Just a misguided belief that it will scare off other coyotes. Used to be common practice a long time ago.
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it’s called aposematism
pretty sure I came across a video of an elk on the side of a highway minding its on business…with another male elk’s head impaled by its antlers
I doubt wild animals give AF about
I’m getting mixed up - aposematism is an adaptation animals themselves use to ward off other animals (bright coloured frogs, etc.)
this is just plain ineffective barbarism
I see.