🚫 MYTH: I heard a huge pack of coyotes howling! ✅ FACT: Coyotes can sound larger in number through an auditory illusion called the ‘Beau Geste Effect.’ No, you’re not surrounded by dozens of coyotes (although that does sound pretty cool). Coyotes commonly live as individuals, in mated pairs, or in small family units. Their social structure simply is not set up to support a ‘huge pack,’ but they can make quite a bit of noise! What’s all the canid commotion about? Coyotes, sometimes known as song

SOUND ON! Viewer Leslie Hurlburt sent in this video of coyotes howling outside the state Capitol as fire trucks whizzed down N Street on Tuesday. | KCRA 3