Fox Dives Head First in to Snow | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth

Unlike the buffalo who dig through tonnes of snow, this crafty fox has a unique way of hunting its prey in winter.
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[@NPC1921]

"A vole. Small, but a hundred times more nutritious than a mouthful of dried grass." Bison: The Hell are you trying to say?

[@sureshkrjsl]

He is trying to say - "sometimes brain beats brawn"

[@roshiroshi1455]

@Dhananjay Kavoor 𝓁00000000𝓅𝓁0𝓁00 𝓃𝓋

[@o_oo_o1812]

*vegan rage commences*

[@Sofie424]

@@YouCantDimMyLight Animals aren't ideological about their diets. Herbivores mainly eat plants and are adapted to that, but can still eat some meat if they get the opportunity (ie watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk). Idk if they measured calories, proteins, vitamins or minerals, but the vole is going to be massively more nutritious on all of them, even after the buffalo have fermented the grass.

[@aldochavez7523]

@@YouCantDimMyLightWoah what!? Really hurt my brain reading this. First off the vole is going to be more nutritious than a quantity of grass of equal weight and thats an objective fact the matter whether or not the animal can access that said nutrition is a completely different matter. Second why are you making a comparison between hormones in men and women to diets and lifespans of animals?? It's a completely different biological process that has nothing to do with each other and the way you mentioned it makes no sense whatsoever. Yes, men and women both have hormones but the same hormones in same quantity? Uhh no absolutely not. And having hormones isn't solely responsible for reproductive processes, a man pumped full of estrogen and progesterone can't menstruate and have babies for the same reason why a woman pumped full of testosterone can't produce sperm and semen....they don't have any of the organs or more accurately the organ systems in place to do so. Third, while true that larger animals do typically live longer than smaller ones, the comparison between the lifespans of two completely different species is irrelevant when it comes to diet. A crocodile is completely carnivorous and yet it lives longer than the buffalo. If you want another example tortoises like buffalo are herbivorous but the tortoises have lifespans that are at least 3 times that of buffalo but tortoises are significantly smaller does that just mean that tortoises are overall healthier? (You can GOOGLE this if it makes you comfortable) No it doesn't. Lifespan is heavily based on genes and diet helps but not to a ridiculous degree as you might suggest. In the case with humans we're omnivores meaning plants and meat so eliminating meat completely can be detrimental to our health because doing so eliminates a good amount of vitamins and minerals from our diet (ex: iodine, B12, zinc, iron). So what we should be striving for is a balanced diet if you really want to be healthy. Next time leave your ignorance if you ever want to be objective otherwise just keep your mouth shut. Logic so flawed I wanted to kill myself 🙄

[@uncategorical]

That bison at the end was going through an existential crisis

[@elbo7755]

Clever camerawork

[@emmanuelweinman9673]

@@elbo7755 so funny 😂

[@andrewchatmon]

😂😂😂

[@rcikdey6452]

The Old You lol yes.

[@LoFi3]

He was just like “bruh”

[@artenroyal10]

These Snow Foxes clearly have mastered their minimap skill.

[@j-j-jingles4797]

Like 100. Congrats bro

[@petty1028]

+25 +1 comment congrats

[@footfault1941]

Is it a snow fox? Not always change the hair color?

[@maksymilian5578]

Yes, I'm going to guess they played outside (what tier zoo calls it) for a long time I think they are the same players who evolved into Anomalocaris during the beta stage of the game

[@mikemondano3624]

Foxen are smart.

[@oopopp]

Sir Attenborough: "... sometimes brain beats brawn." Buffalo: "David I'm right here!! I can hear you!"

[@gabrielfrost9134]

Bison"

[@bolshevikapologist9957]

Cue a Bison nose diving into the snow

[@eschwarz1003]

I know; weird he approved that script. Different digestive systems have evolved to utilize different foods; bison can get a lot more energy out of the grass

[@michaelvonreich74]

@@eschwarz1003 but it's dried, dead grass. Probably not enough to sate the bison, considering its huge energy expenditure.

[@tinknal6449]

@@michaelvonreich74 It would be enough, if the bison did not have to work so hard for it. A healthy bison will put on a thick layer of fat each summer and this fat, coupled with what forage it can obtain sustains it until spring.

