Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-24422498-20140114192646/@comment-13965604-20140115010423

DManCO wrote: LadyX wrote:

A coyote is not a wolf, they kind of look like a cross between a wolf and a fox, but they are neither. They thrive just about everywhere and wolves do not. Biologically, coyotes are closely related to wolves and can crossbreed with them. Unlike dogs, they are not believed to be directly descended from them however. Wolves often prey on coyotes, so territory overlap is typically limited by whether or not there is a local wolf population. Wolfdogs also tend to instinctively prey on coyotes (my German Shepherd absolutely loves trying to chase them down, but they are very elusive).

Which is why it is weird that there would be werecoyotes in Beacon Hills, especially if they had been around a long time. Granted, Talia seemed like a very good-natured Alpha. But one would have expected her and her pack to at least monitor, if not control, werecoyote activity in their territory.

Agreed, the only way it would make sense is if a werecoyote was passing through the territory and attacked Malia, or if werecoyoteism is another form the werewolf bite can take like the Kanima. At least coyotes and wolves can breed, it's not too far a stretch to think they are interchangeable as far as the Bite goes. Now, this whole date change thing throws a few kinks in the timeline issue, are they shifting everything up two years, or just the current date? Because that affects this situation. If everything shifted up and we are still the same amount of time away from the fire then the accident happened one year before the fire, if the fire happened on the same date as before but we are two years farther ahead now then the accident happened after the fire. It's all so confusing. God, I love/hate this show