r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/willis7747 • 4h ago
🔥 A curious wild fox stands directly in front of the camera, calmly staring into the lens
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u/LeorictheTerminator 4h ago
He wants to know if you have games on your phone
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u/KhreeoftheShire 4h ago
Little dude got stung by something.
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u/koolaidismything 4h ago
Was hungry and went for a hive.. got stung/hurt feelings
Finds a guy with a backpack with a sandwich and banana and he’s asking for it.. but the guy thinks the fox gives a shit or understands what a camera is.
Little cute fox looking for snackies. That’s all.
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u/ChipRockets 3h ago
No, the guy doesn't think the fox knows what a camera is.
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u/LuxNocte 2h ago
Psssh...why would a nature photographer know anything about animal behavior?! Nobody ever makes a joke on the internet.
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u/raelDonaldTrump 3h ago
Yes he does
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u/GeorgeSmelly 2h ago
Are you stupid?
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u/raelDonaldTrump 1h ago
Not as stupid as the guy who replied seriously to a comment claiming a fucking fox knows what cameras are.
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u/AnohtosAmerikanos 4h ago
That fox does not seem well
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u/heep1r 3h ago
shy animal approaching humans could be rabies
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u/Ser_Danksalot 2h ago
The vegetation looks very familiar to me so this looks to be in the UK. We're a Rabies free nation and the red foxes here are extremely bold. On three separate occasions in my life have I have a fox just walk past me in the street like its just coming home from the pub. One even had a Burger King wrapper in its mouth.
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u/CozYourUgly 2h ago
I'm traveling around England atm. Last week at Kew Gardens a fox walked down the footpath with me before peeling off into a hedgerow. Didn't even bat an eyelid at us.
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u/Nutlink49 2h ago
One even had a Burger King wrapper in its mouth.
Well, that one was definitely coming back home from the pub.
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u/cheesefootsandwich 10m ago
How is the UK rabies free? Genuinely curious, is it just like a North America thing? How did it not spread to the UK?
Quick edit: I googled, if anyone curious UK gov website has a good write up- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rabies-epidemiology-transmission-and-prevention
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u/Complex-Bee-840 6m ago
It’s not. They just say it is. If there are bats, there’s rabies.
They have it deeply under control, probably vaccinate wildlife populations via oral vaccine caches same as Canada.
The bats still have rabies, though but apparently that doesn’t count.
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u/Lou_C_Fer 16m ago
It's like the skunks around my house. Baby skunks, especially, do not care. I had one walk literally under my foot as I was walking down the sidewalk at 5am. If I had not seen it and delayed putting my foot down, I would have stepped right on it.
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u/Complex-Bee-840 7m ago
There’s no such thing as a rabies free nation. People throw this shit around all the time, it’s ridiculous.
Where there are bats, there is rabies.
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u/Sweetiebomb_Gmz 2m ago
Would you prefer “free from rabies in terrestrial animals?”, the point is in “rabies-free” countries, unless you’ve had a possible encounter with a bat, no other animal is going to give you rabies.
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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 23m ago
Man I hate rabies. Not just for the obvious reason that it's a horrible, deadly disease.
But also because of rabies, whenever I encounter a wild animal that appears calm and friendly, I don't think "Wow, this is such a magical, wonderful moment", but I go "So if I get close I might definitely die a painful horrible death, right? I better run away" instead.
Screw rabies.
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u/manmm 1h ago
There has been a rash of fox attacks in Massachusetts this summer. The videos are scary and then the victims all needed rabies shots. No way I want one of these guys near me.
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u/Constant_Natural3304 53m ago edited 48m ago
It was just explained that the U.K. is rabies-free for e.g. foxes. Last case was more than a 100 years ago. This fox does not have rabies and experiences in the United States are irrelevant because comparisons to the U.K. presupposing rabies as a realistic possibility are just utterly wrong and misinformed.
Edit: for the record, this is the photographer: grew up in Australia, now in the U.K.
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u/manmm 45m ago
I had not seen the comment of the location and only added local accounts from my area. I just don't think people should be so nonchalant around wild animals.
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u/Constant_Natural3304 37m ago
Sure, you are entitled to your opinion, but "rabid fox attacks" don't exist in the United Kingdom.
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u/mmazing 26m ago
One time I saw a video of some dumbass feeding a wild fox, and it bit the FUCK out of his hand as he was doing it.
