Eager Coyote Encourages Slow Moving Badger Into Culvert So They Can Cross Under Highway Together

Lori Dorn
February 4, 2020

A night vision camera for Pathways for Wildlife and Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) captured the very amusing sight of an eager coyote excitedly encouraging a much slower-moving badger into a culvert underneath a busy California highway so that they could both cross to the other side together.

According to videographer Russ McSpadden, the two species often hunt together.

A coyote and a badger use a culvert as a wildlife crossing to pass under a busy California highway together. Coyotes and badgers are known to hunt together.

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— Russ McSpadden (@PeccaryNotPig) February 4, 2020

Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.