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S32 Ep10

Meet the Coywolf

Premiere: 1/22/2014 | 00:00:48 | NR

The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent — within the last 90 years — in evolutionary terms, a blip in time.

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The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent — within the last 90 years — in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. Beginning in Canada but by no means ending there, the story of how it came to be is an extraordinary tale of how quickly adaptation and evolution can occur, especially when humans interfere. Tag along as scientists study this new top predator, tracking it from the wilderness of Ontario’s Algonquin Park, through parking lots, alleys and backyards in Toronto all the way to the streets of New York City.

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MEET THE COYWOLF

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SUSAN FLEMING

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NICK DE PENCIER

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KEITH BRUST
PAUL MERCER
HUGO KITCHING
SUSAN FLEMING

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
CHRIS CHANDA

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CAROLE LARSEN
ROBERT SWARTZ

WRITER
SIOBHAN FLANAGAN
GARY LANG

ORIGINAL MUSIC
GEOFF BENNETT
LONGO HAI
BEN JOHANNESEN

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NORA YOUNG

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SUSAN FLEMING

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ANDREA MINTY

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KATHLEEN TAYLOR

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NICK DE PENCIER
PETER SAWADE

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GEORGIA KOVALIK

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MIKE JOHNSON
GEORGIA KOVALIK
FLY FREEMAN

HELICOPTER PILOT
DAVE TOMMASINI

RESEARCH
ELIZABETH COOK
JEN CIRALDO

ANIMATION
SAM HUDECKI

GRAPHIC DESIGN
PETER KOVALIK

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MIZUHO NAKAI

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JOSEPH MURNAGHAN

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JESSICA MACDONALD

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DAVID HEDLEY

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AMY KARRANDJAS

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KATHY CHOI

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SUE CONLEY

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BRENNAN MERCER

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ANDY MALCOLM
GORO KOYAMA

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LOU SOLAKOFSKI

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GRAHAM ROGERS

STOCK FOOTAGE RESEARCH
ELIZABETH KLINCK

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JILL SPITZ

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SUSAN FLEMING

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GAYLE, EVI AND VIOLET WATERER
ROD SHERKIN & FAMILY
KENN & PATTI LEITCH
ELIZABETH BERRY & FAMILY
LINDA & KEELY O’BRIEN
CHRIS BYFORD
ELI GARRET
ANDREA MINTY & HANNAH, ERICA AND HANK AZARIA
TRISTAN SELVI-MCGOWAN, ALICIA SELVI
PATTI, MATTHEW & SARAH CUPIT
IRENE PASYANOS
NUMI MITCHELL
ANGUS SMITH
TIM EVANS
ADAM ZUBEK
CONSTANCE LAING
JULIA MCLAREN
FRED HARRINGTON
ANDY MCKINNON
BOB CULBERT
BILL FORBES
MURRAY KREUZER
BRADLEY WHITE, TRENT UNIVERSITY
STAN GEHRT, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
JOHN PISAPIO
BRENT PATTERSON, TRENT UNIVERSITY
JOHN BENSON, TRENT UNIVERSITY
TYLER WHEELDON, TRENT UNIVERSITY
ROLAND KAYS
SIMON GADBOIS, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
SHANE MCKENZIE, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
HEIDI GARBE
MARK WECKEL
CHRIS NAGY
CAROLE CUSTANCE
BERT VISSERS
ERICH MUNTZ
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM
MAX MCGRAW WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
MIANUS RIVER GORGE PRESERVE
CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK
KATE PORTER, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
ROBERT SHIREY & DEVON TARNER
ST. JOHN’S NORWAY CEMENTERY
MISSISSAUGA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
WCS QUEENS ZOO

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JAYNE JUN

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BLANCHE ROBERTSON

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