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[–]thegouch 35 points36 points ago

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[–]Namell 0 points1 point ago

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[–]dietotaku 10 points11 points ago

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what if i already have a dog that looks like that when it yawns?

[–]snarkyaardvark 13 points14 points ago*

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When ever my dog yawns that big, I slip hand in there. When my unsuspecting canine friend closes his mouth he gets this pissed/puzzled look on his face that is just priceless.

Oh, come on, like you have never done this.

[–]WoollyMittens -2 points-1 points ago

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It's a prank I'd call: "Asking for a mauling."

[–]johnsmcjohn 5 points6 points ago

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TIL foxes are part graboid.

[–]ILikeFuzzyFoxes 1 point2 points ago

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Fizgig!

[–]BeerThursdays 0 points1 point ago

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Again, Shiba Inu Close enough

[–]heyirv88 18 points19 points ago

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Awww just get him a waist coat and top hat and I'm sold.

[–]Aeolis 7 points8 points ago

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Awww just make him into a waist coat and top hat and I'm sold.

FTFY

[–]G-Bombz 8 points9 points ago

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And then it will grow up to have nine tails. I want one as well.

[–]kjruther 4 points5 points ago

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came here looking for this comment

[–]thmoka 0 points1 point ago

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I don't know which japanese cartoon popular within the 9-12 year old demographic, you are referencing.

[–]bumpymonkey 0 points1 point ago

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[–]iRideDragons 15 points16 points ago

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FUN FACT! After 60 years of working, Scientists in Russia have successfully domesticated the fox. I don't know how a person goes about getting one, sadly.

[–]Dialogue_Dub 7 points8 points ago

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There is a documentary called "The Secret Life of the Dog" by the BBC that details the foxes that stemmed from this study.

The part on the foxes starts here

Continues here

Fun Fact: As they bred the foxes for behavior (nice with nice, mean with mean), the foxes that lead to domestication began to have floppy ears and curled tails.

[–]lightlynamed 9 points10 points ago

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You go up there and buy one if I remember right. You have to stay for a number of months while they teach you how to take care of them. And you also have to pay several hundred dollars to get the fox back to the US and legally own it (in most states its considered an exotic pet, and if memory serves, you need a special permit for it).

Fun fact, apparently foxes can smell VERY strongly.

Source: My ex-girlfriend who's studying animal behavior and has decided that shes going to spend a summer over in Russia studying with said scientists and come back with one of the foxes.

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[–]Lugbolt 19 points20 points ago

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Shut up and take my money

[–]nykita 0 points1 point ago

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oh, i didn't see this comment. I only searched for Nova and Dogs Decoded. I just posted a comment on this page about the Nova:Dogs Decoded show.

[–]Trashcanman33 -1 points0 points ago

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You can order one form Russia for about $4,000.

[–]BeerThursdays 32 points33 points ago*

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Get a Shiba Inu... http://i.imgur.com/EubAR.jpg

Close enough

[–]ronsta 9 points10 points ago

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got me one. they're adorable and easy to care for, but very independent, so don't get them if you want a play dog.

[–]yer_momma 8 points9 points ago

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Both of the Shibas I've had want to play all the time. They love attention, fetching, wrestling, walking, jogging and every other form of attention I give them. The female is skinny and got the same coloring as a red fox, it gets annoying after the 1000th time you hear "OMG is that a fox?"

Unfortunately they don't always listen very well as they are very strong willed too, the male often gets loose by slipping off the leash or running out the door and thinks its a hide and seek game when you chase after him. During a jog tonight actually he got loose near a main road and ran strait into the street and hit the side of a moving car. Fortunately Shiba's are pretty tough too and all he got was a bloody nose and a black eye. Hopefully he'll learn to stay out of the road from now on.

[–]WoollyMittens 6 points7 points ago

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  1. Get dog that looks like a fox.
  2. Get annoyed when people notice it looks like a fox.
  3. Live a life of self inflicted frustration.

[–]ColPaint 4 points5 points ago

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Are you using a collar when walking/jogging?

If so, you might want to switch that out for a harness.

