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Wild Talk

Fun Facts About the Red Fox

9/1/2017

112 Comments

 
By Abbey Greene

Our furry little friends in the forest are not just cute...there are some things about foxes that not everyone knows.

via GIPHY

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.
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​2. Their tail is over half its body length.
(70% of its head and body length long, to be exact.)
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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. 
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Meanwhile, males are called dog foxes, and young foxes are called cubs, pups, or kits.
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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. 

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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.
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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.

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112 Comments
ss link
4/11/2018 12:32:24 pm

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caden link
4/16/2020 02:03:14 pm

facts about red foxes

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fartingliketunder link
6/14/2021 04:56:02 pm

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jason the fox. link
2/9/2022 08:12:55 am

I honestly love foxes because their orangish tint and their cute faces.

Bringy thingy
3/31/2022 12:22:57 am

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ker song link
12/20/2022 07:01:11 am

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Jessica Munoz link
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

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fox
8/22/2020 12:37:17 pm

im with ya

Pikachu link
10/6/2020 09:51:07 am

Hello mortals

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

Red Fox link
3/21/2021 05:39:35 pm

I do not live 4 years with a human stupi

Matthew
4/22/2021 03:08:43 pm

you are grossly misinformed

noonecanknowmyname
4/28/2021 02:01:57 pm

Sure they might live longer, but that doesn't make them happy to be in captivity

red fox kit
4/30/2021 11:58:46 am

help me

FoxGirl2021 link
3/29/2022 07:36:56 pm

Red Foxes belong in the wild! Besides, that red fox could have had a mother, and you took that pup away from her. but if its mother was dead, then I would 100% take the pup in. it depends on the perspective.

Lucid_982
5/5/2022 08:55:59 am

thats very true lots of ppl have exsotic animals and help them live longer then they would in the wild.

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6/8/2022 03:38:03 pm

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1/3/2023 06:48:31 am

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1/11/2023 11:32:09 am

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1/30/2023 08:04:36 am

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6/23/2020 07:07:10 am

I like this website, very interesting.

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10/6/2020 09:49:34 am

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11/9/2020 02:43:18 pm

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2/8/2021 06:01:09 pm

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California
11/21/2021 11:40:06 am

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3/4/2022 05:19:47 am

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4/26/2021 03:23:56 pm

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12/9/2020 09:39:55 am

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12/14/2020 02:15:22 pm

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5/17/2022 04:33:30 am

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AwesoGames
4/26/2021 05:38:25 pm

Oy! Stop please! That's mean >=(

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5/13/2021 12:23:32 pm

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9/7/2021 03:22:04 pm

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11/16/2021 08:44:52 am

I agree

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2/22/2022 09:09:54 am

Sup

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*-tokyo-*
2/24/2022 06:48:15 am

ty for let us to use the word and it when i grow up like im 16 yrs old one day when ever i was like 20 yrs old ima get a cute lil red fox and a dog so they can have fun with me and some stuff like that i can take care of the red fox and everything for thank u agine for everything that yall give us amen

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fox link
10/11/2022 09:19:30 am

i dont get along with dogs... just so you know, they kill us :( and if you adopt me, you have to keep me in a seperat room, ty.

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3/16/2022 12:29:26 am

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4/29/2022 09:41:49 am

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5/25/2022 12:03:45 pm

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6/16/2022 07:19:56 am

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7/18/2022 04:46:53 am

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Autumn link
6/6/2018 02:23:29 pm

I really enjoy all of these AWESOME fun facts

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BlueOcto
10/11/2018 04:36:25 pm

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11/20/2019 10:26:46 am

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4/26/2021 07:42:25 am

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Laney
4/30/2021 01:55:13 pm

Yah, it was really helpful for my project!

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bella
5/3/2022 12:36:31 pm

i really love foxes im even doing a science project on them

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BlueOcto
10/11/2018 04:37:23 pm

Heh SO many facts!

