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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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