[–]yer_momma 1 point2 points ago

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I have both, but he keeps eating/chewing through the harnesses. I'm going to try to find a non-chewable one.

[–]ronsta 0 points1 point ago

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Is there a good harness for Shibas? The last two I've had she miraculously escapes out of by lifting her paws high and pulling her neck back.

She's a bitch...pun intended.

[–]Kingcrowing 0 points1 point ago

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I also have a Shiba, she's 6 months old and has the same fox-like coloring.

It does get annoying having everyone ask what she is, but she's super friendly, loves kids, likes to cuddle a bit, and always likes to play.

[–]Ignatavicius 0 points1 point ago

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I have a one year old shiba as well. Actually had a lady flag me down while driving to ask if he was a fox.

[–]FolloweroftheAtom 1 point2 points ago

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Hachiko ;(

[–]anothergaijin 0 points1 point ago

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Hachiko was an Akita-ken, same Shiba coloring but bigger and a thicker coat

[–]wildmonkeymind 0 points1 point ago

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My god, it looks just like one of those little ceramic dogs you find at those strange places in the mall selling only items that grandmothers and Dolores Umbridge would ever buy... but in a good way.

[–]anothergaijin 0 points1 point ago

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Came here to post the same :)

[–]zmabzug 7 points8 points ago

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I CHOOSE YOU, VULPIX

[–]nolez 3 points4 points ago

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Gives Fire Stone

[–]keeservonp 11 points12 points ago

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My uncle has a pet red fox. He actually shot his mom, and he was on her body when to get her. He said it was the saddest thing, so he took him home, my cousin named it Todd(anyone get where the name came from?) And now Todd is the nicest little devil in the world. He's well behaved, just loves to play. I guess him and my uncle's mini goat get along like best friends.

[–]insomniafox 8 points9 points ago

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todd from fox and the hound? Why did your Uncle shoot the mom if he actually had a heart for the animals?!

[–]keeservonp 11 points12 points ago

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Kept on gettin at his neighbors chickens. He doesn't go fox hunting or anything, it might be the only fox he's ever shot.

[–]insomniafox 8 points9 points ago

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baby fox need his chickin' dinna'

[–]bwaaains 5 points6 points ago

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Reminds me of Bambi, but with a slightly happier outcome.

[–]noshoesnoshirt 4 points5 points ago

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Awwwwwww, isn't that cute? Killed his mother and now he's well behaved.

[–]keeservonp 11 points12 points ago

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Learned him good from the git go.

[–]noshoesnoshirt 1 point2 points ago

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Well, you have a point there, even if you expressed it as sarcastically as I did. You can't let the varmints get to your chickens.

Sorry he had to kill the fox.

[–]Luke2012 1 point2 points ago

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He actually shot his mom, and he was on her body when to get her.

There's too many ways to interpret that.

[–]AdonisChrist 0 points1 point ago

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I love your cousin.

[–]Ras_H_Tafari 0 points1 point ago

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Tod is the Old English word for fox

[–]Niatnuom 5 points6 points ago

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When I was a kid my uncle raised a litter after the mother was killed. He raised them to be wild but they would hang out at his house quite often and he'd keep feeding them. They eventually quit coming around, for whatever reasons. I've wished since then that I could raise some. Totally awesome animals.

[–]sachspie 0 points1 point ago

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The fox and the hound? I can't remember their names.

[–]YOUR-UNCLE 2 points3 points ago

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They are adorable but creepy as fuck. When they howl it sounds EXACTLY like a crying baby. I hear them outside in the middle of the night sometimes, and it scares the shit out of me.

[–]cI_-__-_Io 1 point2 points ago

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Came here to say this. There are a lot of foxes in London's suburbs and when they howl at night it sounds like people getting stabbed. You get used to it, but the first times are pretty horrific.

[–]Stevoh 4 points5 points ago

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I want to get one. I would name him "Firefox".

[–]thetalkinghawk 8 points9 points ago

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I would get a red fox and name him Chrome

[–]Didgeridoox 3 points4 points ago

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Here's the original from 16 days ago.

[–]BFSkinner 0 points1 point ago

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I know, right?

