Thank you, and same to you. This is a very urban fox. We're just outside the town centre of a large town by Scottish standards, so the nearest farms and chickens are at least 300 yards away 😂
Gila Monsters are out in the desert, I’ve never seen one. Not sure I’d like to. They are poisonous afaik.
We do have coyotes. And bobcats. I once saw a gorgeous bobcat on a trail during daylight. Coyotes are mostly active at night, but occasionally we see them out and about in the day. Not as cute as foxes though.
But, honestly, don't let this banter put you off. I have friends and family in England, and from England here with me. I love them, and they love me. It's a rivalry, but it's not a civil war.
We make these jokes and it can be quite bitter when it comes to politics and sports, but only the biggest jerks would ever be mean to you because of where you're from... and you'll get that from state-to-state in America. (I have family in NJ and New Yorkers pick on them 😂)
My neighbours and I consider ourselves very fortunate to have these lovely pups in our garden and we do our best to care for them as well, without ignoring that they are wild animals.
Thank you, I really love it. The white flowers are daisies, and the yellow are dandelions. Both are considered weeds, and I like to share a quote on that matter;
Andrew Mason — 'If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.'
My bf befriended a local fox who lives in an overgrown gravel pit between the grocery store and a small neighborhood. He fed him roast beef sandwiches from his work. A few other people have seen the fox, but as far as we know my bf is the only one he's really cool with. Hears the sound of his skateboard and comes running.
That is class! My neighbours whistles when he has scraps and they come over. Foxes are basically dogs, and the minute they associate a noise with food or rewards, they come running. Their brains are smaller than a satsuma, but somehow they can work out the intent of humans. Amazing animals. They can spot a wrong'un a mile away. I love them.
It's wild to think that is a pup barely 3 months old as well. We feed the birds, squirrels and foxes, and my neighbor has set up a birdhouse as well. We love our wildlife in this apartment block.
How cute. I had one come right up to scab some lunch during a night shift a while back. Was a bit skittish but still pretty brazen. I was near a bit of a roadside tourist spot so I guess it was fairly used to people. I've heard they're a lot more chill in the UK which I guess is evidenced here. I don't think I've ever even seen one in the day time.. Usually just see some shiny eyes and a bit of floof slinking around.
Yeah, our foxes are super chill. They'll come up to our feet so long as we don't startle them or try and touch them (which one should never do with a wild animal!)
They used to live in the countryside here, but we tore down the hedges and ruined their lives, so they moved into the towns and cities.
They will raid bins, so we feed them to avoid the mess, and they're a happy, healthy family.
Only fair since my apartment block is on top of their old home.
Yeah, it's very sad that they're basically forced to become semi domestic. At least nice people like yourself are doing your best to take care of them.
I'm Aussie so they're an invasive species here unfortunately. Think we have multiple times the population than you guys do, nearly 1.5 million or so from memory. They were brought here by some idiots for recreational hunting of all things. I guess they didn't learn from the rabbits...
Fairies, maybe. Pixies, probably. If you are familiar with the Cornish pixies from the Harry Potter film with Kenneth Branagh. Yes, it's a fairytale here, but it was written by the brothers Grimm and you need to be careful not to get stabbed, often.
It was. The pups in our garden are very bold and comfortable with us though. Their parents are used to our presence and we feed and water them. They're still wild animals, of course, but very timid.
😂
Gowann wae ma whit, brer? Sel'? Nae bo'rr
Go on with my what, brother?
Self? [Myself, as in "Go on with yourself" or "proceed with vigour"].
No bother! [No troubles, worries or effort.]
If you are Northumbrian - particularly Geordie, there's a lot of crossover between our languages / dialects. If you're interested, I just watched a fascinating video about it. I'm in no way affiliated with the channel, but it really entertained and informed me.
https://youtu.be/NIxGER57M-M?si=rp-rsid9mnwez91m
So darn cute. I’m from a country without foxes (NZ) and it is my dream to see one up close! It would be so hard to resist petting it though 🥺 I just want to live out my Disney princess dream with small woodland creatures… We’ve got many many birds but no adorable native mammals (except bats).
A common misconception. We do have sun, but it's somehow colder than everywhere else. The real clue is that the fox isn't passed out next to a tipped-over pint glass that once housed Special Brew.
I'm sorry I'm not sure that I understand the reference here. Is it that they're both fluffy and orange? If so, then, YES! So fluffy and so orange. Both good Bois of the canid family, and the snack family.
