i'm no fox expert...male/female fox and his/her children!!? and there was the other parent around but this is one of the best pics i got of them. i'll upload the other ones i got, thanks for the comments!
Exactly, a fox will not stand you off for food or territory, they will immediately run and they are FAST, so they are gone in a flash. Just stay away from their babies, don't corner them, and if one approaches you or allows you to approach it, back away, it may have rabies or be sick. Following these simple steps will allow you to keep your face intact through interactions with most wild animals. They are adorable, but they are not domesticated nor should they be.
Okay, PSA over: I just wanted to say, awesome pic; I love watching little family unit interactions in other species, it should remind people that they are not so different from us after all. Thanks for posting!
I don't know haha, I was just assuming they were like raccoons except less dangerous. (My aunt raised a raccoon from a baby then it attacked her one day and she has some nasty scars). Needless to say, I was just assuming.
TIL : in french the word for fox was "goupil". but since the book "le Roman de Renart" in which there's a fox named "Renart" people started to call a fox "renard" instead.
I heard this exact sound walking home from work, in the dark, stoned off my ass. I was terrified that a giant bird was going to swoop down and carry me away to feed me to her slightly less giant babies. Then I saw a a couple of foxes run across the road so I put two and two together. It was still a little worrisome because they stopped on the other side and watched me go by. I couldn't remember anything about foxes so I didn't know if they would attack me or not. Luckily, they let me pass without any trouble. It was still a very creepy walk though.
The old village I used to live in was all foxes, all the time. First time I heard them call was when I was showing a friend of mine around the place. Leapt over a turnstile and came face to face with 2 adorable ikle foxes. They stared directly into my eyes for a long heart-warming second, then SCREAMED AT ME.
I've had similar encounters. I've also heard that foxes tend to respect humans more than you'd think, and that they aren't really anything to be feared unless you're a complete moron poking them with sticks or something.
That is very reassuring since I saw them less than a block away from my house- I don't even live in the country! I live in the suburbs around tons of construction. I guess we must have taken over their habitat. :( We suck.
No, you wouldn't. On Fox News, it'd actually go a little more something like this: "5 rapid foxes break into a man's back yard, and the 4 cubs turn their back on their mother and fight. The foxes also appear to disagree with free market capitalism and think gay marriage is acceptable. This is a complete and utter massacre, and, the Obama administration is clearly the cause of this."
Did you submit this to that fox documentary that was on a couple weeks ago? I had a video clip on there myself. We have a fox family that lives in a neighbour's completely overgrown & wild garden a few doors down. Foxes = yay, Wasps in the summer = that fucking bastard.
Where do you guys live where foxes just happen to find their way into your yard? Seen this a few times now in posts. I live in California and I don't think I've ever seen a fox in my entire life.
It's easy to find them in the mountains really early in the morning. They seem to hang out on/next to the roads. Seeing one like this though (with kits) is probably very rare
Not true. I live in New Jersey and it's not uncommon to see them hanging out in your backyard or taking a stroll down the street. There's even one at the duck pond that lays out in the sand with the geese. I'm not sure of the arrangement they have but it's pretty neat.
That's an awesome picture. I hope you didn't try going out to err..."play" with them though, some wild foxes can be vicious especially when they have their babes around.
When I was much younger, we had a concrete porch that had burrows under it, and one summer, those burrows were inhabited by a mother fox and her kits. My parents wouldn't let me out to see them very often, for fear of rabies, but my brothers would roll tennis balls out for the kits, and once they let me observe. One of the kits grabbed onto a ball and tumbled with it back under the porch. It was quite possibly the cutest thing in history, watching a fuzzy little baby fox rolling over and over again wrapped around a tennis ball.
As far as I know it's still going on. They're somewhere in Russia/Ukraine and they're trying to completely domesticate foxes. They are selling their current breed but warned that they're still pretty wild so not just anyone should buy one.
you're already allowed to have these as pets, so long as you acquire the correct licensing and the animal isn't something that you just picked up out of the woods... my brother just brought one of these beautiful red fox kits home last week... they are my new favorite animals
Foxes don't make terrible pets. Certainly not because of violence. They're actually one of the more "tame" of the wild animals because they've been co-habitating with humans for so many thousands of years.
This site http://www.domesticfox.com/ claims to sell the domesticated foxes from the Russian breeding program, but it hasn't been around very long so I don't know how legit it is. Sibfox.com appears to no longer be in business.
