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Why do coyotes use smell and hearing to hunt in thick vegetation?
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Coyotes rely on their sense of smell and hearing to hunt in thick vegetation or forests because these environments obstruct their vision. While coyotes are effective visual predators in open areas, the dense cover of forests and thickets necessitates the use of their other keen senses to successfully locate and track prey.12