fox fight by Roeselien Raimond

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Although foxes do have a bad image of being these naughty, ferocious animals, I have never seen them show aggression towards a human being. I have, however, seen some violent behaviour towards other foxes, but only for the very obvious reasons. Naturally, a fox will fight to fend off intruders and for other vital matters, like food and the right to mate. Wouldn’t you?” But foxes, being highly intelligent creatures, understand –maybe even better than some other mammals- that here are no winners in a war.
A true fight always causes victims.
Not to mention the fact that an unnecessary combat is a total waste of energy, energy that might as well be used for more vital matters, like finding food, or a mate. Once an intruder enters another fox’s territory, it will, at first, be urged to leave in a relatively friendly way.
If the other fox refuses, stronger measures are required. To avoid bloodshed, foxes have developed a series of rituals to replace actual violent behaviour.
Instead of deploying their sharp teeth and claws, they rear up on their hind legs, lay their paws on the opponents shoulders, put down their ears and tail, and face each other with wide open mouths.
These wide mouths agape leave little to the imagination:
‘Take a gooood look at these very sharp teeth, before considering another battle.
I’m being very friendly now, but the very next time we meet, I might as well use ‘em! ‘ Standing in this battle stance, both foxes try to intimidate the rival, by trying to push him or her backwards.
The outcome is quite simple, the one that’s pushed back is the loser, who’d better get the **** out of there, and the winner can heave a sigh of relief. Another disaster has been successfully averted….

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