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		CGMthrowaway 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: San Francisco coyote swims to Alcatraz It's a 1.5mi swim. I remember visiting Angel Island (a 0.5mi swim) and seeing the abundance of raccoons they have, and asked a ranger how they got there. They also swam. Growing up on a lake I would regularly watch deer swim the quarter mile back and forth between the shore and a nearby island, with no problem.

bryancoxwell 3 months ago | [–]

At a minimum! We don’t know where the coyote started from.

bradgessler 3 months ago | | [–]

For all we know the Coyote could have been from Oakland or Sausalito.

pengaru 3 months ago | [–]

made me wonder if that's why the adjacent strait is called racoon strait, but apparently not (HMS Racoon)

https://angelisland.org/history/ayala-cove/

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