Pups Spied: Showing Themselves When They Shouldn’t

: Mom heads towards pups

: Pups heading towards Mom

: Mom heads right past pup

: pup turns to follow mom; 2nd pup follows suit

I watched two pups come out of hiding to join their mum as she waited for dark to fall in order to take them on an outing. Only they were not supposed to do that: they were exposing themselves to danger. She was the one who was supposed to get them when the time was right. Rather than happily greeting them with squeals and kisses as they approached her — this is what she normally would have done — she hurried right past them as if they didn’t exist, hoping they would quickly follow, into some denser brush that would hide them! The trick worked! Coyote parents put exceptional effort into protecting their young.