An adorable video of a coyote and badger walking off together in a culvert went viral after being shared on social media. The video, from the nonprofit Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), was created as part of a three-year study POST took on with partners at Pathways for Wildlife to better understand how wildlife interacts with the major roadways that surround the southern end of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Though scientific studies and Native American records tell us that coyotes and badgers have been known to hunt together, this is the first documentation showing a coyote and badger using a human-made structure to travel together safely. When coyote and badger work together, they can team up to catch their next meals, like ground squirrels and other prey species.
