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Fun Facts About the Red Fox

9/1/2017

38 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.

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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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38 Comments
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4/11/2018 12:32:24 pm

This web is stoped

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

facts about red foxes

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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.

Samuel Lovett
6/23/2020 07:07:10 am

I like this website, very interesting.

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Pikachu link
10/6/2020 09:49:34 am

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11/9/2020 02:43:18 pm

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11/23/2020 04:10:40 pm

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liley amsdell
12/9/2020 09:39:55 am

why

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12/14/2020 02:15:22 pm

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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

yea

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Deez lolery link
11/20/2019 10:26:46 am

These facts were really cool

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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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3/12/2019 07:26:11 am

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Gage link
1/22/2020 10:38:45 am

awsome

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GDGR link
1/22/2020 10:44:50 am

awesome facts

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

hay my favorite animal is the red fox😃😃😃💞💞 hay

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

I love them toooo

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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!!!!

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

hi

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

i didnt know thoes facts i want more

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

I WANT A PET FOX!!!

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