A coyote swam all the way from the shores of San Francisco to Alcatraz, swimming over a mile in San Francisco Bay to reach the 22-acre island famous for its prison, and it arrived shaky and weak. A visitor spotted the animal swimming and filmed it in disbelief. The video went viral, with folks from the area saying they’d never seen or heard of such a thing happening.
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And now, that coyote is “thriving” on Alcatraz, thanks to the buffet of sea birds it now has access to. Aidan Moore, an Alcatraz City Cruises employee, told The San Francisco Standard: “He’s certainly much fatter than when he arrived.”
Watch a coyote swim to Alcatraz here:
Here’s an update on the Alcatraz coyote:
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