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06/12/2005 05:50:00 PM · #1 |
HI all, not usually one to post my pics on here, but this little fella is just so tame.
He is an urban fox who lives on our housing estate, has no fear of humans whatsoever, and is always popping round for something to eat (he sticks his nose right up to our frontdoor), also he is a very willing model (in exchange for a piece of ham).. Enjoy!!
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06/12/2005 05:53:51 PM · #2 |
| This is an awesome shot. Very surreal. |
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06/12/2005 05:55:03 PM · #3 |
One of the most endearing pictures I've seen of a fox, wonderful, pity about the background.
Get more... thanks for posting Mark.
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06/12/2005 05:56:15 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by peecee:
One of the most endearing pictures I've seen of a fox, wonderful, pity about the background.
Get more... thanks for posting Mark. |
I happen to like the background. It adds much more interest to this shot. A background with a forest would have a much different effect on the message of the image. This is a portrait. It tells the viewer the environment that the animal lives in. Very cool.
Message edited by author 2005-06-12 17:57:14. |
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06/12/2005 05:57:23 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by nfessel:
Originally posted by peecee:
One of the most endearing pictures I've seen of a fox, wonderful, pity about the background.
Get more... thanks for posting Mark. |
I happen to like the background. It adds much more interest to this shot. A background with a forest would have a much different effect on the message of the image. This is a portrait. It tells the viewer the environment that the animal lives in. |
Maybe, point taken.
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06/12/2005 05:58:43 PM · #6 |
| He looks like a sweetie. I love the black on his feet! And I agree with nfessel - the background adds character to the pic. Nice job! :o) |
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06/12/2005 06:10:54 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by LadeeM:
He looks like a sweetie. I love the black on his feet! |
Look at that SMILE, too! |
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06/12/2005 06:23:36 PM · #8 |
Excellent shot, but don't encourage habituation by feeding the fox. Eventually, he'll get into trouble for it and may have to be dealt with for public safety reasons.
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06/12/2005 06:34:02 PM · #9 |
| Would he make a good pet? |
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06/12/2005 06:55:48 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by joezl:
Would he make a good pet? |
Although "urbanized" the critter is still a wild animal. There was a song back in the 60's/70's of a snake that was taken in and cared for. Towards the end of the song the snake bites the lady that saved it and nurtured it to health and when questioned by the bitten victim, it replies, "you knew I was a snake when you took me in".
Food for thought.
Message edited by author 2005-06-12 18:56:32.
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06/12/2005 07:07:56 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by joezl:
Would he make a good pet? |
No! For a start off it is a wild animal and should be left as such and shouldn't be fed else it will start to try to get food from houses rather than fending for itself. Secondly they are vermin however pretty they look and carry disease to say nothing of fleas! Unfortunately now hunting has been banned they will multiply and will end up being shot or poisoned.
But it is a great picture and the background makes it special!:) |
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06/12/2005 07:32:33 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
Originally posted by joezl:
Would he make a good pet? |
No! For a start off it is a wild animal and should be left as such and shouldn't be fed else it will start to try to get food from houses rather than fending for itself. Secondly they are vermin however pretty they look and carry disease to say nothing of fleas! Unfortunately now hunting has been banned they will multiply and will end up being shot or poisoned. |
Actually, they are predators and not vermin -- that's what they eat. If you quit feeding it leftover Big Macs it will go back to eating the rats and mice which would otherwise be checking out your pantry.
Overkilling of predators is one of the most obviously foolish activities humans do to disrupt the normal ecosystem.
Predators are not good pets. |
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06/12/2005 07:38:49 PM · #13 |
Awesome shot! I love the exposure on the fox. It's very surreal because of the background, but, I too, would leave it as is. It tells the story.
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06/12/2005 07:49:55 PM · #14 |
Heh, he is far too urbanized to go back to the country now, he basically does his daily rounds from house to house, and because to us townies he still has a novelty value (I am neither pro or anti-hunting, I will definitely sit that argument out on the fence) we keep feeding him. He is rather cute and I have seen him with his cubs once (he has 3), however Mum still has yet to make an appearance. Thanks for the comments, I intentionally framed that shot with the cars/houses in the BG to maximise the urban appearance of the shot. Glad some of you liked it. Heres another one of him. Colours have been darkened slightly in this one..
//the-binary-refinery.co.uk/IMG_8196sm.jpg
Message edited by ClubJuggle - Changed large image to link. |
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06/12/2005 08:01:52 PM · #15 |
All of you who feed it will learn your lesson when it passes on rabies to a child in your neighborhood.
