Mischievous Fox Can’t Figure Out What This Goofy Wolverine Is Doing

The fox is a small to medium-sized canid (a member of the dog family). Its body shape is similar to that of other members of its family, with a long body and short legs. However, it is distinguished from most other canids by its extremely bushy tail (or brush), often as long as its head and body.

Foxes inhabit forested areas but can also be found in deserts, grasslands, and mountains. They dig burrows (also called dens) in the ground to make their homes. The burrows provide a safe place for their pups, a location to store food, and a cool area to sleep.

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Foxes are omnivorous. Their diet may include insects, small mammals, birds, and mollusks. Foxes also eat a lot of plant matter—grasses, leaves, and berries. 

As we can see in the footage, a fox is hunting for the beautiful wolverine. But the wolverine appears clever enough to pretend to hurt and, at some point, scare the fox away.

Foxes form monogamous mating pairs, which stay together for many years. When the female has young pups, the male will help her care for them by hunting for food. Then, he will bring it back to her so she can feed them herself.

Although foxes are predators and hunt other animals for food, they are not known to be aggressive toward humans unless they feel threatened. This makes them popular among animal lovers because you can see them up close without getting hurt.

How Do Fox Hunt?

Foxes are intelligent, adaptable, and opportunistic predators. They will eat almost any small animal they can catch, including rodents, rabbits, birds, and insects.

Foxes do not need to hunt every day to survive; they can go weeks without food if they have to. But when they hunt, they usually try to find some prey that is easy to catch. If no prey is available, foxes will eat what they can see in the trash or leftovers from other animals’ kills.

Foxes are nocturnal animals, which means they are active at night. When it is dark outside, foxes use their acute sense of hearing to locate prey. For example, they listen for small animals moving in the grass or underbrush. If a fox hears something moving nearby, he will stalk it until he gets close enough to catch it with his sharp claws and teeth.

When stalking their prey, foxes often use cover to hide from view while getting closer. For example, if a hedge exists between them and their target, they will creep slowly through it until they get close enough to jump out at the victim.

Foxes attack their prey by biting its throat or stomach area to quickly kill it before ripping out its insides with their teeth and claws. They do not usually eat all of their prey at once but instead store some in caches for later use. Most foxes hunt alone but cooperate to hunt larger animals, such as deer calves or moose calves. A pack of foxes can kill larger prey by surrounding it and attacking simultaneously from different directions until it is exhausted or too injured to defend itself.

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