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Anonymous
There is a fox living in my neighborhood. It comes out during the day, and isn't afraid of humans. I have not seen it myself, but my neighbors have. Is it rabid?
pic is not the fox
>> Anonymous
How should we know based on that? If it tries to bite you then run away.
>> Anonymous
>>299991
Is it normal for a fox to come out during the day and not be afraid of humans? It hasn't been agressive.
>> Anonymous
It could be that people have fed him in the past.

He may not be rabid, but it's probably not a good idea to go near it in the event that it might be, also it may be carrying some unknown disease.
>> Anonymous
>>299990

First off, you're a dumbass for thinking that we would know if it's rabid from the amount of information given.

Now that we have that out of the way, if it's really living in your neighborhood, it's probably just been habituated to humans. Unfortunately this is often the result of people having fed it; their natural fear of humans goes away if they become used to humans giving handouts. While not usually aggressive, they CAN get aggressive if they don't get what they want: more food.
>> Anonymous
Guess it depends on the area. I've recently moved from an urban area to a country area, and I tell you, the fuckers around here are hundred times as bold and the size of a medium dog. Last week I ended up in a staring competition with one, in bright, broad daylight and it just had this look on its face as if to say, "Well, what are you going to do, shoot me?" It's weird; the ones in the urban areas were shy and small but the ones around here are huge and game. You'd think that with all the farmers around here, who'd shoot/poison/trap a fox as soon as look at them, it would be the other way around.
>> Anonymous
I watched The Dark Knight last weekend at a cinema near the city borders.
We came out to our car at ~ 23:30 and smoked before driving home. THEN SUDDENLY! 20 meters away i saw a fox for the first time IRL. I was stunned to see a fox in the City but i figured it was okay because there's a forest not far away.
Ok so we stood and wondered if this was a grown fox because he was rather small, when he walked up to the FUCKING CROSSWALK, watched for cars and walked over......i pissed my pants with laughter. Mr. Fox sure is smart!
>> Anonymous
Seems like foxes are in the middle of domesticating themselves. This is pretty much what happened to wolves and wild cats too: first they noticed there was an untapped food resource close to human habitation, then the boldest individuals began to take advantage of it, slowly the ones that were least afraid of humans began to prosper and timid and agressive ones lost out, then humans discovered they could be useful and eventually began to tame and breed them. We haven't got to the part where humans have thought of a use to these bold foxes, but if we ever get there, hello pet foxes!