[@bryanhoratio6694]

The form was a 10/10

[@Love-jf7rs]

Fine form, the precision!

[@cappystrano1]

Iwanna see him do a triple axle before he dives next time!

[@Grovesie35]

@@cappystrano1 would be pretty cool if he did a tail grab just for the style points. 😁

[@tjhookit]

Nope......it's legs were apart on the landing, but still a strong 9/10

[@markbuckallew4689]

I never get tired of watching foxes nose dive into the snow....

[@ImPovii]

Sameee

[@JanetStarChild]

@@ImPovii Are you saying "same" or are you trying to spell "Sammy"?

[@ImPovii]

@@JanetStarChild that's not even the same amount of letters ya dingis

[@JanetStarChild]

@@ImPovii Right, but you stretched out the silent letter "e", so it sounded like you were saying "Sam-EEE", which sounds like "Sammy" when read out loud.

[@ImPovii]

@@JanetStarChild bro... please...hop off of me

[@Karanveers089]

Me, sitting on the couch and watching this, can never estimate the amount of hardwork these animals have to do for their survival

[@Silenceeify]

Just as much as a mentally ill person😢

[@randallbates9020]

If I didn't know better I would say that fox is 50% cat 50% dog and equipped with modern radar. Lol. Amazing

[@DesignNation_]

Nice comment

[@AChannelFrom2006]

As pets, they have the bad features of both cats and dogs. Pee everywhere, dig holes, can jump over fences, dig tunnels and chew on everything. But they are normally quite good with humans if they are bought up as a pet.

[@vbrvideoproductions4643]

Cat Software wrapped in Dog Hardware.

[@thirdhandlv4231]

The camera crew and the animals are equally gifted.

[@vilyspevak]

Foxes are amazing animals! Attenborough is amazing narrator! What to say, excellent video!!!

[@AgfI50]

I know right they’re so great! So Precious and fluffy

[@vipahman]

My dog did the same thing in 1-foot of snow and came up with a shrew.

[@degnur3442]

Shut it karen!!!

[@aliarman3010]

@@degnur3442 in.

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

@@degnur3442 Do you have IDIOT tattooed on your forehead?

[@amosmaka6030]

That fox jumping head first into the snow was like something out of Disney. 😅.

[@willsee7452]

Tell that to the vole.

[@alprazolam1410]

That fox was very cute though 😍

[@AgfI50]

Super cute

[@jasonantigua6825]

Very feminine looking too! Guessing it’s a girl?

[@regorsenap9396]

@@jasonantigua6825 I think its a male.. 3:34

[@pumpkinhill4570]

I stayed at a hotel in Hokkaido in winter, and was lucky enough to watch a fox do this dive into snow over and over right from my window. It was the cutest thing ever. 🦊

[@charlie_56]

yeah, you were lucky

[@Losaru]

It's the careful step that gets me! Intelligent fox!

[@thecoat8426]

Davids voice makes everything complete..a legend in naration..no match

[@matthewtopping2061]

That vole looked deliciously chewy, like a fuzzy Gusher.

[@daritykharkongor6544]

"hello sir, tonight we're serving a deliciously chewy fuzzy Gusher, a hundred times more nutritious than a mouthful of grass. Dip right onto the snow"

[@anonymous-zt9fs]

It's just adorable to watch foxes noes dive into snow

[@A-Different-Way-of-Thinking]

The fox’s 🦊 ears are the perfect tool for navigating under the night sky. 2:37

[@soheilak6208]

At the end the big cow is like Whatever.

[@leanonymous486]

it is a buffalo or a bison! but big cow works when high :)

[@ReVoltaire]

it's neither a mouse nor a cow but other than that spot on Sherlocks

[@craigdrury3191]

@@leanonymous486 it's not a buffalo, buffalo live in Africa and Asia and they're very distinct to bisons which live in Europe and North America

[@MaynoMorawidDino]

It's a glacial cow

[@jovictor3007]

It is Incredible that the fox can somehow pinpoint where the mouse is.

