By Abbey Greene
Our furry little friends in the forest are not just cute...there are some things about foxes that not everyone knows.
Red foxes are a member of Jackson's ecosystem and in several other places around the world, including the Arctic Circle, North Africa, North America and Eurasia. Here are a few fun facts about these creatures that you may not have been aware of, until now.
1. Red foxes would be great triathletes.
Red foxes can run up to 31 mph, jump over 6 ft high fences, and they can even swim.
2. Their tail is over half its body length.
(70% of its head and body length long, to be exact.)
3. Red foxes’ forepaws have five toes, while their hind feet only have four! (And they don’t have dewclaws either.)
4. Females are actually called vixens.
Meanwhile, males are called dog foxes, and young foxes are called cubs, pups, or kits.
5. Red foxes have supersonic hearing! Well, almost.
They can hear crows in flight from up to a third of a mile away, a grouse changing roosts at 600 paces, and even a little mouse squeak from 100 metres away. Reportedly, they can even hear a watch ticking from 40 yards away! 6. Largely, red foxes are choose one mate to be with for their whole life. That's right, they are monogamous.
7. When afraid, red foxes grin.
It is a sign of submission, along with arching their backs and bringing themselves lower to the ground while laying their ears back.
8. They don’t make good pets.
Wild animals are meant to live in the wild. Simple as that. When it comes to red foxes, many kits are adopted by people who mean well, but it’s unlikely that the pups were abandoned by their mother in the first place. Always respect nature, give them space and trust in the red foxes’ instinct; they will take care of their babies.
49 Comments
4/29/2020 11:12:02 am
red foxes make a good pet in the wild they only ;ive 4 years with a human they live 12 years
Reply
fox
8/22/2020 12:37:17 pm
im with ya
Kassandra
12/9/2020 10:29:10 am
Im with you too.
Mia
2/20/2021 07:24:56 am
Cool I didn’t know that
Samuel Lovett
6/23/2020 07:07:10 am
I like this website, very interesting.
Reply
I Guess so
4/5/2021 04:13:42 pm
🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊
liley amsdell
12/9/2020 09:39:55 am
why
Reply
12/14/2020 02:15:22 pm
y67i8uyhgbnhrty65tgtfngjutyhtgdgfhnjty65tr4frvbghgnjtytrfvghy6t5rfvgbhytfvgbhnjyhtrfvgbhytrghjuytfvgbhytrf
Reply
BlueOcto
10/11/2018 04:36:25 pm
yea
Reply
BlueOcto
10/11/2018 04:37:23 pm
Heh SO many facts!
Reply
pp
10/19/2018 09:58:05 am
ywadrtcf
Reply
Serena
2/25/2020 01:09:37 pm
I love them toooo
Reply
Cara
2/7/2021 10:45:02 am
I love them too
Reply
lol
3/25/2021 10:27:58 am
I LOVE FOXES
Yeet
4/5/2021 04:15:26 pm
🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊😍😍😍😍😍😊🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Serena
2/25/2020 01:08:13 pm
OMG i love foxes they are soooooooooooo cute.. :3
Reply
Lucky Fox
2/26/2020 12:02:35 pm
Thank you for putting this info on this website this helped me with my red fox report!!!
Reply
Noah
11/5/2020 08:30:33 am
I’m doing one too!!!
Reply
Katie
12/9/2020 10:30:24 am
Me tooooo!!!!
hi
4/14/2020 02:47:20 pm
hi
Reply
alyssa
4/24/2020 04:04:40 pm
i didnt know thoes facts i want more
Reply
Bod wierdo
5/29/2020 01:25:15 pm
this sight is awesome, it helped me with everything I needed!
Reply
d
6/4/2020 12:30:42 am
d
Reply
pawsome
6/29/2020 02:55:45 am
love foxes thanks
Reply
Hex
6/29/2020 02:58:45 am
thank you for making fox
Reply
foxes are awesome
8/22/2020 12:39:49 pm
I love foxes so much im goin to get 1 as a pet they are so cute i agree with jessica munoz
Reply
foxes are aewsome
8/22/2020 12:41:46 pm
red foxes are my favorite animal to
Reply
9/22/2020 09:47:26 pm
`heheheehheheehhehehehehheehehhehehehhehehehhehehehehehhehehehehhehehehhehehehhehehehhehehhehehehehehhehehehhehehehhehehehhehehehehehhehehhehheehhehhehehehhehhehehehehhehehehhehhe thanks for the infomation
Reply
Ellen
10/31/2020 12:05:32 pm
Red foxes do not have 5 toes on the front. I've taught tracking for several years, and this just struck me as "not quite right." I've done some digging around in my books and online, because I know that what shows in a track may not reflect exactly what the whole structure that made the track looks like, but everything I come across agrees: canines have four toes on each foot. Not counting dew claws.
Reply
3/22/2021 06:49:32 am
what??????????????????
Reply
Hi
11/18/2020 05:23:02 pm
I WANT A PET FOX!!!
Reply
Pokémon
2/5/2021 02:46:42 pm
I want more fun fox facts, and it helped me with a assignment that was 5-10 facts long. I love the fun fox facts I would like more please. :3
Reply
why do you need to know?
2/26/2021 09:15:21 am
woah
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
March 2021
Categories
All
|