Why do Red Foxes look so different from winter to summer? 🦊 This is a commonly asked question. To simply put, it’s fur. Red Foxes are mammals that go through a molting process, molting in mammals is the “shedding of fur, hair, or wool” In the cooler fall and cold winter months foxes grow a very thick fur coat, which protects them from the harsh weather conditions. Red Foxes can withstand temperatures as low as -40F/C. Then in the spring as the weather begins to warm up they begin the molting of

How do foxes use “magnetoreception” to help them hunt? Many different species of animals — from cattle, to fish, to mollusks and birds — exhibit something called “Spontaneous Magnetic Alignment (SMA),” where they align themselves with the earth’s magnetic field while foraging, resting, moving and more. But of all the mammals, red foxes are one of the only to practice SMA in a way that clearly benefits their fitness — they use it for a behavior for hunting rodents under snow, called “mousing.” St

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1.7M views · 83K reactions | Adventure is out there! And these baby red foxes have clearly found it 力 While their parents are out hunting for food, the little pups spend the day honing skills of survival through pouncing, stalking, and playing. #AmericasNationalParks is now streaming on Disney+. | National Geographic Animals | Facebook