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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

Survivor’s island: coyotes seen paddling across deep San Francisco Bay waters

An aerial view of an island
Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Photograph: Aerial Archives/Alamy

For nearly a decade, Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay has been home to what the state parks describes as a “budding population” of coyotes. Late last month park workers got a fascinating glimpse at the animal’s journey to the island.

Angel Island staffers traveling by boat saw a coyote swimming along Raccoon Strait, and filmed it paddling across the deep waterway between the island and mainland Marin county. The coyote was about a quarter-mile from shore and safely returned to the island, the park posted online.

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