Sequoia Coast spit and retrieve

The coyote's reaction was slow, far slower than he had expected. He anticipated a miss, anticipated seeing the scavenger flit down the beach and return to harass him again after, for as much as he intended to catch the coyote he knew them to be wily. But he was prepared if he were to connect, and when he felt his teeth meet with hide he clamped his jaws shut and called upon the powerful muscles in his neck and shoulders to drag the beast backward and off its paws. This would buy him the time he needed to reposition his teeth elsewhere, somewhere more deadly.