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Lifer
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Twice my cat has tangled with foxes in the back yard. And both times my cat got the better of the fox.
I still see them in the back yard and they don't seem to fear humans. They only get about 10-12 pounds though, so they look bigger than they are.

 

irishScott

Lifer
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Originally posted by: aircooled
Twice my cat has tangled with foxes in the back yard. And both times my cat got the better of the fox.
I still see them in the back yard and they don't seem to fear humans. They only get about 10-12 pounds though, so they look bigger than they are.


Back when I lived in PA there was a large leech field across from my house. A groundhog decided to make a nest there. A fox came a few days later and snatched up 2 of baby groundhogs (I saw 6), and started prowling around th hole (where the rest had retreated). Fox came to close, Mother groundhog jumpe4d out and tor the thing's nose up (brutally, hung on for a sec or 2) and ran back down the hole. Fox tried to follow, but got another bite out of that and ran off into the bordering woods. Wish I'd taped it. Saw it through a telescope.
 

Chiropteran

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Nov 14, 2003
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This is why i hate snopes.

It says true, yet when you read the Origins section it's blatantly clear that it's not.

Many are the other way around, the status says "false" and then when you read the rest of the entry you realize it's not really proven false, just assumed.
 

NuclearNed

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May 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: Chiropteran
This is why i hate snopes.

It says true, yet when you read the Origins section it's blatantly clear that it's not.

Many are the other way around, the status says "false" and then when you read the rest of the entry you realize it's not really proven false, just assumed.

Claim: Photograph shows an eagle taking a fox away from a partially-eaten carcass.

Status: True

Now what isn't true about this claim that is refuted by the origins section?
 

KK

Lifer
Jan 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Chiropteran
This is why i hate snopes.

It says true, yet when you read the Origins section it's blatantly clear that it's not.

Many are the other way around, the status says "false" and then when you read the rest of the entry you realize it's not really proven false, just assumed.

Claim: Photograph shows an eagle taking a fox away from a partially-eaten carcass.

Status: True

Now what isn't true about this claim that is refuted by the origins section?

I guess it wasnt a photograph, but a digital picture.
 

Chiropteran

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Nov 14, 2003
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Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Claim: Photograph shows an eagle taking a fox away from a partially-eaten carcass.

Status: True

Now what isn't true about this claim that is refuted by the origins section?


1. It wasn't a photo taken by a hunter in Montana.

2. It wasn't an eagle taking a fox away from a partially-eaten carcass, it was the eagle defending it's right to the carcass.