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@panda12 wrote:
@jen_jen wrote:
Haven’t we had this discussion before or am I having déjà vu? :?
What a thread about how foxes and their behaviour has been misconstrued?
Some ppl call foxes vermin. They’re not.
Yes, a thread of this nature…or am I imagining it? Just wondering whether I’ve finally lost it! :lol:
@jen_jen wrote:
@panda12 wrote:
@jen_jen wrote:
Haven’t we had this discussion before or am I having déjà vu? :?
What a thread about how foxes and their behaviour has been misconstrued?
Some ppl call foxes vermin. They’re not.
Yes, a thread of this nature…or am I imagining it? Just wondering whether I’ve finally lost it! :lol:
If there has been, apologises but I’ve not seen it. Foxes are a much maligned animal and it shouldn’t be so. It’s time some of the myths were broken down.
Why will foxes kill more than one chicken at a time?
For the same reason that most of us buy more than one slice of bread when we go to the supermarket – it is, quite simply, forward planning, and while it can be distressing to see, it is only an instinctive response to finding a plentiful source of food.
Unlike, say, horses, foxes’ access to their various food supplies is erratic, and their survival instincts dictate that they should make maximum use of whatever opportunities come their way. Anything that they cannot eat at once will eventually be taken away and buried for future use.
Surplus killing is rare under natural conditions because wild prey is generally good at defending itself. For example, if a predator takes a woodpigeon, the rest of the flock will fly away, something that chickens in a hutch are unable to do.
@jen_jen wrote:
@panda12 wrote:
@jen_jen wrote:
Haven’t we had this discussion before or am I having déjà vu? :?
What a thread about how foxes and their behaviour has been misconstrued?
Some ppl call foxes vermin. They’re not.
Yes, a thread of this nature…or am I imagining it? Just wondering whether I’ve finally lost it! :lol:
Yes we have, hence me not really entering into a debate again.
i have seen a few foxes wandering around where I live ……..infact i came very close to a fox one night, face to face and i really wished I’d had some food for it at that moment.
my mum has a fox who visits every evening at dusk……he has a visible limp so she knows it’s always the same one that eats by her patio door at dusk….he likes cake and he has the dinner scraps from the previous day………i know some people say it’s not good to feed them but having watched him taking the food from her hand it’s actually quite endearing.
Im always amazed how big foxes are…. and the noises they make at night scary :shock:
a fox ate my new shoes :) got these wee lovely diamante pumps.had not quite broken them in and met lucky,rainny,sian etc from here.. Feet were sore as i struggled with a Mortice lock on the B and B we were in. kicked shoes off, ( as one does) and was left with the soles in the morning. !
coonts :)
@rubyred wrote:
a fox ate my new shoes :) got these wee lovely diamante pumps.had not quite broken them in and met lucky,rainny,sian etc from here.. Feet were sore as i struggled with a Mortice lock on the B and B we were in. kicked shoes off, ( as one does) and was left with the soles in the morning. !
coonts :)
Lol ruby…. I laughed out loud at this….. would be difficult to hate such a mischievous animal..especially as they were diamante pumps :D maybe he watches strictly :D
@mrs_teapot wrote:
@rubyred wrote:
a fox ate my new shoes :) got these wee lovely diamante pumps.had not quite broken them in and met lucky,rainny,sian etc from here.. Feet were sore as i struggled with a Mortice lock on the B and B we were in. kicked shoes off, ( as one does) and was left with the soles in the morning. !
coonts :)
Lol ruby…. I laughed out loud at this….. would be difficult to hate such a mischievous animal..especially as they were diamante pumps :D maybe he watches strictly :D
Lol @ Strictly.
A fox did a similar thing to my dad but they weren’t diamanté pumps.
At least I don’t think they were :P
@mrs_teapot wrote:
Im always amazed how big foxes are…. and the noises they make at night scary :shock:
Are foxes getting bigger?
“While stories of “giant” foxes occasionally appear in the tabloids, there is absolutely no scientific evidence to suggest that foxes are growing larger, or indeed that urban foxes are any bigger than their rural counterparts.”
Foxes are a distant relation of wolves, coyotes and jackals. Red foxes are the largest of the world’s 20 species of fox.
As they are related to such large animals, it is no wonder they are big. The foxes around my way do a grand job of cleaning up the streets by eating discarded kebabs, KFCs and McDonalds and no doubt help keep the rat population down near the local rail line.
There is a place for everything and everything should be in its place. If human beings cannot put their unwanted food in the bins, it is no wonder foxes are common place.
As for scary noises, I find the noise teenagers make on a night out to be far more scary. :P
Feral urban foxes seem to cause far fewer problems than badly kept status dogs.
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