Red Fox - Wildlife of Wilderness
by Don Balke
Title
Red Fox - Wildlife of Wilderness
Artist
Don Balke
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Cold Press Illustration Board
Description
The Red Fox is one of the world's most talked-about animals. Rust-red coat, white-tipped tail, black ears, legs and nose mark him one of nature's handsomest. The red color for which he is known is purest from the top of the head to the middle of the back. During Aesop's time the fox was the epitome of craftiness and cunning, and he figures into countless legends and fables. Reynard, as medieval poets named his European counterpart, is a wily master at losing dogs. In the hunt, he doubles back, sidetracks, skips along fence tops, dashes over thin ice. When pressed, he will hide in a chimney or kitchen stove. In freshly fallen snow the Red Fox's tail sweeps the snow behind it purposely erasing its tracks so no enemy can follow. However, much of the so-called cleverness attributed to the RedFox is really due to its great anxiety and shyness. A versatile hunter as well, the Red Fox feeds on anything from fawns to snails, but dines mostly on field mice, cottontails and berries. Accounts of foxes attacking hen houses are well known, but geese and aggressive roosters are seldom bothered. Occasionally, a fox falls prey to a coyote, wolf or eagle, and rabies take their toll, but man and dog cause him the most worry. Farmers bent on avenging poultry losses, and trappers capitalizing on the increased value of fox pelts, harry this sly creature who, in many parts of North America, is considered an endangered species.
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