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'Goat Sucker' May Just Be A Mangy Coyote

Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:43am
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The legend of the ferocious chupacabra, or goat sucker, has circulated around Central America since the 1990s. But the supernatural chimeric beast -- described by some as half dog, half bat -- may just be a coyote suffering from mange, says entomologist Barry OConnor of the University of Michigan.

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