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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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