A fine looking beast. Although I understand the underlying idea, I’m still saddened at the cavalier and brutal way that foxes are treated by most people in Australia. (In some cases – such as on Phillips Island, where they pose a grave danger to the penguins, I understand the need to eliminate them as much as possible, but in general the treatment seems to me to be extreme and even deranged.)
J-D – my younger brother once got bit (slightly) by a fox (at the zoo!), when he tried to pet it, but in his defense, he was 5 years or or something like that. At least those in that story didn’t end up like people who try to pet buffalo in Yellowstone National Park often do!
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Matt 07.05.20 at 11:21 am
A fine looking beast. Although I understand the underlying idea, I’m still saddened at the cavalier and brutal way that foxes are treated by most people in Australia. (In some cases – such as on Phillips Island, where they pose a grave danger to the penguins, I understand the need to eliminate them as much as possible, but in general the treatment seems to me to be extreme and even deranged.)
J-D 07.05.20 at 11:55 am
If this is a tangent I beg to be excused, but foxes are a hot topic at my workplace:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=UNSW+fox&t=hk&ia=web
Apparently there are adults who need to be told explicitly that it is a bad idea to pat a fox.
Alan White 07.05.20 at 2:37 pm
Terrific picture–and I like your others on Flickr too!
David Rickard 07.05.20 at 6:00 pm
Fox’s thought balloon: You interrupted my nap for this?
Dr. Hilarius 07.06.20 at 1:53 am
Lovely shot. Fox looks very healthy as well as relaxed. My spouse says no raccoons in the house but I know she’d be OK with a fox.
Matt 07.06.20 at 7:00 am
J-D – my younger brother once got bit (slightly) by a fox (at the zoo!), when he tried to pet it, but in his defense, he was 5 years or or something like that. At least those in that story didn’t end up like people who try to pet buffalo in Yellowstone National Park often do!
Thomas P 07.07.20 at 6:03 am
‘I gave it a pat and he chomped my hand’: Students bitten by fox at UNSW”
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-gave-it-a-pat-and-he-chomped-my-hand-students-bitten-by-fox-at-unsw-20200616-p5531l.html
They may be cute, but are still wild animals. (Although I suspect it had been fed and mistook the hand for a treat).
bad Jim 07.07.20 at 8:24 am
“Petabyte” describes every puppy I’ve known.
Peter Hovde 07.09.20 at 2:20 pm
And for now, Hazel and Bigwig can probably relax a bit as well. Great pic.
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