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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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