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Foxes can survive in the wild for about three years. In captivity, some foxes can live up to ten years.
The sport of fox hunting is still controversial today.
If you love foxes, The Fox and the Hound is a pretty good movie – it’s basically how two different animals become friends until the fox is discriminated against because the farmer wants to kill the fox.
But the bigger controversy is whether or not a fox is related to a cat or a dog.
Here, we discuss the best 15 fascinating facts about foxes that might you not know.
Fox Facts
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1. Some foxes can hear objects that are 40 yards (36.5 meters) away.
2. Watch out: foxes can run up to 45 miles per hour (72 km/hour), making them one of the fastest animals in the world!
3. Even if you encounter a wild fox, they probably won’t eat you. Their omnivorous diet mainly consists of small rodents, small mammals, vegetation, and birds.
4. Female foxes are pregnant for only 53 days, making women everywhere jealous of their gestation period.
5. Foxes can survive in the wild for about three years. In captivity, some foxes can live up to ten years.
6. Foxes are also prey to certain larger animals: eagles, coyotes, gray wolves, bears, and mountain lions.
7. Because of their awesome fur, Arctic foxes can withstand temperatures as low as negative-70 degrees Celsius. That’s when the poor fellas start shivering.
8. Most species of foxes are lone wolves. They hunt and sleep alone, but when they’re raising their young, they live in underground burrows.
9. If foxes are together, it’s called a “leash” or a “skulk” of foxes.
10. Even though foxes are related to wolves, jackals, and dogs, they have more in common with cats. They’re most active at night, as they use their vertical pupils to see in the dark while stalking and pouncing on their prey like a cat. They also have whiskers and retractable claws.
11. Most foxes are like medium-sized dogs, with the biggest foxes weighing 24 pounds (11 kilograms) and measuring 34 inches (86 cm) without their tail.
12. What does the fox say? There are at least 40 different voices the fox can use, but the most common is their scream.
13. Speaking of whiskers, they have some on their legs. This helps them with their bearings, especially when it’s dark outside.
14. Besides whiskers on their legs, foxes also use Earth’s magnetic field to hunt their prey. Foxes leap up and pounce on their prey. They can leap in any direction, but they’re more likely to jump towards the northeast, where 72 of their attacks were successful.
15. If you can’t decide on having a cat or a dog, you can have a fox as a pet.
Fox Questions And Answers 😲😲😵
How smart is a fox?
Ans: Foxes are very smart in ways that matter: finding food, surviving in weather extremes, outwitting predators, and protecting their young. They're smarter than most, but not all, dog breeds.
What are foxes afraid of?
Ans: Foxes have a natural fear of people. If you see one outside during the day, it's no cause for alarm. ... These foxes can easily be scared away by making loud noises such as yelling or blowing whistles, dousing them with water houses or squirt guns, or throwing objects such as tennis balls toward them.
What is a Fox known for?
Ans: Known as cunning predators, foxes commonly hunt small vertebrates and invertebrates, and they're commonly found raiding farms and other livestock facilities.
Do foxes attack you?
Ans: Fox “attacks”, usually minor bites, on people are extremely rare and, generally speaking, foxes are not a threat to humans. The number of attacks on cats and dogs each year is unknown but seems to be of only minor significance relative to attacks on each other (i.e. dog on the cat, or cat on the cat).
Do foxes kill cats?
Ans: Foxes pose little danger to cats. ... Generally, though, when faced with the claws and teeth of a cat, foxes will back away, knowing they will probably suffer a serious injury in any fight. However, foxes will scavenge the remains of dead cats, but actual evidence of them killing cats is extremely rare.
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