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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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.......^~=  .=####      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. #= ..........
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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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