[@Julia.Taunton-Clark99]

Vole, not mouse

[@jovictor3007]

@@Julia.Taunton-Clark99 They are sometimes known as meadow mice or field mice in North America , en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vole

[@gabrielcastillo9745]

They use the Earth's magnetic field of all things. Those creatures are amazing.

[@adolforodolfo6929]

@@gabrielcastillo9745 No they don't - they use their noses, eyes and ears - in this case, mostly their ears.

[@gabrielcastillo9745]

@@adolforodolfo6929 If that were the case, then why do they have a higher success when they are facing North?

[@rush8044]

Bison at the end just looked like: DAMN.

[@girigiriboy0124]

Looking at the fox and bison together made me remember scenes from Narnia

[@thashwinkumarsaravanan3830]

Mr.Ox : We have "grass" fox, what do you have? Mr.Fox: Hold my Mouse

[@xrt8297]

whats a grass fox

[@duckk4515]

@@xrt8297 they meant “we have some grass, ‘fox’ , what do you have?”

[@duckk4515]

@@xrt8297 also nice izuku midoriya pfp

[@justaguyonyoutube6490]

I think this might be a really trash comment but I’m not 100% sure

[@tobiasb6768]

-20 fahrenheit is about -29 celsius, -40 fahrenheit is -40 celsius and 3 feet is 90 cm for the rest of the world.

[@Hacktheplanet_]

Oh yeah why is it those measurements, britain uses Celsius

[@adolforodolfo6929]

@@Hacktheplanet_ I'm British and it's a fair question. We do indeed use Celsius and have done for decades now; the only people who might use Fahrenheit are now very old. As for other things, we are still far from completely "metric". There is a bit of a generational divide since schools do not teach/use imperial measures and have not done for decades, but there are still some things for which we tend to use imperial units, regardless of our age: human height is always in feet and inches, not metres; human weight in stones (rather than pounds); road distances in miles not kilometres and speed in miles per hour, not kilometres per hour - but we buy food/drink in kilos and litres (apart from beer in a pub, which is still served in pints, although if you buy it in a bottle in a supermarket the bottle will generally be 500ml.) P.S. maybe the reason for the use of Fahrenheit here is that the BBC makes money exporting these wildlife programmes to US TV channels - I don't know that, but the BBC never uses Fahrenheit these days in domestic programmes - and certainly not in weather forecasts/reports.

[@skeevereyes8372]

Imagine just being a mouse minding your own business and a massive fox just smashes through your roof and eats you

[@m2lansky]

This fox is so beautiful. Look at that shiny gold ish fur dude

[@okim8807]

The quick brown fox jumps over the massive snow.

[@heyheytaytay]

Were I a fox I know I'd end up diving my head straight into a stone...

[@larry7169]

this fox has clearly x-ray enabled

[@FoxyGekkerson]

Sure, it looks a little silly when a fox swan-dives face first into three feet of snow, but it gets impressive really quick when they come back up with a mouse in their teeth.

[@Toastninja312]

2:53 rewatch how it takes this step there was so much thought put into into First it almost steps to the left Then he moves his foot farther to the left before stepping to trick the mouse into thinking the fox is farther away Then the fox stomps his foot on that step to ensure the mouse will move

[@gefnuppland4810]

amazing footage. smart fox with the hearing and pin point accuracy.

[@bendavidovich7237]

3:28 Notice his precision although jumping off three feet!!

[@thomasd9237]

Fox are one of my favorite critters on the planet 👍🐾🐾👍

[@infradig696]

3:39 "But a hundred times more nutritious than a mouthful of dried grass." Okay now cut to the bison looking jealous while he eats a mouthful of dried grass.

[@souverain1er]

'brain vs. brawn' is the wrong way to thing about this. Rather, each animal uses tools at its disposal to survive.

[@mr.scottpowell]

Yeh, I mean they got their grass, he got his vole.

[@taylormade9971]

Mate your a legend all over the world... How many people can say he's a world treasure

[@sumitrasingh7570]

2:08 this is the scene you're looking for

[@-Clutch-]

Nope

[@user-hk8pc9pl3f]

2:23 Bisons: Who the hell is making noise??

