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#@$†\~^...         (foxes, stingers, etc.)          ...^~\†$@#
##@$†\~^..                                          ..^~\†$@##
###@$†\~^.                    \.                    .^~\†$@###
##@$†\~^..             ....~~\#\~~....              ..^~\†$@##
#@$†\~^...                    .\                    ...^~\†$@#
@$†\~^....                                          ....^~\†$@
$†\~^.....        .\@###              ###@\.        .....^~\†$
†\~^......     .\@###                    ###@\.     ......^~\†
$†\~^.....  .\@###     a fox is a small     ###@\.  .....^~\†$
@$†\~^.... .\@#    canine, mostly found in     #@\. ....^~\†$@
#@$†\~^... .\@#    an orange-brown variety,    #@\. ...^~\†$@#
##@$†\~^.. ^$#     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,    #$^ ...^~\†$@#
##@$†\~^.. .\@#    which features a stinger    #@\. ..^~\†$@##
###@$†\~^. .\@#       (the only such case      #@\. .^~\†$@###
##@$†\~^..  .\@###       in a mammal!)      ###@\.  ..^~\†$@##
#@$†\~^...     .\@###                    ###@\.     ...^~\†$@#
@$†\~^....        .\@###              ###@\.        ....^~\†$@
$†\~^.....                                          .....^~\†$
†\~^......                    \.                    ......^~\†
$†\~^.....             ....~~\#\~~....              .....^~\†$
@$†\~^....                    .\                    ....^~\†$@
#@$†\~^...                                          ...^~\†$@#
##@$†\~^..        .\@###              ###@\.        ..^~\†$@##
###@$†\~^.     .\@###                    ###@\.     .^~\†$@###
##@$†\~^..  .\@###      the stinger is      ###@\.  ..^~\†$@##
#@$†\~^... .\@#     used when hunting prey     #@\. ...^~\†$@#
@$†\~^.... .\@#   creatures much larger than   #@\. ....^~\†$@
$†\~^..... ^$#    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   #$^ ..^~\†$@##
#@$†\~^... .\@#   present in the bite of the   #@\. ...^~\†$@#
@$†\~^.... .\@#     fox, but in very small     #@\. ....^~\†$@
$†\~^.....  .\@###        quantities.       ###@\.  .....^~\†$
†\~^......     .\@###                    ###@\.     ......^~\†
$†\~^.....        .\@###              ###@\.        .....^~\†$
@$†\~^....                                          ....^~\†$@
#@$†\~^...                    \.                    ...^~\†$@#
##@$†\~^..             ....~~\#\~~....              ..^~\†$@##
###@$†\~^.                    .\                    .^~\†$@###
##@$†\~^..                                          ..^~\†$@##
#@$†\~^...                                          ...^~\†$@#
@$†\~^....                                          ....^~\†$@
$†\~^.....                                          .....^~\†$
†\~^......                                          ......^~\†