Fakes and reals - a collection of interesting animal, people, and nature stories that you may have missed. What is this strange animal spotted in Australia and who dumped all that pasta in New Jersey?
Still waiting for the day I see a crown flash. Must spend more time looking up. 😊
The black fox story is interesting and reminds me that we’re seeing more fox activity near my house due to new developments destroying their habitats here. They’ve got nowhere to go and this move into adjacent areas, even if those areas already have people living there. Because of the mature growth of trees and bushes, etc. in our “older” neighborhood, the foxes can find a bit more cover.
I live 1 mile from where the pasta was dumped in NJ. Our guess is that there is a strip club not far down the street and they had some pasta wrestling and just dumped the violated carbs...
The article says that about 10% of the foxes in North America are "black foxes" ( I prefer the name "silver fox"). "Silver foxes" are just a color phase of the species known as the "Red Fox." There are other species of foxes in North America besides the "Red Fox," and that do not have the "silver fox" color phase. I assume that that 10% is intended to refer only to the "Red Foxes."
In response to an earlier comment here, I can say that although I do not doubt that some of the natural habitats of foxes are being destroyed and that that may be a factor in their showing up in urban environments, it seems that they are getting more adjusted to living in urban environments even without that being a factor.
Still waiting for the day I see a crown flash. Must spend more time looking up. 😊
The black fox story is interesting and reminds me that we’re seeing more fox activity near my house due to new developments destroying their habitats here. They’ve got nowhere to go and this move into adjacent areas, even if those areas already have people living there. Because of the mature growth of trees and bushes, etc. in our “older” neighborhood, the foxes can find a bit more cover.
I live 1 mile from where the pasta was dumped in NJ. Our guess is that there is a strip club not far down the street and they had some pasta wrestling and just dumped the violated carbs...
I know that I am from NJ because I don't think someone having several hundreds of pounds of pasta in their home is usual.
The article says that about 10% of the foxes in North America are "black foxes" ( I prefer the name "silver fox"). "Silver foxes" are just a color phase of the species known as the "Red Fox." There are other species of foxes in North America besides the "Red Fox," and that do not have the "silver fox" color phase. I assume that that 10% is intended to refer only to the "Red Foxes."
In response to an earlier comment here, I can say that although I do not doubt that some of the natural habitats of foxes are being destroyed and that that may be a factor in their showing up in urban environments, it seems that they are getting more adjusted to living in urban environments even without that being a factor.