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winter is coming. photos by (click pic) dennis binda, mike segar, orsolya and erlend haarberg, roeselien raimond and dan kitwood
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European Badger (Meles meles) and European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes crucigera) skull comparison.
I often see people confusing the two, but when seen side by side the differences are obvious! The badger’s skull is shorter and wider with thick, sturdy bone and a large sagittal crest giving them a very powerful bite. The teeth of the badger also reflect it’s status as an omnivore, with large fangs suitable for tearing flesh and flattened molars for chewing vegetation. Another interesting feature of the badger’s skull is that the jaws are permanently attached to the upper skull and wont come apart.
The fox, on the other hand, has a much slimmer skull with long, slender jaws and carnivorous teeth, although like the badger it does have a varied, omnivorous diet. The fox also has only a tiny sagittal crest and it’s bite power is fairly weak compared to that of a badger.
Badgers are basically a sturdy powerhouse while foxes are light and dainty!
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Wildlife photographer Richard Peters caught this amazing moment of nature in the raw at Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming when a red fox dived nose first after a mouse buried beneath the snow.
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1955, by Yevgeniy Rachyov — illustration to the Hungarian folk tale “Two Gready Bear-cubs"
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foxes enjoying themselves (x)
you’re welcome
i can’t deal with this
LOOK YOU GUYS SMALL FLUFFY ANIMALS LOOKING HAPPY OKAY
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Scans from “A Shameful Harvest”- National Geographic, September 1991
“Trapped in Ohio and illegaly trucked to South Carolina, these red foxes were purchased by a game farm for use as hunting quarry. Wildlife agents picked up the trail and arrested the violators, who were fined. Rabies and tapeworm tests required that the foxes be destroyed.”
I scanned these images for an assignment. This is the National Geographic issue from the month and year I was born.
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photographer says THIS FOX IS NOT FAT, AND THIS FOX IS NOT ILL. IT IS ONLY IN ITS EXTREMELY FLUFFY WINTER COAT AND IS CURLED IN TYPICAL FOX SLEEPING POSITION. THAT’S WHY SHE LOOKS SO ROUND.
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