I have lived in Florida all my life and until just a few years ago never heard or saw a coyote around here. Growing up we fished most of the freshwater lakes around Central Florida and I was into riding dirt bikes in the woods. A few years ago I was driving a rural road I have all my life and saw what I thought at first was a fox or dog. On closer look it was neither. I did some asking and was told Coyotes had migrated to our area and were widespread. A short while after I was riding with a friend in a large off road park and we came up on a pack of coyotes about 6 to 7. We stopped about 50 yards away and watched them and they did not seem to care much about our presence. We eventually continued on. Recently a coworker claims to have seen one on the beach side in a very populated area not near any woods. She grew up in a very rural area around here and is familiar with the wildlife. Surprisingly the only access to the beach side area is over a very busy bridge. Amazingly I have seen pictures of good sized bobcats catching small sharks in the surf around Sebastian Inlet. Pretty amazing how animals can adapt sometimes.
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