20 Fox Facts That Break All The Rules

[@mtngrammy6953]

Thanks! I've lived with wild fox families for over 50 years and can't imagine ever moving because they bring me such joy! I love watching the kits play in the meadow and hunting for the underground rodents. Right now I have a family of 5 - a red vixen and black sire and their three kits - one black and one red female and a red male. The parents are about the 4th generation of foxes I have been watching. They each have distinct personalities.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I love foxes! I have a friend who's land has litters of them every year! She even found one that has passed and cleaned the bones and sent them to me to study! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. 🐾

[@BobbySanders-bf2fr]

Beautiful creature

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They sure are. No animal out there quite like them.

[@bhami]

Fascinating. So in many ways, a fox is halfway between a dog and a cat.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

It sure seems that way! But they are also unique in their own ways which I love. 🐾

[@wailingalen]

I said the same!! They are like CatDogs

[@bruceb5481]

I once thought foxes were feline.

[@mitteradams1216]

Thanks for the info foxes are so beautiful

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They really are! 🦊 Thanks for watching 🐾

[@robertjasso6673]

The cacophony of divergent howls, yelps, yells and screams echoing off 12,000 ft granite walls sent my body into uncontrollable shivers. The noise itself was deep,pained , endlessly pitiable. That this pack of coyotes were skillfully throwing their collective voices in an acoustical celebration off the granite left me mesmerized in wonder. I couldn’t wrap my head around the experience, was I at the threshold of Dante’s inferno, was this the groaning of creation longing for the manifestation of the sons of God ? And all the while I was laying on the ground in my single man tent hoping they wouldn’t smell the fear .

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Well said! Foxes and coyotes are make wild sounds! 🐾

[@KittyGonzalez-bc8ee]

Foxes are really interesting to observe in the wild. BUT their activities are occasionally so odd that it would take a long time to figure some of them out! Some are, or may be individual behaviors as I have noted over a few years living in a California forest. There was one I noticed that would kd follow a specific pregnant doe down the hill every night from March thru May. He was right behind her by less tha 6 feet as she would stop and graze in my yard. Occasionally, the doe would lose patience with thd invasion of her personal space. She would snort loudly and if that didn't work, she would stomp her front hooves as a final warning. Twice, I watched her use her rear legs to rather gently knock him backwards ..and then he wod get the .message ! One evening she made herself comfortable in a rather secluded area .. I watched the fox beccome comfortable under a bush about 10 feet away and both rested for about an hour. I noticed the fox left it's head a his ears were perked up a d twitching ..he heard something I glanced at the doe and my jaw dropped. She had given birth to two babies and was cleaning them. A few hours passed and the fox remained in his designated zone as the doe nudged her two babes to their feet. They were clumsy and off kilter for a while but when they steadied Mom took them back up the hill ...but the fox stayed ND cleaned up the birthing bed making sure every bit of afterbirth was devoured. He or she the urinated over the area before dashing away back up the hill following the scent..and urinating every few yards. I can only surmise he was protecting tye doe and her babies... he was never aggressive...just a pest...maybe her friend?

[@Tinnunulus]

​@@KittyGonzalez-bc8eehad a similar thing with two different Foxes in my garden in the UK several years apart and both Foxes always followed a badger around, we feed a lot of birds and animals in our garden each day, this strange occurrence stopped this summer when the badger didn't show up one night and neither did the Fox, what happened to the two of them I don't know ?

[@franktuckwell196]

Having lived in my present house for 20 years, when we moved in our old lady cat would sit on the back doorstep and ignore the nightly fox that passed by. They ignored each other at a respectful distance. We used to put out scraps for them and they treated us by bringing and showing off their cubs to us. Still get the odd fox pass by even now and if scraps are around we always put them out and are gone by morning. (UK) Fox hunting has been summed up as "The unspeakable, chasing the uneatable" and "Fur coats are worn by beautiful animals and UGLY people".

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Sounds like you have a good relationship with your house pets and nature's house guests!

[@rubiconklbrutorowman7577]

Just subscribed way of thanking Ur educational video!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for subscribing! 🦊 It means a lot to me

[@jakeneufeld5885]

Thanks!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

You're welcome! Thank you so much for the super thanks! 🐾

[@dianacroy4579]

We raised a kit fox. We also had a Siamese cat. The cat taught the fox to use the litter box. He was a joy to have.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Wow, that’s amazing! Thanks for sharing and watching 🐾

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

My husky used to do the fox pounce in the deep snow. Mind you, at a considerably lower success rate. It was still cool to see. And she did catch critters occasionally.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Domestic dogs were once wild, we forget that sometimes haha 🐾 Thanks for watching!

