Nah, come on. Don’t be ridiculous. Looking for traffic is one thing - checking an arbitrary box for a specific image just because humans do and understanding it immediately and without mistake is another. I don’t doubt it is possible to train a coyote to understand this, but there’s just no way this happened as stated in the post.
Coyotes are smart.
I’ve watched a crow check both ways for traffic before flying low across the road.
It’s not implausible at all. Are you familiar with the idea of a cargo cult?
I live amongst coyotes, and I see them almost every day. What are you taking about? You’re asserting a coyote can teach itself to use a crosswalk?
Why? Why would a coyote do this? What is the reward?
I saw a documentary on CBS that said otherwise. A coyote couldn’t even catch a bird.
Nah, come on. Don’t be ridiculous. Looking for traffic is one thing - checking an arbitrary box for a specific image just because humans do and understanding it immediately and without mistake is another. I don’t doubt it is possible to train a coyote to understand this, but there’s just no way this happened as stated in the post.
I’m familiar with humans creating cargo cults. Regarding your crow anecdote, are you familiar with the idea of anthropomorphization?