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Dixiedo the rescue fox steals a phone and a chase ensues. Bonus: find out what the fox says. [slyt]
Dixiedo the rescue fox steals a phone.
Fox con.
posted by The Bellman at 7:19 AM on April 6, 2020 [3 favorites]
Fox con.
posted by The Bellman at 7:19 AM on April 6, 2020 [3 favorites]
No swiping!
posted by 1970s Antihero at 7:23 AM on April 6, 2020 [11 favorites]
posted by 1970s Antihero at 7:23 AM on April 6, 2020 [11 favorites]
The fox instinctively knows to hold the camera horizontal while taking video, although it is too late, the human has already started it in vertical.
posted by ckape at 8:18 AM on April 6, 2020 [14 favorites]
posted by ckape at 8:18 AM on April 6, 2020 [14 favorites]
that is almost certainly the sound of a fox laughing
posted by some loser at 8:51 AM on April 6, 2020 [11 favorites]
posted by some loser at 8:51 AM on April 6, 2020 [11 favorites]
I love this, but it seems too perfect. I don't know how they would have faked it, but the way it catches the fox's shadow for a bit, then over the fox's shoulder to catch the chasing owner, and also that I'd expect it to be way shakier, all make me suspicious.
And honestly, I don't care. If its fake its still perfect.
posted by Reverend John at 9:04 AM on April 6, 2020
And honestly, I don't care. If its fake its still perfect.
posted by Reverend John at 9:04 AM on April 6, 2020
and also that I'd expect it to be way shakier
A lot of phones have built-in optical image stabilization now, and just produce unnaturally steady video by default.
posted by Pyry at 12:49 PM on April 6, 2020 [1 favorite]
A lot of phones have built-in optical image stabilization now, and just produce unnaturally steady video by default.
posted by Pyry at 12:49 PM on April 6, 2020 [1 favorite]
Every angle of that video was hilarious. That fox is a brilliant DP.
posted by merriment at 1:16 PM on April 6, 2020
posted by merriment at 1:16 PM on April 6, 2020
It definitely is surprisingly smooth, but it's hard to see how it could be faked. Well, you could train the fox to steal the phone, but you aren't going to be able to CGI her running around without some pretty serious hardware, and there's usually still a tell even with that.
posted by tavella at 1:28 PM on April 6, 2020
posted by tavella at 1:28 PM on April 6, 2020
The fox knew it was being naughty and was loving every second of it.
posted by sjswitzer at 1:35 PM on April 6, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by sjswitzer at 1:35 PM on April 6, 2020 [5 favorites]
I remember hearing a story about attaching cameras to the heads of search and rescue dogs and the people involved being pleasantly surprised by how steady dogs keep their heads as they run, and I'd expect foxes are similar. (in fact I wouldn't be surprised if humans are actually uniquely bad at keeping their heads steady as they move)
posted by ckape at 1:35 PM on April 6, 2020
posted by ckape at 1:35 PM on April 6, 2020
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