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##@@@†=«:. .=@### a fox is a small ###@=. .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. .=@# canine, mostly found in #@=. ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... .=@# an orange-brown variety, #@=. ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. :@# but gray colors are also #@: ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. :@# possible. they feed mostly on #@: .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. =# small rodents and young birds, #= ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... =# but are known to also eat #= ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. # much larger animals (deer?) and # ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. # mushrooms (peculiarly, they are # .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. =# fond of amanita muscaria). #= ..:«=†@@@#
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#@@@†=«:.. :@# foxes are most #@: ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. :@# well known for their tail, #@: .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. .=@# which features a stinger #@=. ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... .=@# (the only such case #@=. ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. .=@### in a mammal!) ###@=. ..:«=†@@@#
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#@@@†=«:.. .=@### the stinger is ###@=. ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... .=@# used when hunting prey #@=. ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. .=@# creatures much larger than #@=. ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. :@# the fox, the fox will bite #@: .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. :@# the creature on the head, and #@: ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... =# use its tail to penetrate the #= ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. =# skull of the prey. the stinger #= ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. # will enter the neck from the # .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. # rear, depositing the venom, # ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... # filling up the mouth and skull. # ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. # this immediately paralyzes the # ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. # prey creature, allowing the fox # .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. # to eat. # ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... # # ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. # if a fox stings a # ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. # human, it's usually in a place # .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. # different than the neck, and the # ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... =# main consequence is intense pain. #= ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. =# #= ..:«=†@@@#
##@@@†=«:. :@# it has been #@: .:«=†@@@##
#@@@†=«:.. :@# shown that the venom is also #@: ..:«=†@@@#
@@@†=«:... .=@# present in the bite of the #@=. ...:«=†@@@
#@@@†=«:.. .=@# fox, but in very small #@=. ..:«=†@@@#
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