[@eyeinthesky1050]

The Fox is so clean and beautiful

[@8pissingers]

cute fox, great narrator, amazing footage- AND the video length is 4:20. can’t get much better than this. thank you youtube recommendations

[@690_5]

There are few times when I root for the predator but this is definitely one of them.

[@user-mq4do3uy6s]

Лисичка - сестричка ловит мышек.

[@alceratops6853]

I have dealt with a little digging animal, a gopher, so I definitely approve the killing of that vole.

[@twonumber22]

@ThePark 627 wow, thanks for clearing that up

[@Itzchandan024]

Wow, that's an awesome video supported by Sir David's spellbinding narration

[@wanderingsoul1189]

Those squinting eyes staring at the snow ground.

[@Andrea-ho8uv]

BBC's videos are something special..

[@VinayG13695]

Excellent animal story plus Sir David Attenborough narration can make anyone's day.

[@Polandsyndromebodybuilding]

Thank you Sir David.

[@TyeBlaze]

Why would anybody hit the dislike button? This is the most adorable thing I've seen a fox do 🥰😂.

[@MustafaSaadi_]

they cant dislike anymore so😂

[@tinknal6449]

Rodent rights activists....

[@TyeBlaze]

@@tinknal6449 F.L.M. 😂😂😂

[@ska4666]

3:26 At this point i genuinely felt anxious like "Bruh! Hurry, the video is about to End" 😅

[@northerners2828]

Fox Snow: Diving to hunt, mm Finally! Bison: Diging grass..mm yummy! 😀

[@claypidgeon4807]

“A hundred times more nutritious than a mouthful of grass.” Can you hear the vegans raging in the background?

[@wyrenpanda4483]

I thought the exact same thing

[@cookingvooking56]

Colder countries survived heavily on meat until trades became faster . Narrators aged voice tells me that he also survived heavily on meat .

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

Vegans are the products of luxury. Once they start starving, meat will suddenly become just fine.

[@cookingvooking56]

@@KiLLJoYKZbin buddy I agree its survival . Great book of Ayurveda mentions meat eating as last resort not first .

[@eschwarz1003]

Well the bisons specialized long gut and microbiota disagree

[@RainbowVibes1708]

Nature is so incredible. So perseverant. The life cycle and evolution of animals and their true improvisation and will too survive is truly a marvel of life.

[@dreyb1801]

How that fox leaped so high & far with only 3 of its legs on the ground impressed me. 👏

[@MohinUddin-ft1zf]

Hs⁹

[@eustoliaramos1855]

It’s an arctic fox.

[@just4mygrl413]

Love foxes! They are amazing and beautiful.

[@someartguy4177]

A creature that can hunt you without even seeing you is truly deadly, even though it does not look like so.

[@mercedesramosborrego5115]

TE DIERON CAPACIDADES COGNITIVAS, QUE NI SIQUIERAS SABES USAR. DÓNDE ESTÁN LOS DEMÁS SENTIDOS ...????? HAY ANIMALES COMO POR EJEMPLO LAS LECHUZAS QUE SE GUIAN POR CAPTACIÓN DE ONDAS ELECTROMAGNÉTICAS. LÉELO QUE SOIS MUY JOVENES E INECPERTOS.....

[@WildSBlk]

That is a wonderful thing. The special thing is that the fox finds the exact target...

[@diegocorredor9298]

These are spectacular shots Best wild nature video I've seen in a while

[@peterd788]

It's IMDB's top rated TV show in any category. The 6 part series took 3 years to produce.

[@sWooSH_wHooSH]

bison 4- bro why did evolution made us herbivores? that bunny looks so tasty bison 12- shut up and help me dig this 5 tonnes of snow

[@kpNov23]

Omnivores

[@eggrollsoup]

they can eat meat, most herbivores can

[@kpNov23]

@@eggrollsoup then pray tell, what's the difference among carnivores, omnivores and herbivores?

[@eggrollsoup]

@@kpNov23 Carnivores solely eat meat, omnivores both hunt and gather plant material. Herbivores eat plants but are opportunistic “carnivores”, meaning an animal like a deer would eat a mouse if it was able to catch it. Or eat some carrion from a carcass. Not all herbivores can consume meat, koalas certainly can’t but most herbivores can. Meat is far simpler to digest, that’s why. And many herbivorous animals had ancestors that ate meat.

