In ancient times, people's impression of foxes seemed to be relatively poor. The foxes were used to describe bad things, this led to a stereotype of the fox in the minds of future generations.
However, in the American animated film "Zootopia", Nick in it is a fox, and Nick's image also reflects people's impression of foxes. Although Nick was kidnapped and cunning by nature, he was kind-hearted and finally helped the Rabbit police officer Judy to solve the case together. In this article, you will find out some facts about foxes in real life.
1. Why foxes are cunning?
The fox's cunning is largely the result of long-term natural selection to survive, as well as human stereotypes for a long time. The cunning of the fox is mainly reflected in the clever tricks used when fighting with hunters in order to survive.
In order to reproduce, every creature in nature has its own survival skills. As a mammal, the fox does not have the mighty and powerful tiger and lion to defend against foreign enemies, nor the lightning speed of cheetah and jackal to capture prey. In order to survive, the weaker fox must have a strong set of skills to avoid enemies and to get food.
Therefore, foxes are good at using strategies in combat. If the fox cannot escape in an emergency, the fox will cheat to deceive the hunter. At this time, the fox will suddenly collapse to the ground and stop breathing, using hearing to judge the risk. When the tigers and jackals relax their vigilance, they suddenly jump up and escape, or release the body odor to stun the opponent and take the opportunity to escape. It will also use the body odor to mark traps designed by hunters, so that other fox partners can identify the danger.
In addition, when the fox is hunting, in order to let the prey relax its vigilance, it will pretend to be very painful or light, and take other measures to distract the prey. When it relaxes, it will quickly pounce on the prey and capture it. It is precisely because foxes often adopt various tricks and tricks to hunt and avoid enemies that they have the name of cunning foxes.
2. Foxes are notorious. Is there a country that likes foxes?
It can be said that foxes are notorious in many countries. In "Aesop's Fables", foxes are often scheming and treacherous villains. Is there any country adore foxes? The answer is Japan. The Japanese regard the fox as the messenger of the god Inari, the god in charge of agricultural harvests, because in ancient times, many villages in Japan would judge whether the coming year would have a good harvest based on the fox's call or bite marks. A good harvest not only respects the Inari God, but also respects the messenger of the Inari God. In Japanese animation, we can often see the figure of the fox.
3. Foxes can imitate the calls of other animals
Foxes can imitate the calls of various animals, such as sheep and rabbits. The fox will approach slowly while learning the sound of this animal. When the other party thinks that it is the same kind and does not take precautions, they will suddenly attack.
4. What is the temperament of the fox?
Male foxes are very loyal to their mate and love only one female fox in thier whole life. If the female fox dies, the male fox will choose to die alone. But female foxes are different. After the death of the female fox's spouse, she will quickly find a new mate and immediately fall in love again.
