u/zippobunny

Ironically the store is called Michael's.

My first actual post here!

I haven't been able to bond with any new plushies I've gotten for a long time, even though I really want to. But recently I went to my parents' house and in the basement I found this guy, he's a Wild Republic African Wild Dog. His name is Kuro and I got him after I got out of the psych hospital in 2016, back then he accompanied me to a lot of therapy and court stuff, but I ultimately didn't take him when I got moved to the place I still live in now. But now I have him back, and I'm glad for that! Though he's been in a basement drawer for almost a decade and smells... not good, lol.

I don't know if he could be a "proper" ESSA with gear and all that due to a lot of complicated factors, but he's the closest I have for now.

The pair of coyotes I keep seeing brought this thing last night. Looking it up, it seems to be a BarkBox exclusive dog toy of a compost bin, and is supposed to have a plush raccoon in it as well.

They must have got it from someone else's yard, but is there a reason they were interested in the toy enough to carry it around, or just coyotes being coyotes?

It's late for coyote social season, but I've seen these two together for the last three nights. Previously I saw the one male coyote visiting every night since early in the year. The female (seated in the pictures) is lighter in color than him, lacks a dingaling, and has a different hunting style, or they're collaborating. She sits down and waits for prey to come by, and he circles the ground to draw them out. I have seen him bringing something (I assume a mouse) over to her for her to eat, which isn't a behavior I ever knew they did. Watching them is really interesting, and I wonder if I will see them with pups someday.

Originally I had nicknamed the male coyote "Yotie" since I only ever saw one, but now that there's two I need to think of a better nickname lol. Also because I got the name "Yotie" from a character on a YouTube channel who is gay, and I never thought about that part before, but now that the real coyote has a mate, it's weird. I was thinking Wall-E (like Wile-E) and Eva, but idk.

(Disclaimer that I don't feed or interact with wildlife or support anyone who does, they come here on their own and I just watch them from the window/porch. I give them names in my own mind for fun, but I don't actually anthropomorphize them or anything)

Head looks like the animatronic, body looks very much like a costume, but it doesn't match any of the Pasqually walkaround suits I can find pictures of. Is it a hybrid, or was it made specifically for this, or what? I know people joke on here that these are taxidermy, and honestly I was surprised by how much it really does look like taxidermy in person. It gives uncanny valley for sure because the character just looks wrong.

Ignore the Skittles reflection, there was truly no angle I could find that would avoid that being there.