[–]tling 2 points3 points ago

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Hate to say it, but many foxes have latent rabies, and keeping your distance happens automatically after learning this. They've made great strides in reducing rabies the past 15 years by putting baits with a rabies vaccine in Arctic areas: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Rabies/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_166319.html

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Just get an tamed one shipped from Russia, only for 8k. I doubt they have rabies.

[–]mastermayhem[S] 6 points7 points ago

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Seriously, why haven't we simply domesticated foxes yet!? I would love to have a pet fox.

[–]Twyll 29 points30 points ago

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But we have! http://sibfox.com/

SCIENCE!

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[–]keeservonp 1 point2 points ago

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A lady and a man were going door to door in my neighborhood selling some kind of dog for 2 grand a tail. Wtf?

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[–]keeservonp 0 points1 point ago

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Yea, confusion ensued. And they were in a banged up Buick. Something was amiss in this situation. I passed.

[–]busted0201 0 points1 point ago

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When I was a kid my friend's family bought a purebred something or other dog for over $2000.

I was like, you can just get one for $50 at the humane society!

[–]Twyll 1 point2 points ago

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Considering that very, very few of them even exist, since they're the result of a single long-running breeding experiment, plus they have to be shipped from Russia... yeah, that's not a bad price. XD

[–]Crossfox17 0 points1 point ago

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Pure bred dogs can be 2k, 5k more for a fox isn't bad for someone that is financially equipped.

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[–]Crossfox17 0 points1 point ago

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What I meant was that there are many people willing to spend that kind of money for a pet.

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[–]yer_momma 0 points1 point ago

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and a mini giraffe

[–]Unfuck -2 points-1 points ago

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That's mostly due to the fact that they're shipped out of Russia. You can buy foxes locally in the US for a couple hundred.

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[–]Twyll 1 point2 points ago

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Not "tame," but "domesticated." Tame = has been trained to be okay with humans, domesticated = has been bred to be okay with humans. The Russian foxes are the results of decades of selective breeding through a program at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Siberia. (I first heard about them in psychology class!) Any foxes you can buy in the US were pups of wild foxes, which are not as physiologically adapted to captivity.

[–]muffinheart 4 points5 points ago

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I have a friend who owns a pet fox. She says they don't behave themselves as well as other domestic animals and that it freaks out any time it sees anyone who it doesn't recognise.

[–]Aserapha 20 points21 points ago

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so... its like a normal house cat?

[–]densets 1 point2 points ago

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some Russians did. I'm sure someone will link you the article soon, after all this is the internetreddit.

[–]hiddenthunder 1 point2 points ago

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There are some videos on YouTube of pet foxes. So cute, but they're a little more wiry-looking when they get bigger.

[–]meliaesc 0 points1 point ago

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They're not for you.

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Here is where you can buy your fox: http://sibfox.com/

[–]SallyImpossible 1 point2 points ago

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I was going to post this. It's the best discovery of my life.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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My friend just told me about it this morning (while I was browsing reddit, actually). I am seriously considering saving up for one.

[–]FloorDaLee 1 point2 points ago

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hes so fuzzy im gunna die!

[–]imakitty 1 point2 points ago

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No you don't, little bastards piss all over the place. Smells worse than a skunk. And when they aren't pissing, they are eating your furniture to make a nest.

[–]sarcastic_smartass 1 point2 points ago

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No way that could go wrong.

[–]Necrix 1 point2 points ago

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[–]zdrucker 1 point2 points ago

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Just get a Shiba, like me!

http://imgur.com/9lEmR

[–]movementkangaroo24 0 points1 point ago

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Doing some work on San Nicolas Island I was able to pet some of these little guys Island Fox. There are almost extinct and there are only a few hundred left. Super friendly! I wish I could have taken some pictures but no cameras on SNI A lot of other things cool there too but alas, security clearance has its rules.

[–]Bladewing10 0 points1 point ago

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Release the hounds!

[–]pygmy 0 points1 point ago

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...to make Australia feel like mother England

Fucking foxes...

[–]Terrorz 0 points1 point ago

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I recently heard that it's become a popular trend among the rich to buy foxes for pets. It'll cost you a large buck though.

