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Playing an unnamed surfer stuck high and dry atop a parched parking lot, Cage stares down at the waves below with the thirst of a battered cartoon coyote.

At night, hungry coyotes yap and howl beyond the walls of Deborah’s ample, manicured yard.

In the movie you have “coyoteks,” a futuristic version of coyotes who smuggle people across the border to become migrant laborers in the U.S.

I’ve encountered a bobcat here and there, packs of coyotes and deer, but that was the first bear.

Other areas are raked in patterns resembling a Zen garden, and some contain replica tracks of native animals, including coyotes, bears and snakes.