Tag: foxes

why-animals-do-the-thing:

maythefoxbewithyou:

allmyeggmateshateyou:

c0ffeecunt:

vvhatmighthavebeenlost:

joannanullo:

betweenlinebreaks:

Are we sure that foxes are canines? Are we sure they aren’t just big stupid cats?

Ugh what a cutie

I NEED IT

I need 12

foxes aren’t canines…

WELL, they’re certainly not felines.

I’m going to textgrab from this post by prokopetz:

I often see foxes referred to as “catdogs” on Tumblr, but I wonder if folks realise how true that really is.

There’s a phenomenon called convergent evolution that occurs when two taxonomically unrelated species exploit the same ecological niche. The features that are needed to best take advantage of a given niche are pretty much the same everywhere you go; thus, over time, those species will become anatomically and behaviourally similar, even though they’re completely unrelated.

And foxes? Foxes are what you get when an ecosystem has no native small felines, so a canine species evolves to take advantage of the ecological niche that would have been exploited by a small feline, if one existed.

In other words, a fox is literally what you get when a dog tries to cat.

So, in a way…

the-real-seebs:

saltwatersummons:

illegalist-pearl:

wherehipposdrome:

prokopetz:

I often see foxes referred to as “catdogs” on Tumblr, but I wonder if folks realise how true that really is.

There’s a phenomenon called convergent evolution that occurs when two taxonomically unrelated species exploit the same ecological niche. The features that are needed to best take advantage of a given niche are pretty much the same everywhere you go; thus, over time, those species will become anatomically and behaviourally similar, even though they’re completely unrelated.

And foxes? Foxes are what you get when an ecosystem has no native small felines, so a canine species evolves to take advantage of the ecological niche that would have been exploited by a small feline, if one existed.

In other words, a fox is literally what you get when a dog tries to cat.

Conversely, hyenas are the feliform attempt at constructing a dog.

foxes and hyenas are the best

Convergent evolution is basically one of the coolest things ever.

Convergent evolution is at least two of the coolest things ever, but they’re very similar and it can be hard to tell them apart.

thebibliosphere:

betweenmayandjuly:

Aaannnd it’s done!!! 2 hours, watercolour, a fox from a weirdly angled reference my senior chose. Oh well.

(I’m actually productive before noon holy shit)

Dedicated to @thebibliosphere who seems to be in immense pain for the entirety of my livepainting. Hope you feel better soon, tumblr mum. Have a smiling fox.

Obligatory tagging: @hamletlaertes & @elementalcrystals

Ohhh myyy god??? This is so pure and sweet and LOOK HOW AMAZING THIS IS LOOK *wild flailing*

lastqueenofmars:

askragtatter:

wukodork:

tbh as awesome as that scene from Zootopia is I can’t help but laugh a little at Judy’s “It’s not a bunny would go savage” since rabbits can be really fucking aggressive meanwhile foxes are typically afraid of everything.

As someone who breeds angora rabbits AND owns a pet fox, I can 100% verify this. Rabbits can and will fuck you up. I had a rabbit named Hazard–you could not safely reach into her cage without welding gloves, because she would lunge and latch onto your arm and shake her head like a fucking dog. I have SCARS from rabbits.

My fox, meanwhile, is afraid of the dark. He’s afraid of the vacuum cleaner. He fears grasshoppers and cats. He fears strangers. He fears rabbits.

Idk that rounds up the metaphor even better