What have women and foxes in common?

[Skybird]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53612856

[Jimbuna]

We have a couple of small fields only a few hundred metres away and over the past couple of years I see them becoming more audacious.

[Aktungbby]

In Common?? Damn! I thought it was gonna be about 'bushy tails'

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

We have a couple of small fields only a few hundred metres away and over the past couple of years I see them becoming more audacious.

That does not seem to be just a random subjective observation, but more. I read that many wards and insiders say that especially foxes started to show signs of domestication over the past years, like several species do that learned to benefit from living in cities (food, better protection from predators that do not dare to hunt in cities or against whom cities offer better hiding. A German paper even said the domestication of foxes gets compared to that of dogs long time ago (wolves). Wild boars come to mind, too, and squirrels.

Foxes certainly are very intelligent and playful. And this video shows why people talk of the "laughing foxes". I like them, like squirrels. And I absolutely do not like fox hunting as a "sports" for spoiled upper class blokes. Hunt-killing for food is one thing, but for fun or "sports" imo is perverse. If you like the thrill of hunting, shoot with a camera.

[Sean C]

I was sitting in my living room late one night when I heard what sounded like someone getting stabbed to death in the street. I went outside and the sound seemed like it was coming from one direction at first, then the opposite direction a few seconds later. Eventually I spotted it in a neighbor's yard - a fox.



I called animal control and they told me that there was nothing that could be done about it. It was mating season and - although disconcerting - that's normal behavior. He was either looking for a mate or trying to ward off a competitor. Anyway, here's a video of it (more of a sound recording, since it was so dark). You might have to turn the sound up a little.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

We have a couple of small fields only a few hundred metres away and over the past couple of years I see them becoming more audacious.

There are quite a few of them in the East Coast US neighborhood where my parents live. You're right, they definitely seem to be pretty bold, compared to a lot of other species. They will run away if you approach them, but they are not shy about taking prey very close to people's houses and along busy streets.

[SiegDerMaus]

That fox has way more than me and most other women I know! Never thought I'd be jealous of a fox!

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Nathaniel B.

I was sitting in my living room late one night when I heard what sounded like someone getting stabbed to death in the street. I went outside and the sound seemed like it was coming from one direction at first, then the opposite direction a few seconds later. Eventually I spotted it in a neighbor's yard - a fox.



I called animal control and they told me that there was nothing that could be done about it. It was mating season and - although disconcerting - that's normal behavior. He was either looking for a mate or trying to ward off a competitor. Anyway, here's a video of it (more of a sound recording, since it was so dark). You might have to turn the sound up a little.

If you would have played The Hunter, you wpuld have recognized those fox balks!

[Eichhörnchen]

He could be just another shoe-fetishist