Comments on: How many foxes you got? Lots.

How many foxes you got? Lots.

Wolfdog — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:20:31 -0800

Foxes and many more foxes.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:24:50 -0800

Other interesting photos from the same site.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:39:25 -0800

Foxes!

By: dammitjim

dammitjim — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:42:35 -0800

Cute! Foxes are really neat. Here's a site about urban foxes. It's based on someone's Master's degree research. With pictures, and information about human interaction with foxes, such as feeding them (don't!).

By: underer

underer — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:48:34 -0800

You've found a lot of foxes.

By: ITheCosmos

ITheCosmos — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:54:14 -0800

Well, it certainly delivers what it promises.

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:08:52 -0800

At the complex where my parents live there is a local fox family. Foxes are like cats and know that bird feeders make for easy pickings - not only birds but mice/voles that like the spilled seed and nest near by. When I visit my parents I sometimes see mama fox making her rounds of bird feeders.

By: Specklet

Specklet — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:29:14 -0800

I think this was on MeFi recently, but I couldn't find it...

By: tkcom

tkcom — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:17:50 -0800

What the fox! The site is down already.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:38:37 -0800

Beautiful, thanks Wolfdog.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:11:11 -0800

Wow. Crazy-ass Russians taming foxes. In a way, I'm glad we have Russia. Otherwise we'd have to invent one. And that would be hard.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:43:54 -0800

How perfectly whimsical -- foxes are just adorable creatures -- wish I could have one as a pet!

By: [insert clever name here]

[insert clever name here] — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:35:51 -0800

Perfect timing. I discovered there has been a fox hanging out in the neighbor's yard. I haven't seen it yet, just heard it. Though I didn't know it was a fox at first, I thought it was a dying animal and dragged The Husband out at 2 in the morning to either help it, or put it out of its misery. When we couldn't find it but the noise continued the second night in a row (last night), I figured it had to be whatever animal's normal state. Thank god for the Internets, I looked up wav's of all the local fauna, and was very surprised to find it was a fox making that awful sound. It sounds to me like someone kicked a puppy though hubby thinks it sounds like a dying bird. If it comes back tonight, we're breaking out the night vision to catch an actual glimpse of it. Not sure I'd trade living in the 'burbs for anything. Btw, davemsc, I believe you can keep them as pets if you get them with a license for fur farming. Though, obviously, you don't need to actually use it for the fur.

By: Tarrama

Tarrama — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:52:48 -0800

It depends on where you live I guess, as to how you feel about foxes. As a child growing up in the UK I always wanted a fox as a pet too. Not any more. In Tasmania we are doing everything we can to eradicate foxes. If we don't the effect on our wildlife will be devastating.

By: stratastar

stratastar — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:23:43 -0800

Ah i've heard the same sound [insert]! We have foxes in the area and thought that they just finally got the local tabby cats, who were dying a slow painful painful death. I'm more scared of them getting my dog at night though... I can't wait for the coy-otes to drive em out!

By: maryh

maryh — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:45:46 -0800

dhartung, the website hosting your (very interesting, BTW) link is just about the scariest thing I've ever seen on the web. Give me some nightmares, why dontcha.

By: mendel

mendel — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:07:46 -0800

Learn Ruby with foxes!

By: Linc

Linc — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:38:11 -0800

maryh, could you describe the nightmares the Reactor Core website gives you? In your opinion, what makes it the scariest thing you've ever seen on the web?

By: maryh

maryh — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:38:28 -0800

Ummm, Linc, I'm hoping you wrote that with your irony hat on. If not, let me say that I, for one, welcome our new Dominionist overlords.

By: Vulpyne

Vulpyne — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:56:11 -0800

I must say that I approve, but it would be nice if the links worked.

By: Linc

Linc — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:08:21 -0800

maryh, why does the idea of Universal Love scare you? Do you prefer hatred? The End of the World is coming soon, sometime in the next 90,000 years. Don't you want to be ready?

By: [insert clever name here]

[insert clever name here] — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:08:18 -0800

I'm more scared of them getting my dog at night though... I can't wait for the coy-otes to drive em out! Heh, I hope this is in jest, coyotes are much more of a threat to dogs than foxes. Most foxes even leave cats alone unless they are, as you noted, weak. But the coyotes most likely won't drive the foxes out. We have coyotes too, and they seem to co-exist just fine. The foxes lay low when the coyotes are nearby. The best protection of your pets, though is to not let them out alone unattended, especially after dark. I can't fault any animal for thinking a small domestic animal on a leash is an easy meal.