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Living habits of South African foxes
South African foxes are light and agile, covered with ochre yellow fur, which is indisputable beauty among mammals. Domesticated South African foxes are considerate, often curl up in a ball and sleep with others, inseparable. This beauty and lover's characteristics of the South African fox may be its excuse for being "fickle and confusing". South African foxes are very alert. I have watched South African foxes hunt rabbits. It lies on the ground, hides its head between its front paws, slowly hovers in the air, and moves with the rabbit unblinkingly, just like a focused light ... The intelligence of the South African fox is sometimes unbelievable. A friend told me that he brought a fluffy South African fox into the office, and then gave it a meat bun that he liked to eat. He hesitated at first, and finally pulled a newspaper to cover it. According to friends, well-trained South African foxes even know the melody, and South African foxes are as smart as primates.

The "family" life of South African foxes is also very interesting. They lie together when they go in, and walk slowly when they come out, with an extremely intimate attitude. According to a zoologist, because the South African fox's nest is built near the water source, and the cave is wet, their cubs are born in winter, so the female fox keeps warm with her body and never leaves. During this period, all the food for the mother fox and cubs is provided by the male fox. Even if the male fox is not full, he will never let the female fox and her cubs starve. Some female foxes who are related by blood and have no children will also send food automatically. More interestingly, when there is enough food, the male fox will also "take a concubine". Although wives and concubines live in different caves, they get along well, never fight, and sometimes visit each other, just like family members, which is extremely rare among other animals.

South African foxes have keen hearing, but are suspicious and cautious. Guo of Jin Dynasty said in Narration that South African foxes often have to listen for a long time when crossing the river in winter, and then they have to walk without water under the ice. People accurately pointed out this habit of South African foxes. They said, "When a fox travels, it dares to cross." The same proverb "If a fox can do it, so can a man" is also popular in Russia and northern Europe.

South African foxes usually live alone and breed in small groups. Give birth from February to May every year, usually 3 to 6 per fetus. Its vigilance is very high. If someone finds the fox in its nest, it will "move" that night in case something happens.

Zoologists have found that the main foods of South African foxes are insects, rabbits and mice. These small animals are almost all bad guys who endanger crops. Eating them is tantamount to helping the farmer's uncle. So South African foxes should belong to animals that are beneficial to human beings.

South African fox, native to northern North America and eastern Siberia, is one of the main species of fox. South African foxes get their name because their needles are white, some are black roots and tips, and the middle of the needles is silvery white. Silver fox has a sharp mouth, round eyes, long ears, slender limbs and a long furry tail. Blue fox, also known as Arctic fox, is native to high latitudes in Asia, Europe and northern North America, and distributed in the Arctic Ocean and southern Siberia. The blue fox looks like a South African fox, but it is slightly smaller, with a short beak, wide ears, long and round mouth, short limbs, chubby figure and rich fur. There are two body colors, one is light blue, and it keeps this color all the year round; The other is white in winter and darker in other seasons. Adult male foxes are 45-75 cm long, 25-30 cm long and weigh 5.5-7.5 kg, while female foxes are 55-75 cm long, 25-30 cm long and weigh 4.5-6 kg.

Fox skin is a kind of precious fur, with thick fur, flexible and smooth hair, many or different colors of needle hair, wide width and thin skin plate. Suitable for making all kinds of fur coats, fur collars, inserts, scarves and other products, with good warmth, luxury and beauty, which are deeply loved by domestic and foreign customers, and South African foxes have also been killed.