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:~,.......         (FOXES, STINGERS, ETC.)          .......,~:
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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   #§:. ........,~
:~,....... ,$#    THE FOX, THE FOX WILL BITE    #$, .......,~:
*:~,...... ,$#  THE CREATURE ON THE HEAD, AND   #$, ......,~:*
$*:~,..... :#   USE ITS TAIL TO PENETRATE THE    #: .....,~:*$
§$*:~,.... :#   SKULL OF THE PREY. THE STINGER   #: ....,~:*$§
@§$*:~,... #     WILL ENTER THE NECK FROM THE     # ...,~:*$§@
#@§$*:~,.. #      REAR, DEPOSITING THE VENOM,     # ..,~:*$§@#
##@§$*:~,. #    FILLING UP THE MOUTH AND SKULL.   # .,~:*$§@##
#@§$*:~,.. #    THIS IMMEDIATELY PARALYZES THE    # ..,~:*$§@#
@§$*:~,... #   PREY CREATURE, ALLOWING THE FOX    # ...,~:*$§@
§$*:~,.... #                TO EAT.               # ....,~:*$§
$*:~,..... #                                      # .....,~:*$
*:~,...... #          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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