[@nancybingham7298]

Great video - thanks.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching Nancy! 🐾

[@micharris1761]

this is wonderful, for me some of it is not new, but I watched every minute with joy.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🐾

[@brentfrank7012]

Learned a few things. I’ve got a den close to my home, have not found it. Parents like to tease my Australian Shepherd.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! Glad ya learned something 🐾

[@SharkDawg32]

Fox memories from myrtle beach!❤❤❤❤

[@assortedanimalsonline]

🐾

[@sandracastle42]

First your site taught me how wonderful coyotes are and now it’s wild foxes. Yea to Britain for an unpopular law much needed to protect these amazing animals. What’s next I wonder.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you so much for watching! 🐾

[@1faunaempath.]

I love everything 🦊

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Same here! 🐾

[@cecilysharrock678]

I think it's disgusting that people still hunt them. Including King Charles. Imagine the terror they endure.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Definitely not my favorite thing ! 🐾

[@Tinnunulus]

They don't still hunt them !

[@garyfinn8772]

So did Andrew his brother and Jimmy savile and Gary glitter and rolf Harris and schofeild all very nasty people . U can take that to the bank

[@wailingalen]

Foxes are like CatDogs

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Trueeeee

[@Tinnunulus]

Great video, watch these great animals here in the UK close up through our window 6-7 feet away and on our 5 surveillance cameras that we have dotted around the outside of the house 👍

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you! They have always had a special place in my heart ❤️

[@adoreslaurel]

Well one of these vermin killed our last fowl when I forgot to lock it up, we buried the feathers found in our yard the next dy in a plastic bag about 6 inches under ground as a memorial, 3 days later that vermin returned and dug up that plastic bag, proof that they have an incredible ability to smell scent,

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Sorry to hear that. They are predators so livestock predation can definitely be an issue! Thanks for watching 🐾

[@marycoleman3711]

I have seen a albino fox a couple of years ago

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That would be a sight to see!

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

I saw an all black fox a couple of years ago for the first time ever. We have lots of wild red and tan foxes around here (northern BC) but I didn't know that black foxes even existed.

[@brocknspectre1221]

Here in Vermont, fox calls, sounding like a screaming baby, are often mistaken for fishers (aka fisher-cats, a large arboreal weasel) I grew up being told that that terrifying sound wouldn’t come from such a cute little thing like red fox.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That is interesting! They have a wide vocal range. 🐾

[@brocknspectre1221]

@ Yes, and I've since learned fisher don’t say much, other than a chuff-chuff sounding grunt. Still, people tell me that they’ve heard the horrible squeal of a fisher

[@caseykilpatrick5946]

foxes R kool🦊

[@assortedanimalsonline]

You know it!

[@kennyfulleton6905]

Very intrresting. However , you missed the Caribbean Fox , endemic to Panama , in Eastern Central America

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check it out! 🐾

[@Kallastar.]

Great video, just a critic: when you are talking about semi retractable claw of foxes species, you show a red fox on a tree, red foxes dont have semi retractable claws, this may have people thinking that they have, since you showed a picture of them while talking about this, please dont do this next time!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you for the critique, I’m always trying to improve my videos and research.

[@Kallastar.]

@assortedanimalsonline +1 subscribe btw ^-^

[@Louis-e6q]

The Fox that lives in my backyard , under my shed with her family out foxed a cyody ran past me and turned around and back tracked under the shed and MR CYODY WAS ,,HUH?

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They are both smart! 🐾

[@Louis-e6q]

@@assortedanimalsonline OH yes 👍⚡

[@patrickcreath217]

Coyotes eat them. Dammit.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

The circle of life.

[@douglasedwards134]

Cubs ???

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Baby foxes are called kits!

[@williamcrigler5813]

Fix the audio level. Do you even listen to it after you make the video?

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback

[@KurtCochran-w5l]

Foxes are mediations between cats and dogs.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I think you are right! They take on attributes from both.

[@vitalic_drms]

please get a better Ai voice

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@SharkDawg32]

Fox memories from myrtle beach!❤❤❤❤

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Awesome!