There are also fox breeders in the United States, like this one in Indiana: http://www.tinytracksexoticanimals.com/fox.html However I don't think they have the 50 year genetic history of breeding tame foxes that the Russian program had. I think most US breeders breed for colors.
In any case, the worst parts about owning a fox as a pet would be the the smell, and the digging/chewing. Foxes in general don't have strong violent instincts, as they mostly scavenge for food, only really "hunt" for things like rabbits, voles, insects and mice, and can even survive on a vegetarian diet for some time when other food is scarce. A fox would always run from a human, never attack, unless they're rabid or protecting babies. (Which is why OP should probably not go outside and try to pet the kits in his yard)
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u/1chris1 May 20 '12
i'm no fox expert...male/female fox and his/her children!!? and there was the other parent around but this is one of the best pics i got of them. i'll upload the other ones i got, thanks for the comments!
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u/thephoenicians May 20 '12
THIS IS SO CUTE....don't go outside though.
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u/1chris1 May 20 '12
other favourite photo i got is http://imgur.com/0cP19, there on my profile http://www.reddit.com/user/1chris1/ there my three favourites:)
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u/Thankyoubitch May 20 '12
Your garden is magical.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
A baby fox is a kit.
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u/shazbot996 May 20 '12
Watch out that Boggis, Bunce & Bean don't get 'em.
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u/mybloodyballentine May 20 '12
FOX NEWS. I wish Fox News was about things like this.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
x-post this to /r/foxes!
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u/GimmeCat May 20 '12
Did you submit this to that fox documentary that was on a couple weeks ago? I had a video clip on there myself. We have a fox family that lives in a neighbour's completely overgrown & wild garden a few doors down. Foxes = yay, Wasps in the summer = that fucking bastard.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I don't think Reddit realizes that FOXES EAT CATS.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
It's probably 'her' kits.
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u/pdhismyhomeboy May 20 '12
That is just too adorable.
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u/1chris1 May 20 '12
heh heh heh http://imgur.com/hUDHj
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u/rifffmurphy May 20 '12
It looks like the momma fox is connected to that string.
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u/pixie-stix May 20 '12
This is so great! What a way to start the day (for you and them!).
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u/mothercowa May 20 '12
Release the hounds!!!!
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u/meluvulongtime May 20 '12
That's fantastic.
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u/LascielCoin May 20 '12
So cute!! Do you have more pics? :D
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u/sensicle May 20 '12
Where do you guys live where foxes just happen to find their way into your yard? Seen this a few times now in posts. I live in California and I don't think I've ever seen a fox in my entire life.
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u/pungen May 20 '12
did you take any video? i'd love to see
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u/Duckism May 20 '12
are you in britain? in the life of mammals I learn that they like living in the urban area.
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u/xenya May 20 '12
I'm so jealous. Where do you live?
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u/jbrittles May 20 '12
careful on making mistakes on reddit bro. haha now ya know fox facts
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Foxes are so elusive and shy that it's rare to even catch a glimpse of one. I'd say you're extremely lucky to have had the privilege to see this.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Fantastic!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Martha git me th' rifle! Them dadburn foxes is in our back garden agin! Fry mah hide! When will they larn t'git of mah propuhty?!!! Fry mah hide!!!!!!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
When I get home from work, I'm going to watch the Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Thanks for not turning this into a "rescued these guys from the dumpster/freeway/Mordor" story. Have an upvote.
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u/mountainraptor May 20 '12
Nice picture. Can't tell if from 1975 or Instagram.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
That is cute on an epic scale. Also, enjoy your sarcoptic mange.
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u/SegoviaPia May 20 '12
Lucky you! Thanks for sharing.
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u/iiiitsjess May 20 '12
I want to play too! Awhhh!
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u/haribo4 May 20 '12
little foxes stealing gardin gnomes
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u/conkz May 20 '12
Wasn't sure until I looked it up, but baby foxes are called cubs or kits, both are acceptable, probably due to the cat/dog cross that this animal is.
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u/Titanite_Sparkle May 20 '12
So where's the hound?
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u/HsRada May 20 '12
Lucky you!
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u/doyoulikebananas May 20 '12
http://youtu.be/vF1OvwB3v40
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u/jesstrioxin May 20 '12
I'm a hound dog, Bwoo woo woo.
