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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   #$^ ~^........
.........^ =#   small rodents and young birds,   #= ^.........
.......... =#     but are known to also eat      #= ..........
.........^ #   much larger animals (deer?) and    # ^.........
........^~ #   mushrooms (peculiarly, they are    # ~^........
.......^~= =#     fond of amanita muscaria).     #= =~^.......
......^~== =#                                    #= ==~^......
.....^~==$ ^$#          foxes are most          #$^ $==~^.....
....^~==$# ^$#    well known for their tail,    #$^ #$==~^....
...^~==$## .=##    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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