[@kpNov23]

@@eggrollsoup lol, right

[@jazzvalentino4871]

I just love that fox. I had to rewind @2:44 a number of times & esp like how he tries to time it @3:24 w/ his front foot air tapping the way a rock drummer sets it up right before the Big Power Jam 🥁 Amazing vid & of course, coupled w/ Mr. Attenborough’s legendary narration….simply perfection. Just like that red 🦊 furball’s jump.

[@MichaelLeeW]

This earth and wildlife is so beautiful when one steps back and observes our world outside of humans it's a wondrous site

[@hiranyakr9960]

Just lovee the narrator's voicee❤️❤️❤️.... The way he narrates the scene makes me feel like m already there

[@tamidegroot3459]

Fox: Oh I hear something YEET

[@itsOnlyPIYUSH]

Our school teachers need this kind of students who listen and be attentive

[@NatsukiMogiIsBestGirl]

"My ingenious snow measuring tactic didn't work brilliantly."

[@MHWorldwide]

Incredible!

[@Grovesie35]

The Bison: dat ain't brain brah. Ya see them hops? Imagine the 'ish I could do with them hops!!

[@Freddyfoxfire945]

Foxes nose is so small but fox is so cute ❤❤❤❤❤

[@elitedreams8336]

That is a great adaptation

[@ilmudunia3142]

Somehow I can see the beautiful side of the Fox in this video.

[@tamidegroot3459]

Fox: oh I hear something YEET

[@Richie016]

A fox exhibits an incredible ability to hunt a vole from underneath the snow.

[@Indoraptoad]

*vole

[@Richie016]

​@@IndoraptoadThanks for the correction.

[@Ray.Norrish]

Technically, the fox is hunting a vole from above the snow

[@jamesanthony5681]

Don't go where the vole has been, go where the vole will be.

[@Loyaltrends]

Such a beautiful fox 🦊

[@namtrng8479]

Finally, the vid that makes sense of fox's pointy nose 💯

[@acme6846]

That fox deserves an Emmy award

[@Kreutz]

Foxes are so cat-like

[@iamjhleee7364]

I often cant believe that Im sharing something with these amazing creatures

[@alperen194]

very cute

[@avez6779]

Fox reminds me of my high school days

[@prasenjitbebnath9774]

I'm here for sir David's voice 💕

[@thinkpanzer6690]

I could listen to Sir Attenborough all the day

[@aves4081]

Love the thumbnail!

[@queenbee4ever377]

So that's why Naruto always jumps in head first into trouble😂😂😂

[@JanetStarChild]

Gawdamn weebs are even here in the BBC comments section.

[@np5809]

3:33 Difficulty: 3.5 Execution: 9

[@thierryhenry9879]

We all need each other for survivor just by watching this video.

[@JaySkyPH]

2:09 the fox jumps so cute!!

[@Universe_189]

Its cute and beautifully intelligent

[@coffeecompanion6324]

That mouse was like " searching needle in the haystack" for the fox. Brilliantly done..

[@rhuttrho88]

Going after tasty 😋 treats!🐭

[@rohitkulkarni1817]

What a Photography!!!

[@LaLa_856]

Ok I was really feeling the video until the end, because I felt bad for the mole😥. I get that it's survival but still...damn.

[@NeilRutherford-lx1ht]

The bisons reaction to the fox "aaawww a dog".

[@brh2222]

Beautiful animals. Just amazing.

[@PleaseInviteMeToTheOutcastsSMP]

out of all letter combos.. bbc🔥

[@thecatsarse]

With this thumbnail the title should better read"Fox hovers like a harrier jump jet"

[@Kaguyaaa_x_x]

Clarkson's infamously ingenious snow measuring tactic is being put to good use by the foxes I see...

[@hbrkarki239]

Bison sound soothing.

[@kritikajha.18]

Just WoW!

[@brandonfleming10]

One of my favorite animal moments! 😊

[@sushan7309]

They are so clean

[@skaalfort]