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24-08-2009, 06:17 PM
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| | | Tree climbing Fox
Today I was watching a young fox in my garden which was at the base of a plum tree, it repeatedly looked up into the tree and then launched itself five feet up to a fork in the trunk. It then proceeded to climb to the top and pulled off a few plums , then very ungracefully half climbed half fell to the ground to eat them, it repeated this several times. Has anyone else seen foxes do this? or should I call Simon King ha ha. |
24-08-2009, 06:27 PM
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| | | Re: Tree climbing Fox
cloud 9
Yes it is common knowledge that Foxes are quite good climbers although as you have noticed, they are no so good in coming down to the ground.
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24-08-2009, 06:56 PM
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| | | Re: Tree climbing Fox
Oh well....thought I`d discovered a new animal star lol |
25-08-2009, 12:16 AM
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| | | Re: Tree climbing Fox
Fascinating to watch, and yes I can confirm they are 'clumsy' at coming down. Over the years I've had a couple of local foxes do this (usually when pigeons have nests). Here's some video I took a couple of years ago. |
25-08-2009, 12:48 PM
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| | | Re: Tree climbing Fox
Great video....the youngster I was watching fell from about ten foot up , more practice needed perhaps. |
25-08-2009, 01:51 PM
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| | | Re: Tree climbing Fox
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Originally Posted by cloud 9  Today I was watching a young fox in my garden which was at the base of a plum tree, it repeatedly looked up into the tree and then launched itself five feet up to a fork in the trunk. It then proceeded to climb to the top and pulled off a few plums , then very ungracefully half climbed half fell to the ground to eat them, it repeated this several times. Has anyone else seen foxes do this? or should I call Simon King ha ha. | Foxes do like fruit, but usually once it has fallen! However, they are agile climbers. We have a youngish oak tree in the enclosure that houses our fox cubs until they go for release & they are regularly seen lying along the branches of it. They seem to enjoy it.
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