foxes, special animals!

Fox is the name for a group of animals, including about 27 species (12 of which belong to the genus Vulpes or 'true fox') with small to medium size in the Canidae family, with characteristics There are long and narrow snout, dense tail, sloping eyes, pointed ears. The most widespread and widespread species of foxes is the red fox, although different species are found on nearly every continent. The presence of globally-shaped predators has made their appearance in many folk-folklore stories of many peoples, tribes, or other cultural groups.

Most foxes live 2 to 3 years, due to hunting, but in captivity they can live up to 10 years or more. Foxes are generally smaller in size than other members of the dog family, such as gray wolves, jackals or house dogs. Males weighed an average of 5.9 kg and were slightly lighter, with an average of only 5.2 kg (13 and 11.5 lb respectively). Natural features vary according to their habitat. Fennec, for example, has large ears and short fur, while Arctic foxes have small ears and thick, heat-insulating feathers. and other foxes adapted to life in the desert, such as Kit.

Another example is the red fox, usually with a typical brownish-brown coat, and the tail normally ends with a white coat.

Unlike other species in the Canidae family, foxes do not usually gather in flocks, although they do occasionally. Usually, they are single animals, opportunistic hunters, hunters of living prey (especially rodents). Using a snapshot attack technique that has been implemented since they were young, they are capable of killing very fast prey. Frogs also eat other foods, from grasshoppers to fruit and berries.

Foxes are extremely cautious in the presence of humans and are not tame, nurtured as pets (except foxnec).

However, domesticated foxes have been successfully domesticated in Russia after 45 years of selective breeding program.

This selective breeding also produces natural and behavioral traits that appear to be frequently found in dogs, cats and other domesticated animals: changes in coat color, soft ears and curved tail.

The food of the foxes is mainly invertebrates, but they also eat small rodents, rabbits and other animals, reptiles (snakes), frogs, frogs, grasses, berries and fruits. fish, birds, eggs and other small animals. Many species are synthetic predators, but some (such as crabs) are specialized. Most foxes generally consume about 1 kg of food a day. They also store excess food, bury food for later use, usually under leaves, snow or soil.

Fungi are easily found in urban areas and plowed and (depending on species) areas seem to adapt quite well to human presence.

Red fox was introduced into Australia, where similar predators were absent, and the fox hunted prey animals indigenous wildlife, and caused some species to go extinct. Similar imports occurred in the 17th to 18th centuries in temperate North America, where the European Red Ox (Vulpes vulpes) was brought to the colonies to develop the pleasures of fox hunting, where They slaughtered the American Red Fox population through more active hunting as well as through stronger reproduction of the European red fox trousers. Hybridization with the American Red Fox, features of the European fox finally spread throughout the genome, making the European and American foxes nearly identical.

Some other foxes do not reproduce as strongly as red foxes, and are endangered in their native habitat. Notable among these are the Cerdocyon thous and the African batfish (Otocyon megalotis). Other foxes, such as Fennec (Vulpes zerda), are not endangered.

Foxes have been successfully used in pest control at fruit farms, where they leave the fruit intact.

Hunting is a recreational and controversial sport, originating in the United Kingdom in the 16th century. Dog hunting is currently banned in the United Kingdom, although hunting does not involve dogs. is allowed. This hobby is also popular in other countries, such as Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia, and the United States.

The Russian silver fox or silver fox purse was the result of more than 40 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia to domesticate the white fox. It is noteworthy that these new foxes not only become more domesticated but they are more like dogs: they lose their characteristic smear, become more human-friendly, ears fall down (like dogs), wagging their tails when they are happy and start barking like a dog. The breeding project was initiated by Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev (1917-1985).