bars" jokes... :-P
[1] http://stanleyparkecology.ca/conservation/co-existing-with-c...
The same thing is happening in Barcelona but with boars coming from the forests outside the city, seems to have no correlation with the lock-down/quarantine that is happening (streets of Barcelona are basically empty right now, except for ambulances, police and delivery services) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/04/wild-boar-sigh...
Fun story about this. I once did a night "hike" up to Tibidabo. This wasn't organized or anything, just a few friends and I took a commuter train out of the city to the base of the mountain, semi-stranding ourselves. Then we walked up to the top, slept outside on the hilltop and enjoyed the sunrise the next morning. Tibidabo has an amusement park and a cathedral, so there was a night security guard who was very confu…
...I showed a snapshot of a "coyote" once to someone who insisted it was actually a wolf.
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But easy access to energy is gone. This is Earth’s last chance to bootstrap to the stars.
I'm not sure I follow. How is it gone? We have fusion (solar) and fission. And we may find out how to more directly harness energy as we progress. I think our access to energy is limited by our lack of knowledge. I agree though, we should get out on some new space vessels soon to buy some insurance and project ourselves into the far future.
The "earth is healing, we are the virus" narrative is overblown (and ecofascistic), but it's good to remember that humans are not special. We push other life forms out of our spaces, but many of those life forms continue a marginal existence. The end of humanity would not be the end of life and being reminded of that is a useful check on our tendency to put ourselves at the center of "the" world (instead of just the…
What if humans are special, and help hold ecosystems together? We know of some, like the great plains and the redwood forests, where lack of human management leads to ecosystem breakdown.
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Fun story about this. I once did a night "hike" up to Tibidabo. This wasn't organized or anything, just a few friends and I took a commuter train out of the city to the base of the mountain, semi-stranding ourselves. Then we walked up to the top, slept outside on the hilltop and enjoyed the sunrise the next morning. Tibidabo has an amusement park and a cathedral, so there was a night security guard who was very confu…
Joey?
I've seen a coyote dart across the street in SoMa in the middle of rush hour. Nature's a bit closer than we think.