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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). #^ ##§¤†^=:..
...:=^†¤§# ^# #^ #§¤†^=:...
....:=^†¤§ :¤# foxes are most #¤: §¤†^=:....
.....:=^†¤ :¤# well known for their tail, #¤: ¤†^=:.....
......:=^† .^§# which features a stinger #§^. †^=:......
.......:=^ .^§# (the only such case #§^. ^=:.......
........:= .^§### in a mammal!) ###§^. =:........
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........:= .^§### ###§^. =:........
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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 #§^. =:........
.........: .^§### quantities. ###§^. :.........
........:= .^§### ###§^. =:........
.......:=^ .^§### ###§^. ^=:.......
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