[–]Yalce 0 points1 point ago

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before Like a Boss, there was Like a Fox

[–]little_penguin7 0 points1 point ago

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Want want want!

[–]mrjoh 0 points1 point ago

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A WILD VUPLIX HAS APPEARED !

[–]CrazyGrazy 0 points1 point ago

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This baby fox always makes it up here I'm gonna post him again in a month and get alllll that karma

[–]Stjepo 0 points1 point ago

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You don't already have one that's on fire?

[–]OnerousMal 0 points1 point ago

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...for dinner.

[–]MasterBaters 0 points1 point ago

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[–]sunnybrookmusic 0 points1 point ago

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You can get red foxes in Oklahoma is what I hear. Still far from being domesticated!

[–]MutantSharkPirate 0 points1 point ago

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as do i, friend.

[–]MasterPringles 0 points1 point ago

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A wild vulpix appears.

[–]Killbunny90210 0 points1 point ago

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He's lying.

I WANT ONE

[–]lurkerboy 0 points1 point ago

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I have a fennec fox. While he's a very loving pet, I wouldn't recommend a fox to just anybody. They're tonnes of work and never fully domesticated (just tame to those they're familiar with). sibfoxes are different, though.

[–]soupdawg 0 points1 point ago

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I was at a golf course in Louisiana and a fox kept walking up to us. Coolest thing I saw while there.

[–]soweallgrow 0 points1 point ago

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I don't get it. Just catch a Vulpix?

[–]Arxl 0 points1 point ago

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AR, IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, TN, VA, WI, and WY all allow pet foxes. All of the UK allow pet foxes as well.

[–]dronebot 0 points1 point ago

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My state isn't on this list. Time to march on the capital.

[–]abhijithc 0 points1 point ago

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I had one of these when I was little. It was a soft toy and I called it Foxy. I believe the maid's son stole it and I cried so much when that happened. Cutest thing ever!

[–]HolyShitItsKhasi 0 points1 point ago

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omg that's adorable

[–]titsmeow 0 points1 point ago

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[–]Bossman1086 0 points1 point ago

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I want a fennec fox. Nocturnal, playful, social... And they're legal to own in some states!

[–]colblair 0 points1 point ago

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it's coming right for us!

[–]ryanspeck 0 points1 point ago

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I feel the same way about red pandas.

[–]tehradi0 0 points1 point ago

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immediately checked for .gif

[–]Crossfox17 0 points1 point ago

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They have been domesticated in Russia. You can order one online, although I assume it would be extremely expensive. They have been selectively breeding foxes for 51 years in a small facility in Russia. Incidentally, a large portion of the resulting domestic foxes have white and black or silver coats. Their temperament has been described as a cross between a dog and a cat.

[–]epiclogin 0 points1 point ago

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He looks cute, but he'll eat your face off.

[–]ILikeFuzzyFoxes 0 points1 point ago

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my username respects your taste in adorableness.

[–]harrypalmer 0 points1 point ago

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No you dont, think of the smellest cat crossed with the yappiest paranoid chihuihui that bites!

[–]Nihilisst 0 points1 point ago

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me too, i'm hungry.

[–]lilys_mom 0 points1 point ago

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yep!

[–]ColideZ 0 points1 point ago

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dat nose!!!

[–]paleoastrobiology 0 points1 point ago

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I would name him/her Star. And it would be.glorious.

[–]nykita 0 points1 point ago

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Nova did a show called Dogs Decoded. It shows the similarities in gray foxes and domesticated dogs. Even though wolves are closer in DNA comparison to dogs, gray foxes have been examined for decades and breeded to make a domesticated fox.

Dogs decoded is currently on netflix streaming or check out pbs.org

[–]matt_rhorn 0 points1 point ago

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Someone needs to shop in some flames. Like wicked flames all shooting around. And maybe him flying around in space. Fire Space Fox. He'll eat your entrails and have sex with your wife, he's fire space fox and he couldn't be bothered to give a single fuck.

That's a TV show right there.

[–]ahooks -1 points0 points ago

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Baby firefox

[–]Allurex -5 points-4 points ago

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