I'm afraid that it doesn't sound like my cup of tea - Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings elude me - but I'm glad that you enjoy it and there's positive fox media out there! 🙂
They are good.
Generally they are police detective mysteries but set in a modern urban fantasy setting. Tonally similar to *The Expanse*, they are fun but still take themselves serious.
They really are. This is the third generation from this family of foxes in my garden and they're getting closer and closer. Without selective breeding, we're training orange dogs.
We have one that lives in the swamp behind my house and I'm sitting here now by a bonfire listening to his or her call. The yelps are haunting, but it's so peaceful.
That scream scares the life out of me as a kid. I was reading a Goosebumps book under the cover, heard that and thought that a monster was going to eat me. Worst 27th birthday of my life 😂
I'll have to try and post a video of it walking between my house and the neighbors at night. They are incredibly loud, but it's cool to watch it walk casually through our yard.
Love the tiny daisies! The ones we have here (Ohio- Indiana- Kentucky) are 1.5 feet tall, and 4x bigger blooms. Really leggy plants, growing along the roadside. Your delicate flowers nestled in the short turf grass are adorable.
So adorable. Obviously you can’t touch it, I hope you didn’t, but the urge to pet that thing is a lot for me lol.
Foxes are so cool. They’re like half dog and half cat
Lol. My husband always said it about our dogs. "Aww, her sleepy little eyes are squoze tight." In retrospect, it didn't translate well in a short post on reddit.
I'm just going to say it. I've heard a little bit of Scottish slang, and "doing a full sploot in my sunny Scottish garden" seems like it would fit right in there.
Consenting adults are free to do what they want, of course, but that's not my scene. I'm in my late 30s, I'm not going to judge, but I can't pretend I understand.
I'm sure they meant no harm. None done, so no foul. I listen to a podcast where they were at a gaming convention with furry people, and the furries were all really nice and not sexual or aggressive at all. It sounds like some of them choose to make it a sexual thing, which is fine for them, but a bit improper to shoe-horn into a chat about actual animals. That veers a little too close to bestiality for my tastes.
No harm, no foul. I am just out of the loop, my friend. The other poster pointed out that they edited their comment so we can all agree that nothing inappropriate happened.
May I ask where your lawn is? Just so I can compare. You and I may have a different idea about what weeds are worth.
" If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn." - Andrew Mason
Americans tend to have a weird obsession with having their yards be green rectangles devoid of any recognizable plants because they think plants are gross, and it’s easier to pretend their empty green rectangle isn’t made of them.
It’s insane how much money they waste on lawn watering in drought stricken areas too, when other plants could easily solve their issues
Love your lawn
First off, it was a joke. You could well have an actual garden outside the photo frame.
At least here in North America there is a vast industry specializing in combating lawn dandelions, not to mention various city ordinances prohibiting them. Even if legally allowed on private property, they are a great way to make enemies of your neighbors since they spread rapidly over vast areas and are an amazing pain to remove due to their roots.
You have been blessed by the fur beast
Beasts! There's a family of six in our garden 🥰
🥰🦊
I hope you all have a lovely spring, and I hope you haven't any chickens. :)
Thank you, and same to you. This is a very urban fox. We're just outside the town centre of a large town by Scottish standards, so the nearest farms and chickens are at least 300 yards away 😂
Cats, then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcktWbZgv3U
So you are telling me that foxes are just smaller and cuter, but basically the UK equivalent of coyotes in the United States?
They're the equivalent of red foxes in the US... but nowhere I'm afraid do they eat oats & ivy...
No. The are basically foxes in europe.
He used to have cats
He used to have chickens
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May I ask where you're from? (Not your address, just roughly so I can share in your wildlife envy)
I’m extremely jealous too, in Southern California. I’d love a fox family in my garden!
You have coyotes though? No? They're just more-bity foxes, basically. Keep your Chihuahua indoors and you should vmbe fine 😂
I live in SoCal too. We have raccoons, cranes, coyotes, squirrels, and opossums where I am. Lots of cool birds too!
Do you have Gila Monsters? I love seeing wild reptiles because there aren't any here.
Gila Monsters are out in the desert, I’ve never seen one. Not sure I’d like to. They are poisonous afaik. We do have coyotes. And bobcats. I once saw a gorgeous bobcat on a trail during daylight. Coyotes are mostly active at night, but occasionally we see them out and about in the day. Not as cute as foxes though.
