Animals

It flies low over the water making a long sound, then dives in full speed so that the predator loses sight of it.

Its most recognizable trait is the triangular jaw, filled with fang-like teeth.

It resembles a dog (thanks to its muzzle), a weasel (due to its ears), a cat (due to clawed paws), and a monkey (thanks to a tail that makes up approximately half of the fossa’s length).

Crabs and shrimps did not appear until the Jurassic (201 - 145 million years ago) and lobsters appeared in the Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years ago).

As their body weight increases, they quickly move on to larger prey such as flatworms. Once they reach a body length of 4 to 8 cm (1.57 to 3.14 in), they begin to prey on small fish.

It was a male shot near Afton, Wyoming, in 1937. It measured 1.5 meters from snout to tail.

The record holder lived for 32 years.

They are generally rare and do not cause much injury due to the animal's relatively small size, but fatal attacks do happen. Most cases of coyote attacks on humans are reported in California.