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.-~:$$§###         (FOXES, STINGERS, ETC.)          ###§$$:~-.
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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.               # $:~-......
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....-~:$$§ #          IF A FOX STINGS A           # §$$:~-....
...-~:$$§# #    HUMAN, IT'S USUALLY IN A PLACE    # #§$$:~-...
..-~:$$§## #   DIFFERENT THAN THE NECK, AND THE   # ##§$$:~-..
.-~:$$§### :#  MAIN CONSEQUENCE IS INTENSE PAIN. #: ###§$$:~-.
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...-~:$$§# -$#           IT HAS BEEN            #$- #§$$:~-...
....-~:$$§ -$#   SHOWN THAT THE VENOM IS ALSO   #$- §$$:~-....
.....-~:$$ .:§#   PRESENT IN THE BITE OF THE   #§:. $$:~-.....
......-~:$ .:§#     FOX, BUT IN VERY SMALL     #§:. $:~-......
.....-~:$$  .:§###        QUANTITIES.       ###§:.  $$:~-.....
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