I've seen two videos where coyotes play with badgers and I've read that they might have a symbiotic relationship. Badger digs out a burrow and the coyote kills what's in it.
Is this a common thing? Is it observed often? How would such a symbiotic relationship commence?
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I've seen two videos where coyotes play with badgers and I've read that they might have a symbiotic relationship. Badger digs out a burrow and the coyote kills what's in it. Is this a common thing? Is it observed often? How would such a symbiotic relationship commence?