https://youtu.be/nkcJneh3cLI
Foxes are highly skilled hunters, which allows them to eat a variety of small animals. Even a blanket of snow can't keep a small rodent safe from a hungry fox. A fox will stalk, jump, dive headfirst into a foot or two of snow, and still nab a meal that was invisible to it.
Suspecting foxes may have a secret sense that helps them target what they cannot see, & after more than two years in the field watching foxes hunt, zoologist Jaroslav Červený & his team thought the foxes could sense the Earth’s magnetic field and were lining their attacks up with it.
It’s not unheard-of for animals to have a magnetic sense. Birds, sharks, lobsters and a handful of other species have all been shown to perceive the planet’s magnetic field. In most cases, though, animals use the magnetic field to aid navigation. Foxes, if they can detect it, would be the first animal scientists know of that use it to hunt.
The researchers think the field acts like a rangefinder, telling them how far away prey is when they can’t see it & making their blind jumps more accurate. They speculate their sense of the field could be as obvious as a sort of “heads-up display” in which they literally see the field as a pattern of light or color superimposed on surroundings.
Foxes are omnivores, meaning they’ll feast on a whole variety of food. Red foxes hunt rodents like mice and squirrels, and will also eat rabbits, birds, insects, and reptiles. They’ll help themselves to fruits, veggies, and nuts too. And despite the common misconception, they won’t usually go after someone’s pet cat.
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Liked! That was very revealing about red foxes Riddick. I agree with most of it but their ears could hear a field mouses pin drop. 
chain are vulnerable to a pack of coyotes. Attempts to take small children are rare but occasional cases have been reported only to happily fail when a parent intervenes.
