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Coyote - ASL / Audio Description
Transcript
Whether perceived as chilling or melodic, the calls of the coyote commonly punctures the stillness of Sonoran Desert nights. The coyote is a distinctly North American evolved canid whose life and antics have intertwined with that of Indigenous Peoples’ in the west since time immemorial. Tohono O'odham stories of coyotes teach lessons about how to live, and the unique personalities contained within every life. The behaviors of coyotes have been described as intelligent and cunning. These perceived traits recognize the coyote as very adaptable and able to thrive through hardship in the places where other predators cannot. They do not form large packs like wolves and their group size usually consists of an adult female and male, and perhaps adult offspring. Coyotes are carnivores who eat small mammals, reptiles, birds, and even deer and pronghorn fawns; but they also snack on vegetation such as mesquite beans, gourds, and berries. The varied diet of the coyote probably made them a common sight around Tohono O'odham villages and the camps of the colonists along the Santa Cruz River. Coyotes may have snatched up food and frustrated colonists,a scene reminiscent of the long antagonistic relationship with wolves of Europe.
Description
ASL / Audio Description for Footprints exhibit at the Anza Trail Cultural History Park in Tucson, AZ (COYOTE)
Duration
1 minute, 30 seconds
Credit
AZFLIS
Date Created
01/05/2023
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