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06/12/2005 08:12:21 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
All of you who feed it will learn your lesson when it passes on rabies to a child in your neighborhood. |
Thankfully that is *extremely* unlikely to happen in the UK. Rabies facts.
Awesome shot Mark. I'm in the crowd that likes the background, it really does set the scene.
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06/12/2005 08:19:00 PM · #17 |
Simple wonderful shots. We have been throwing table scraps of to our urban fox since Christmas. I wish I had my D70 when I shot these through my spotting scope. Keep shooting your friend and sharing them, they are such a delight. Van
  both taken on X-mas day, while sleeping in peace in our backyard, <1/2 mile from downtown Pueblo.
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06/12/2005 08:24:06 PM · #18 |
There's a fox that lives around somewhere in my urban neighborhood, Hartford, CT, I've gotten very close to getting a photo and I could fill a book with my near misses. This is an absolutely incredible shot and it makes me soooooooooo jealous!
Message edited by author 2005-06-12 20:27:18.
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06/13/2005 05:51:35 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
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Actually, they are predators and not vermin -- that's what they eat. If you quit feeding it leftover Big Macs it will go back to eating the rats and mice which would otherwise be checking out your pantry.
Overkilling of predators is one of the most obviously foolish activities humans do to disrupt the normal ecosystem.
Predators are not good pets. |
Oxford Dictionary definition of "vermin"
a collective name for obnoxious insects, troublesome animals, animals destructive to game......any one species or individual of these.
Foxes are vermin in my dictionary.There are many predators that are not!
There have been at least two reports of urban foxes attacking children recently. They are losing their natural fear of people and therefore are more likely to invade our space. They will not just go back to eating rats etc if not fed but will continue to look for food in the area they have found it in the past - our gardens and homes.
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06/13/2005 07:22:42 AM · #20 |
Unbelievable, as I keep reading this thread, I keep shaking my head at the lack of common sense displayed by people...
1) "He" If this fox is often accompanied by kits (young foxes, cubs are for bears) it is more than likely a she.
2) If people stop feeding this fox its daily handouts it will quickly revert back to its instictual habits of much more delectable foods (at least to a fox) of mice, moles, rabbits, eggs, and occasionally a cat or two.
3) Speaking of cats, in light of foxes being known on occaion to hunt and kill cats, is it really a good idea to encourage its presence around housepets??
4) No Wild animal is tame, ever, even zoo raised animals occasionally will revert to their natural behavior from time to time.
5) Human food, rich in grease, chemicals, and trange spices are actually bad for wild animals, and will shorten its lifespan considerably.
6) While I realize this took place in the UK, in some states in the USA feeding a wild animal is illegal, for all of the above reasons.
Please folks, let the fox be a fox, and stop the feeding of it, before it or a human gets hurt and the animal has to be destroyed. I live up here in the mountains and have seen it happen time and time again when usually new residents "adopt" a wild animal through regular feedings, and then wonder why they get bit, or their cats start disapeering.
Mike
//www.mikefairbanks.com
Message edited by author 2005-06-13 07:23:05.
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06/13/2005 07:43:40 AM · #21 |
[quote=mfairbanks]
(young foxes, cubs are for bears)
Sorry but in UK they are fox cubs!
And they say we speak the same language!:)
These urban foxes are very different to the mountain ones you know. These have often been brought up totally in the urban environment and will only scavenge therough bins etc and rely on handouts. Unless the problem is dealt with soon we are going to have real difficulties i the future.
Pauline
Pauline
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06/13/2005 07:49:50 AM · #22 |
to quote Riponlady
".... will only scavenge therough bins etc and rely on handouts. Unless the problem is dealt with soon we are going to have real difficulties i the future."
It's an easy solution, stop feeding them and open up hunting season.
MIke
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06/13/2005 07:57:02 AM · #23 |
Okay y'all- keep this on topic pretty please. Let's just all agree that there are points in favor for not feeding the wildlife and go back to discussing the technical merits of the image.
The original poster was probably not trying to start a debate on either hunting or the ethics of feeding wildlife. If you feel the need to rant on either subject- we have a nice little forum where you can start the thread there.
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06/13/2005 08:16:00 AM · #24 |
I feed the fox to keep it in the neighborhood to feed on the urban mice. I saw my fox run from a cat chasing it. Red Fox are extremely comming here, in cities too. What's the difference between feeding a fox or a wild bird, there all wild and will bite ya if ya try to handle them. Now a bear is a different story, they will do some damage, so they shouldn't be fed, except in a zoo.
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06/13/2005 09:48:17 AM · #25 |
Here's a fox with his dinner, a bird of some kind, in it's natural environment.
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