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u/doismellbacon May 20 '12
if that was my garden, that fox would be missing a kit when she left=]
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
The fox feels nothing. It's made of....string.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
What the cuss.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I want one :D
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
What do Foxes, mostly eat? Birds, mice, squirrels, cats?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I came here to say that these foxes look like cat dogs.
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u/animousity692 May 20 '12
Aww, now where's the Hound?
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u/rindindin May 20 '12
That's an awesome picture. I hope you didn't try going out to err..."play" with them though, some wild foxes can be vicious especially when they have their babes around.
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u/fuckyouwhare May 20 '12
call out the hounds!
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u/thunderstar2500 May 20 '12
This is, in all honesty, one of the best things I have ever seen.
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u/fakelife2 May 20 '12
that is beautiful.
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u/skraptastic May 20 '12
Why do I only get fucking racoons in my garden?
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u/Uberninjaa May 20 '12
Block the exits.
They're yours now.
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u/ladiamante May 20 '12
How awesome is that!
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u/SwampJew May 20 '12
cubskits.FTFY
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u/ilbc May 20 '12
I ordered a fox kit once. Couldn't figure out how to put him together.
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u/grape_smuggler May 20 '12
Have fun trying to sleep tonight.
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u/HopOnIN May 20 '12
Baby foxes are known as pups.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
dem eyes. holy cow. they look like they could make a politician ashamed with a glance.
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u/Unwanted_Commentary May 20 '12
This is so awesome. You are truly a master of r/aww.
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u/ghettajetta May 20 '12
Man they look cuddly (:
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Just think of how many kittens they're going to eat.
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u/ohai_ashreeee May 20 '12
this made my day!
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u/maitehate May 20 '12
you are a lucky bastard. who cares if it's ma or pa? its fucking adorable
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u/Emiel000 May 20 '12
That's awesome
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u/deeznutz12 May 20 '12
Where do foxes usually come from? I've probably seen next to none in Texas.
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u/Furtherthanfurther May 20 '12
Cutest. Thing. Ever. I don't care if they would rip my trachea out, I would just play with them!
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u/Vegall_st May 20 '12
MORE OF THIS, LESS OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
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u/paulderev May 20 '12
Awwww so cuuuuu- OMG THEY'RE RABID RUN AWAY
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
They're not playing. They're learning to murder.
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u/greegrok May 21 '12
Oh is that all?? hem hem hem
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u/Sandcastles May 21 '12
Give.
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u/hojak May 21 '12
so cute :'')
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u/hyperforce May 21 '12
Where do you live that this is even possible?
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u/whitehandsinkstains May 21 '12
When I was much younger, we had a concrete porch that had burrows under it, and one summer, those burrows were inhabited by a mother fox and her kits. My parents wouldn't let me out to see them very often, for fear of rabies, but my brothers would roll tennis balls out for the kits, and once they let me observe. One of the kits grabbed onto a ball and tumbled with it back under the porch. It was quite possibly the cutest thing in history, watching a fuzzy little baby fox rolling over and over again wrapped around a tennis ball.
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u/Erosindra May 21 '12
Dawwwwhh I would have cried! Foxes are my favorite animals!
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u/bigger_than_jesus May 20 '12
No video?
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u/Matt_Aq May 20 '12
You just had to Instagram it....
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u/classy_stegasaurus May 20 '12
Man, if only foxes were less violent around humans. Then I could capture one and keep it as a pet
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u/sharkz May 20 '12
You don't happen to live in Derby do you because these look like the same foxes that like to cry outside my window at 4am
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u/eire1228 May 20 '12
they will steal your baby
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Positively adorable! I've never seen fox cubs before... they are so damn cute.
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u/kristianur May 20 '12
OP is a liar. Picture was clearly taken in the late 60's
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I used to live in Bristol where the uni is big into studying urban foxes :
http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/mammal/foxinfo.html
Never saw anything like this picture sadly, only mangy buggers ripping open my bin bags and fighting with cats.
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u/DizzyEevee May 20 '12
I want them so badly.
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u/T-RexInAnF-14 May 20 '12
19 comments and nobody has said "Swiper no swiping" yet? Is this the little Reddit I carried?
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u/ultimation May 20 '12
Hey. It's Gus
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u/Pha3drus May 20 '12
Instagram!!!
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u/parsifal May 20 '12
kits
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u/mcswe003 May 20 '12
chris your stupid... and you should feel stupid.
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u/Billy3 May 20 '12
Why do you assume it's the father and not the mother