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5 Interesting Facts About Foxes!

• Foxes use the Earth's magnetic field to hunt - they can sense the direction and angle of the magnetic field through their eyes, and use it to judge distances when pouncing on prey under snow or long grass.
• A fox's bushy tail (called a brush) is used for balance, warmth (they wrap it around themselves when sleeping), and communication - different tail positions signal different moods.
• Urban foxes have developed significantly different behaviour to rural foxes - they're bolder, more active during the day, and have adapted to exploit human food sources in ways their country cousins haven't.
• Fox cubs are born blind and deaf, and are entirely dependent on their parents for the first few weeks - both parents, and sometimes older siblings from the previous year, help raise the litter.
• Foxes make an extraordinary range of sounds - over 40 different vocalisations including the eerie screaming call that terrifies people who hear it in the night for the first time.