What is your favorite animal for a pet

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Originally Posted by Evans

And if they become too fat, I get to whip out a nice "civet" (rabbit stew).;)

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:WOW: :puke: :\ :nosweat: :hotmad: :sad-no: :disgust: :eek: :eek2: :scared: :shocked: i know you didn't just say that...

Fears vary by the individual, I would hazard. I can tell you they, as a whole, do not have a fear of humanity (though if an individual fox has had bad experiences, I wouldn't be surprised), since they live in urban as well as rural areas. Of course, these are largely quiet areas of the city like abandoned warehouses or railway stations, or single-occupancy suburban homes in low-density residential districts; you won't find a den in the town square. They also steer clear of feral dogs and coyotes, though that's out of practical considerations rather than fear (ferals and coyotes attack fox kits, which is understandably something to be avoided).

They're also high-end omnivores and scavengers, so they don't have natural enemies that prey on them. Primary competition is from other canine scavengers, like (surprise, surprise) feral dogs and coyotes. I'd assume they steer clear of wolves as well (coyotes certainly do) or large carnivores which wouldn't be averse to a bit of dog meat in the winter (bear).

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Originally Posted by Evans

Sure, Zephyr didn't have that link beforehand. Of course not... :P

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Oddly enough, I didn't. It was the second entry in my Metacrawl.

hmm. very nice tidbits of information zephr.

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Originally Posted by Xena

Um... no. Well foxes arn't cudly little puppies, they're disease ridden wolfs. They have been known to attack humans.
I hate Foxes because they killed all my chikens, and had my vedgtables for desert. That's when I decided foxy-woxy was going to die.

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No? Well, they fucked you, didn't they? :wacko:
I'm sorry about your chickens, though. That sucks. :ugh:

BTW, foxes are from the canidea family, like dogs. Ther're wild, so yeah, they sometimes attack humans.

do wild evans's attack humans too? :P

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Originally Posted by Zephyr

since they live in urban as well as rural areas. Of course, these are largely quiet areas of the city like abandoned warehouses or railway stations, or single-occupancy suburban homes in low-density residential districts; you won't find a den in the town square.

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Well if you lived in England like I do, you'd find that foxes live in cities, on my way to work we see them everyday crossing the street, and walking about the cities. They live in bins [Rubbish bins] in England, also they den in peoples back yards in the cities.

In England they don't seem to have any fear of humanity, they will walk alongside humans.
They seemed to have increased in nuber since fox hunting was banned by Tony Blair. Foxes are everywhere in my country so I know a thing or two about them. ;)

They are lethal enemies, yes. :lol

And yes, I did say that, Mikey. Mmmm, with a nice cream, tea and thyme sauce. Delicious.


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Originally Posted by Xena

...since fox hunting was banned by Tony Blair...

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Sorry about not being really up to date, but he actually went with it??? I'm guessing farmers want him out of there ASAP.

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Originally Posted by Mikey

hmm. very nice tidbits of information zephr.

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Actually, that habitat commentary I made (the single-occupancy homes in suburban areas) fits the location of the den across the street from our house. I don't think they're there anymore (the whole field was destroyed to make way for a new high school and housing development), which is rather a pity. I wonder what the ducks, rabbits, and mice will do, too (even if I'm sure my mother won't miss the last two - the rabbits ate her vegetables and the mice got into the house every year; at least the foxes kept those populations low, and they were cute ;)).

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Originally Posted by Xena

Well if you lived in England like I do, you'd find that foxes live in cities, on my way to work we see them everyday crossing the street, and walking about the cities. They live in bins [Rubbish bins] in England, also they den in peoples back yards in the cities.

In England they don't seem to have any fear of humanity, they will walk alongside humans.
They seemed to have increased in nuber since fox hunting was banned by Tony Blair. Foxes are everywhere in my country so I know a thing or two about them. ;)

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i'd be scared shitless to visit you then lol. would you protect me :(

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Originally Posted by Evans

They are lethal enemies, yes. :lol

And yes, I did say that, Mikey. Mmmm, with a nice cream, tea and thyme sauce. Delicious.

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thats just disgusting evans! i mean really! thyme?? ugh!

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Originally Posted by Mikey

i'd be scared shitless to visit you then lol. would you protect me :(

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Yes, they don't seem to attack unless provoked though. But I'd keep 'em of your back for sure.

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Originally Posted by Xena

Yes, they don't seem to attack unless provoked though. But I'd keep 'em of your back for sure.

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why thank you :) don't worry, i wouldn't provoke'em. i'd just constantly hit them with branches then run behind you. :lol

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Originally Posted by Xena

Well if you lived in England like I do, you'd find that foxes live in cities, on my way to work we see them everyday crossing the street, and walking about the cities. They live in bins [Rubbish bins] in England, also they den in peoples back yards in the cities.

In England they don't seem to have any fear of humanity, they will walk alongside humans.
They seemed to have increased in nuber since fox hunting was banned by Tony Blair. Foxes are everywhere in my country so I know a thing or two about them. ;)

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Almost stuck this in an edit, but saw Mikey post just after me. I can't help but be a bit envious - we only had the one den, and they were very shy, rural ones. Mou, this conversation is really making me wish our hometown hadn't grown at such a massive pace when I was a young child. I would have loved to see some of the larger wildlife in our backyard myself...deer, mostly.

i see tons of wildlife in my backyard: squirels. ugly ass pitbulls. pigeons. O_O

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Originally Posted by Mikey

i see tons of wildlife in my backyard: squirels. ugly ass pitbulls. pigeons. O_O

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:rofl:

We get hares, deers (once or twice), bears (rarely) and drunken neighbours. We also get the common stray animals, but those are hardly worth mentionning. ;)