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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      #&:. «,........
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....,«:**& .:&#     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   #*, :«,.......
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.....,«:** .:&#     FOX, BUT IN VERY SMALL     #&:. **:«,.....
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