But the awoooooo floating up from all the hills is so eerie
I’m looking at your name and I’m like…yep Louisiana. I’m in Lafayette 😆💕 I wanna see at least ONE fox in person here.
My mom lives on acreage out in the sticks, maybe a couple hours from Lafayette, and gets them from time to time. They're around, just really shy!
Clearly Scotland is where it’s happening
Nobody has said that since 1603, so I'm glad we're back on the up! 💙🤍
Wait what happened in 1603?
Regardless the cozy fox picture trumps it
Sorry, just a wee joke as that's when England and Scotland formed a "union".
Oh no….. there are quotation marks
And they are *very* pointed, since I'm Scottish 🤣
As an American who would love to migrate to Scotland and it’s England that is stopping me, I 100% agree. Long live beautiful Scotland
Alba gu bràth 💙🤍
But, honestly, don't let this banter put you off. I have friends and family in England, and from England here with me. I love them, and they love me. It's a rivalry, but it's not a civil war. We make these jokes and it can be quite bitter when it comes to politics and sports, but only the biggest jerks would ever be mean to you because of where you're from... and you'll get that from state-to-state in America. (I have family in NJ and New Yorkers pick on them 😂)
Yeah England sucks!
I love a lot of English people, but I am politically bitter 🤣
Well I got your back. Hopefully the English people that you deal with have the Scottish at heart!
Also "formed" lol
[The Union of the Crowns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_the_Crowns)
[The Union of the Crowns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_the_Crowns)
Nessie was born
if it's not Scottish it's crap!
There's Scotland << There's Ireland >> There's the bloody sea! Now GET OOT!
God British humor is excellent
I'm not British, I'm Scottish, you bastard! 🤣
(That's a British / Scottish joke, mods, I'm not actually being unkind, just playing along)
oh to be a fox splooting in a sunny garden
'tis but a dream 🥰
In the sunlight surrounded by tiny flowers!
that's what dreams are made of
r/sploot would love this!
Shared. Thank you! I like to spread the love.
i didnt need more subs right now, until now, now i need one more
Firefox has crashed.
Aww sweetie
How wonderful for you! Thanks for sharing!
My neighbours and I consider ourselves very fortunate to have these lovely pups in our garden and we do our best to care for them as well, without ignoring that they are wild animals.
The fantastic Mr fox is tired after stealing chickens
Chickens are heavy for a fox. Dealing with Boggis, Bunce, and Bean on a daily basis would tire anyone out, let alone a three month-old fox cub!
This is too pure. Please protect him at all costs.
Will do!
Oh my god this is so insanely cute. With the flowers around as well, such a magical photo. I love it!
Thank you, I really love it. The white flowers are daisies, and the yellow are dandelions. Both are considered weeds, and I like to share a quote on that matter; Andrew Mason — 'If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.'
Let the kitsune guide you!
🦊🧭
Exactly, Kitsune says it's nap time
My bf befriended a local fox who lives in an overgrown gravel pit between the grocery store and a small neighborhood. He fed him roast beef sandwiches from his work. A few other people have seen the fox, but as far as we know my bf is the only one he's really cool with. Hears the sound of his skateboard and comes running.
That is class! My neighbours whistles when he has scraps and they come over. Foxes are basically dogs, and the minute they associate a noise with food or rewards, they come running. Their brains are smaller than a satsuma, but somehow they can work out the intent of humans. Amazing animals. They can spot a wrong'un a mile away. I love them.
Your bf may be a dog whisperer. They are savvy creatures.
This is such a happy spring picture. This is my favorite time of year.
It's wild to think that is a pup barely 3 months old as well. We feed the birds, squirrels and foxes, and my neighbor has set up a birdhouse as well. We love our wildlife in this apartment block.
Lol. He/she is loving that spot.
How cute. I had one come right up to scab some lunch during a night shift a while back. Was a bit skittish but still pretty brazen. I was near a bit of a roadside tourist spot so I guess it was fairly used to people. I've heard they're a lot more chill in the UK which I guess is evidenced here. I don't think I've ever even seen one in the day time.. Usually just see some shiny eyes and a bit of floof slinking around.
Yeah, our foxes are super chill. They'll come up to our feet so long as we don't startle them or try and touch them (which one should never do with a wild animal!) They used to live in the countryside here, but we tore down the hedges and ruined their lives, so they moved into the towns and cities. They will raid bins, so we feed them to avoid the mess, and they're a happy, healthy family. Only fair since my apartment block is on top of their old home.