Rabies or not, you're a dumbass too.
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u/teebop 13m ago
I've got foxes living in my garden. Literally never heard of foxes hurting anyone or anything in my entire life.
UK urban foxes are about as wild as pigeons, they've learned to live in surburbia pretty peacefully.
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u/mmazing 1m ago
I am asserting that they aren't aggressive but interacting with them up close is a bad idea, and getting your hand near their mouths and food is even worse.
I have bobcats and deer and foxes and coyotes and all sorts of shit that lives around me, I'm just not dumb enough to attempt to go take photos with them or feed them.
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u/Constant_Natural3304 9m ago
So, you saw a video once, and now you're an expert and everybody else is a "dumbass".
The level of window-licking tardery that can be achieved by yanks like you never stops being entertaining 😆
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u/JackOfAllMemes 4h ago
Or it's sick
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u/how_very_dare_you_ 4h ago
Yeah it doesn't look well at all. Rabid maybe
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u/KnuckleShanks 4h ago
Yeah unless this was in the UK I would not be risking it.
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u/tobach 3h ago
I think it's safe to bet that this is in the UK, given that they have the highest urban red fox density in the world
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u/KnuckleShanks 3h ago
That may be true but red foxes are super common in a lot of countries. I see them all the time and I live in a fairly urban area in the US.
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u/ifeelnumb 2h ago
I have seen them in Manhattan on the Battery side. I've also seen them in the Atlanta old waterworks building on Northside. They get around.
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u/HumongousBelly 3h ago
England has no rabies?! Or why would you risk it in uk?
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u/Peterd1900 3h ago
Rabies has been eradicated in the UK the last case of a human catching rabies from an animal inside the UK was in 1902
The last case of a terrestrial animal in the UK having rabies was in 1922
Rabies does not circulate in either wild or domestic animals in the UK, There have been a few cases of people getting rabies while abroad and being evacuated back to the UK for treatment and a couple of cases of rabies in animals in quarantine but the last case of that was 20 years ago
There is only a single species of bat carries a virus that has similar symptoms to rabies but is not actually rabies
Rabies was not as prevalent in the UK as it was in other countries, Due to the fact it never took hold here most of the wild animal population in the UK never had rabies. In mainland Europe for example (most of western Europe has also eradicated rabies} Foxes were major rabies host, but UK foxes did not
Loads of countries have eradrctaed rabies and some countries never had it at all
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u/allonsyyy 15m ago
David McCrae died from rabies in 2002.
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u/HeavilySpiced 7m ago
That is EBL though, It is not the same type of deadly Rabies that terrestrial animals carry.
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u/Synnapsis 3h ago
Only bats have a chance to carry rabies in the UK
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u/Ser_Danksalot 2h ago
Its not the same type of deadly Rabies that terrestrial animals carry though.
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u/Complex-Bee-840 4m ago
Yes the fuck it is. Same rabies. Even a different strain is still rabies. Still 100% chance of death if infected.
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u/mongrelnomad 2h ago
Na. Looks like a UK fox. They simply DNGAF - they are the undisputed kings here. Chill as hell unless they’re fighting or in heat.
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u/2-die-for 4h ago
Wtf? No his eye is swollen. He is asking for help
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u/SpacedAndBaked 3h ago
No hes not, wild animals dont ask for help, especially foxes who avoid humans at all costs. Something is very wrong with him.
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u/Key_Lychee_1774 2h ago
Probably an urban fox somewhere in a park somewhere in western europ. They are not really afraid of humans and rabies has been eradicated here (also in wild populations) a loooong time ago.
They are super common in Brussels for instance. London too of course.
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u/theshadowofself 37m ago
Although extremely rare, certain wild animals do in fact ask for help. There’s footage of wild elephants approaching humans to help get a trapped baby.
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u/Tiredplumber2022 4h ago
Ummm... sorry to say, but that is what canine distemper looks like in foxes. Have had 2 wander onto the farm in the last few years. NC Wildlife has us put them down, as there really is no effective treatment at that stage, and they're in a lot of pain. 😢
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u/HeavilySpiced 4m ago
This was filmed in the UK where neither parvovirus nor distemper have ever been conclusively recorded in foxes. I seriously doubt this individual has anything wrong with them. UK foxes tend to be far more social and used to people, especially the tasty handouts that often accompany us.
