KnoWanUKnow2 t1_iu4j5jo wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:27 PM

Reply to comment by LiquorEmittingDiode in Is it possible that only 4 moose imported to Newfoundland in 1904 could produce a viable modern population of 110,000 today? by SlipCritical9595

And coyotes only came over in the 1980's, so they didn't affect the founder population at all.

LiquorEmittingDiode t1_iu51w0t wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:33 PM

I always found that pretty amazing. Coyotes have existed in north america for over a million years and they happened to finally make it to this island just a few decades ago.