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10/19/2018 09:58:05 am

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1/22/2020 10:38:45 am

awsome

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5/8/2021 11:04:56 am

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1/22/2020 10:44:50 am

awesome facts

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LILLI link
2/4/2020 12:33:26 pm

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Serena
2/25/2020 01:09:37 pm

I love them toooo

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bob link
12/7/2021 11:14:28 am

it is cute

Red fox
3/1/2022 06:50:46 am

So do I

Cara
2/7/2021 10:45:02 am

I love them too

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lol
3/25/2021 10:27:58 am

I LOVE FOXES

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4/13/2022 12:55:45 pm

I saved the pictures to my photos. Anyone want them cuz they look so CUTE!!!!! I’m adding them to my account profile picture.

Serena
2/25/2020 01:08:13 pm

OMG i love foxes they are soooooooooooo cute.. :3

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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!!!

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Noah
11/5/2020 08:30:33 am

I’m doing one too!!!

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Katie
12/9/2020 10:30:24 am

Me tooooo!!!!

Dusty-Bun
4/26/2021 07:46:49 am

SAME

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Elo
5/10/2022 07:54:49 am

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hi
4/14/2020 02:47:20 pm

hi

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alyssa
4/24/2020 04:04:40 pm

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Bod wierdo
5/29/2020 01:25:15 pm

this sight is awesome, it helped me with everything I needed!

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6/4/2020 12:30:42 am

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pawsome
6/29/2020 02:55:45 am

love foxes thanks

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Hex
6/29/2020 02:58:45 am

thank you for making fox

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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

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foxes are aewsome
8/22/2020 12:41:46 pm

red foxes are my favorite animal to

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Mrs poopy pants link
9/22/2020 09:47:26 pm

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willow link
10/27/2020 01:57:31 pm

i looooooooooooove red foxes!!!!!!!🥰

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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.

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https://www.jacksonwild.org/blog/fun-facts-about-the-red-fox link
3/22/2021 06:49:32 am

what??????????????????

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Jackson Wild
11/21/2021 11:47:14 am

Ok, Karen.

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Hi
11/18/2020 05:23:02 pm

I WANT A PET FOX!!!

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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

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why do you need to know?
2/26/2021 09:15:21 am

woah

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Kai Ahern link
3/31/2021 11:35:55 am

i like it

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Kitty
4/14/2021 10:35:16 am

More facts plz plz plz

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Dusty-Bun link
4/26/2021 07:44:08 am

All these facts are AWESOME!!!!! All of this stuff was cool to learn. I was using this for a school project once and it helped A LOT!!!!!

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piper weber
4/28/2021 04:41:36 pm

cool i love foxes and will respect them even my cats name is fox!

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jim
5/3/2021 08:02:04 pm

this is a interesting web and great fax i didn,t know

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muy link
5/28/2021 11:17:17 am

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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me link
5/28/2021 11:15:13 am

thank you

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freddy
11/22/2021 08:50:20 am

I love this

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cloud link
12/13/2021 07:52:15 am

I always wanted a red fox but evrony says"no you can not have one" that still makes me sad

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buet
2/9/2022 09:18:08 am

t7

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Whisperfox
2/16/2022 02:03:08 pm

To have a pet fox and make sure it's happy, you need lots of space so they can roam. I know. I have a pet fox.

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2/21/2022 12:06:51 pm

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4/10/2022 10:19:45 am

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4/20/2022 03:38:10 am

nice

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dawson link
5/3/2022 09:26:42 am

no fox pets it said so

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dawson link
5/3/2022 09:23:15 am

nice

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landon
5/17/2022 11:37:35 am

sup

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ur mom link
10/17/2022 01:52:46 pm

no duh there not pets

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Ginny link
12/2/2022 09:40:59 am

I love foxes almost as much as I love Hockey and Trevor Zegras and Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes and Cole Caufield and Tim Stutzle

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ker song link
1/6/2023 07:04:31 am

the

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FART LASER 2000 link
1/30/2023 08:06:37 am

HEYYY

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