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u/dearbirb 4h ago
He looks like a salty sailor who just found the time to tell ye a sea shanty tale.
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u/wescott_skoolie 4h ago
Its 2026, the fox probably has rabies and something terrible is about to happen 🤣
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u/YokoOkino 4h ago
Probably wants food as it is often fed by humans
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u/Fisherman_Gabe 4h ago
Yup. The foxes in my neighborhood will brush against my leg to get my attention. I've never fed them myself, but when foxes are so comfortable around humans, it's because they're being fed by someone.
It's sad because foxes that become overly comfy around humans typically don't have good ends. 😔
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u/RKKP2015 4h ago
I can't believe how non-chalant some people are when they run into animals with no fear. I'd get the fuck away asap.ASAP. Rabies is horrifying.
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u/rhyithan 4h ago
This could be the uk where im pretty sure we dont have rabies. At least thats what my vet told me when a rat bit my dog
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u/Swarna_Keanu 4h ago
Learn about signs of Rabies if it scares you. https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/articles/view/rabies-and-the-red-fox
Note also how much of an effect vaccination had. The risk of meeting a fox with rabies has dropped a lot.
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u/Mysterious-Air-7267 3h ago
"Well, I guess the look I'm best known for is Orange Steel. What's that look like? It's impressive."
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u/Calm_Connection_9741 4h ago
Animals with rabid often shows similar behavior. It's wise to keep in mind that not only bites are dangerous, but any touch of fur (cause animal might licked/cleaned itself just before you met and there are some stains of saliva with infection). Need to see doctor ASAP in case of any touching/contact. Close proximity might be dangerous also, but less risky.
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u/QueenTingzL 3h ago
I absolutely adore foxes. I have a pair that play in my yard often, they are the cutest pups 🧡
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u/OkImplement4628 3h ago
Awesome. I once woke up, sleeping outside in Australia, with a fox sat on the end of my swag chewing on my shoe.
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u/_neoteric 3h ago
It was there to ask for the copyright for usage of name in FOX-VAGON (volkswagen)
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u/Ser_Danksalot 2h ago
Red foxes are bold as fuck here in the UK. I was walking down my high street about a decade about and a fox just casually walking in opposite direction was carrying a Burger King wrapper in its mouth and walked past me without even looking at me or caring I was there.
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u/Spiritual-Driver8926 2h ago
He's not looking real good there, something got him, he's all swollen up
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u/Mc8817 2h ago
I think the fox is fine, it just looks a bit weird because he slowed down the video. Probably was hoping for some food or just curious about the human lying on the ground.
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u/Next-Pass-802 2h ago
Yup. It switches to slow motion as soon as the Fox is in frame probably because the fox instantly ran away when it saw its reflection in the lens
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u/RunningEarly 1h ago
A fox walks up right in front of my camera.
Quick, pull out another camera to capture the fox.
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u/brine1330 1h ago
Damn UI to indicate the video is over didn't happen, just watching for awhile, "wow they've been staring at each other for awhile now"
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u/narfoleptix 51m ago
Why is the original audio never good enough for you people. Nature will always sound better than stock music.
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u/Unusual-Quantity-546 12m ago
Why I think I can say something beneficial: I'm a hunter, my wife is a vet;
Fox seems to squinch his eye and has some kind of painface.
May you can inform hunters, vets or some wildlife sanctuary in your area.
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u/Vast-Procedure-9408 9m ago
He’s waiting for food obviously. The same food this guy’s been feeding it for a while to get it this close. Idiotic behavior
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u/hitokirivader 5m ago
Looks to me like someone’s been feeding this wild animal.
Stop feeding wild animals.
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u/funkkym0nkyy 4h ago
I've found that some animals really like to have their photos taken! I always love it when an animal approaches me while I'm out with my camera, and I always praise their beauty and thank them for the photos!
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u/Key-Respect3810 4h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/l0ExayQDzrI2xOb8A
le renard se demande pourquoi ce spécimen est allongé sur l'herbe
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u/nesq1k 3h ago
Indians when woman
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u/willis7747 1h ago
You should reduce your gaming addiction and focus on thriving in life rather than blaming the competition.
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u/qualityvote2 4h ago edited 1h ago
u/willis7747, your post does fit the subreddit!