Foxes

19/03/2023

17/03/2023

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17/03/2023

The tail is a very important organ for a fox. During running, it helps her keep her balance, and in winter it serves as additional protection against the cold.

17/03/2023

The fox is of great economic importance as a valuable fur animal, as well as a regulator of the number of rodents and insects. At the same time, the damage caused by foxes to commercial game and domestic birds is much smaller than the benefit that the fox brings by destroying rodents - grain consumers.

17/03/2023

The muzzle of the fox is pointed, the tail is fluffy, the ears are pricked. This animal is carnivorous and omnivorous — it feeds mainly on rodents and rabbits, as well as insects, fish and plant fruits.

16/03/2023

The fox raises its offspring in the shelter of a burrow, and the rest of the year it lives almost exclusively in the open air. Offspring leave the mother in autumn. Life expectancy in captivity is 10–12 years, but in the wild it is 3 years

14/03/2023

She likes to settle in bright places, on beams overgrown with shrubs, in thickets, floodplains of rivers, where there are dry places, in forest strips. Forest-steppe landscapes are the most attractive for foxes. Where it is not disturbed and there is food, the number of foxes increases dramatically. The fox eats both animal and plant food.

10/03/2023

In the Old Slavonic language, the adjective "fox" corresponded to the definition of yellowish, red and yellowish-orange color, characteristic of the color of the common fox widespread in Eurasia.