I’m hosting an un-christmas tomorrow so busy cleaning and cooking, but all work and no play is boring, right? So I did a quick jigsaw puzzle of a fox. Note the eyes:
Those slit pupils sent me off on a search of the internet where I discovered that fox vision allows them to hunt at dawn and dusk…much like cats. But foxes are related to dogs and wolves. What gives?
The similarities between foxes and cats doesn’t end there. You can find a host of fascinating facts in the article below:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59739/14-fascinating-facts-about-foxes
One of those facts is illustrated in the following video:
Okay, well play time is over, got floors to mop… -sigh-… Enjoy your weekend. I’ll have food pics tomorrow 🙂
Cheers
Meeks
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December 2nd, 2019 at 2:19 am
Interesting! I like foxes and see them so rarely. I’ll be thinking of you as you mop today. My cleaning day is Thursday.
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December 2nd, 2019 at 9:46 am
I hosted a family un-christmas yesterday, hence the cleaning. I was going to take pics of the feast but forgot. We have leftovers but it’s not quite the same. lol
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December 1st, 2019 at 5:32 am
Happy un-Christmas all the un-Christmases of the year!
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December 2nd, 2019 at 9:48 am
Thank you! It was. 🙂 Still one or two pots to wash but otherwise the house is back to normal. The guests included two little boys – 5 and 2.5 ish. Huge fun. Their cheeky smiles are what un-christmases are all about. 😀
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December 1st, 2019 at 4:52 am
So cool! I never noticed that foxes have nocturnal slit pupils. I’ll reciprocate: The Pallas Cat has round pupils, unlike other cats.
It seems more and more evidence is showing up about animals being sensitive to the planet’s magnetic field. Awesome.
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December 2nd, 2019 at 9:59 am
Oh shame on you! Just waste half an hour on Pallas Cat videos… 🙂 Round pupils and those ears! For some reason I kept thinking ‘chimp’. Seriously cute. 🙂
Yes, the findings about their sensitivity to to the planet’s magnetic field really surprised me. I thought only pigeons and migrating birds had it. I wonder if this is something the ape family had and lost?
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December 2nd, 2019 at 11:43 am
An hour of Pallas cat videos? Haha 😆, you’re welcome!
It looks like many animals have this sensitivity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoreception. Potentially even humans… Although I can’t say I have a particularly good sense of direction.
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December 2nd, 2019 at 8:45 pm
-grin- I’ll return the favour one day! And my sense of direction isn’t great either. Off to check that link. I will /not/ get distracted and detoured, I will /not/ get distracted and detoured, I will /not/ get distracted and detoured, I will /not/ get distracted and detoured, I will /not/ get distracted and detoured, I will /not/ get distracted and detoured, I will /not/ get distracted and detoured,
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December 2nd, 2019 at 8:51 pm
Oh…this is way over my head but /very/ interesting. Thank you! Bookmarked for the future.
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December 1st, 2019 at 2:27 am
I suspected that they have some cat-like traits. When I was in Umbria in October, there were foxes and cats waiting each night for the chef to bring out cooking scraps. The foxes acted like semi-feral cats. The cats were regular indoor/outdoor creatures. Although some of the foxes approached as if they wanted me to pet them, I was nervous about them. The cats? Love fests, of course. But those foxes were something special.
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December 2nd, 2019 at 10:01 am
I’ve never petted one, but we’ve had quite a few passing through here and I’ve seen them up close a couple of times. I swear I can see them ‘thinking’.
So, the cats and foxes didn’t fight each other for the scraps?
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November 30th, 2019 at 7:56 pm
Fascinating stuff keep doing those crosswords. The wolf is really a dog with a good chromosome match but the fox and dog have very different numbers of chromosomes ; hence no interbreeding success.
The idea of species is a tough nut and not clear cut ( just like everything else) even Darwin with his endless obsession and big brain had trouble hence ‘The Origin of Species ‘ .
As for magnetism well that’s a very deep mystery but we do know Iron is everywhere.
‘Just for the inquisitive the african dung Beatle navigates using polarised patterns in moonlight .
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December 2nd, 2019 at 10:08 am
Oh, thanks for that! I didn’t know about the genetic differences between foxes and dogs. Makes sense though. I suppose a distant ancestor was a canidae, just like ours was some kind of ape. The categories are really interesting coz when you get to viruses there’s even some question as to whether they’re alive much less plant or animal.
African Dung Beetles…-disappears into the internet-
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December 2nd, 2019 at 10:11 am
Wow…I didn’t even know what polarised moonlight was. Thank you!
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November 30th, 2019 at 3:52 pm
Like you, I was just taking a short break from working, and came across your post (I don’t know why, but although I have my settings set to get your posts via email, for some reason I don’t … just happened to see this one on David’s Twitter page) and popped in because of the cute fox picture. I’m glad I did … the video was amazing! Who knew? Thanks, Andrea, and enjoy your un-Christmas!!!
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December 2nd, 2019 at 10:15 am
It’s the vagaries of WordPress. I often only see what people have written via Twitter of all things.
Glad you liked the video. I kept wondering whether those foxes have teflon coated noses!
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December 3rd, 2019 at 3:26 am
I know! I wondered the same … and I thought for sure their necks would snap, but they seem to be made of rubber!
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December 3rd, 2019 at 8:32 am
If that were me, I’d be spending a fortune on chiropractors! lol
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December 3rd, 2019 at 6:53 pm
Me too!!!
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November 30th, 2019 at 11:39 am
A quick brown cat could jump over a lazy dog.
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December 2nd, 2019 at 10:16 am
…and often does! 😀 😀
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November 30th, 2019 at 11:28 am
Amazing, indeed! ❤ Sending love and holiday blessings across the miles, Amanda. xo
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December 2nd, 2019 at 10:16 am
Same to you, Bette. -hugs-
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November 30th, 2019 at 10:59 am
happy Un-Christmas!
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December 2nd, 2019 at 10:17 am
Thank you, thank you! 😀 😀
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