As their traditional dining options dwindle, the native coyotes of San Francisco are shifting what they eat. A UC Davis study reveals what's on the menu.

A study of more than 700 coyote scat samples in San Francisco found that the wild canines are scavenging human food — tons of it. Chicken was the animals’ top food source, found in three-quarters of the poop samples analyzed in the study,

With few natural landscapes available in the country’s second-most-dense urban environment, San Francisco’s coyotes are shifting their diets — and doing so in different ways depending on their zip codes.

As their traditional dining options dwindle and natural areas give way to restaurants, homes and sidewalks, the coyotes of San Francisco are shifting what they eat.