A Different Way To Protect The Ghost Orchid

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Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

Coyotes are not invasive in the definition of the word and as such they are a good example of a species that has adapted to human habitation ( changed environment ) and of a species displacing another. Mountain lions and wolves were extirpated and the coyote has filled that gap.

Wildlife Directory: Coyote — Living with Wildlife — University of Illinois Extension

However the coyote can and has hybridised with the Red Wolf and has produced fertile offspring. Only time will tell if this hybrid predominates but this hybrid is another example of unintended consequences and one can argue whether or not this has occurred as a result of man-made intervention. Who or what killed off mountain lions and wolves ? Is the presence of this hybrid a good or a bad thing ? Aren't the real-life results of this biology example something akin to what epiphyte is proposing ? I can see similarities, unforeseen or not.

Coyote Hybrids

Are you seriously asking what killed off wolves and mountain lions? Do you in any way think there is an answer other than "man"? "Unintended consequences" presupposes human activity. What act are wolf/coyote hybrids an unintended consequence of?