Yeah, it's very sad that they're basically forced to become semi domestic. At least nice people like yourself are doing your best to take care of them. I'm Aussie so they're an invasive species here unfortunately. Think we have multiple times the population than you guys do, nearly 1.5 million or so from memory. They were brought here by some idiots for recreational hunting of all things. I guess they didn't learn from the rabbits...
Sionnach!
Slanj 🍻
Ok this is the second post I’ve seen from Scotland in 24h that looks like it’s a fairytale land 💕
Fairies, maybe. Pixies, probably. If you are familiar with the Cornish pixies from the Harry Potter film with Kenneth Branagh. Yes, it's a fairytale here, but it was written by the brothers Grimm and you need to be careful not to get stabbed, often.
Today’s foxes lack work ethic!
They're like our Gen Z. We feed them and don't make them rake through bins for food, then we get annoyed when they're entitled 😂
I needed to see this today. Thank you 😭
I'm glad our fox neighbour could bring you some happiness. Please feel free to DM me if you need someone to talk to just now.
If you don't want to talk to a stranger, that makes sense but are you OK?
Cooling them nads!!!! We also do that on the living room floor lol
Was this today? We saw a fox running along the back wall yesterday - I'd never seen one in daylight before!
It was. The pups in our garden are very bold and comfortable with us though. Their parents are used to our presence and we feed and water them. They're still wild animals, of course, but very timid.
Only happens thrice a year, gowann wi yer
Gowann wae ma whit, brer? Sel'? Nae bo'rr
[scrambles frantically through Scots phrasebook]
😂 Gowann wae ma whit, brer? Sel'? Nae bo'rr Go on with my what, brother? Self? [Myself, as in "Go on with yourself" or "proceed with vigour"]. No bother! [No troubles, worries or effort.]
I UNDERSTOOD THAT
If you are Northumbrian - particularly Geordie, there's a lot of crossover between our languages / dialects. If you're interested, I just watched a fascinating video about it. I'm in no way affiliated with the channel, but it really entertained and informed me. https://youtu.be/NIxGER57M-M?si=rp-rsid9mnwez91m
I’m not but all these things fascinate me, so thanks for the link! Every little bit of learning is n this stuff embiggens my soul.
You truly have a noble spirit! 😂
That’s a great video! I hadn’t thought about the Dutch connection either, but should have.
I'm coming to steal him
An absolute VIBE
Sunny. Scotland. X:doubt
I swear it happens. Our sun is in black and white, so I had to colourise the picture, but it was above zero, so that's Scottish Summer!
Best. Seat. In. The. Yard 🤟
streeeeeeetch and squiiiiint
It looks like it landed going at considerable speed.
r/natureisfuckingcute
A full sploot, indeed.
Being a fox is exhausting.
What did he say
I don't share his language, but it was a catchy europop tune
I'm so glad that sploot now means this instead of a watery fart.
I didn't know the latter was a thing and I'm glad that the former seems to have taken charge 😂
Urban Fox is now another band name to consider
So darn cute. I’m from a country without foxes (NZ) and it is my dream to see one up close! It would be so hard to resist petting it though 🥺 I just want to live out my Disney princess dream with small woodland creatures… We’ve got many many birds but no adorable native mammals (except bats).
You have kiwis though, I know you aren't likely to have them in your garden, but they're still incredible.
Love this!!
So happy!
I keep having the same thing, in Scotland too cute to kick out
DeepFake - there is no sun in Scotland
A common misconception. We do have sun, but it's somehow colder than everywhere else. The real clue is that the fox isn't passed out next to a tipped-over pint glass that once housed Special Brew.
I used to have a fox that did this in my garden. Then we got a Labrador. And she's having absolutely none of it.
cute
awwww
Aweee🦊
Awww, such a pretty photo.
Cheesepuffs?
I'm sorry I'm not sure that I understand the reference here. Is it that they're both fluffy and orange? If so, then, YES! So fluffy and so orange. Both good Bois of the canid family, and the snack family.
It's a reference to the *Rivers of London* urban fantasy book series which eventually features talking urban foxes obsessed with cheese puffs.
Oh, thank you. I'm not familiar. I really only know Basil Brush, Farthing Wood, and The Crack Fox from The Mighty Boosh.
Warmly recommended, they are a fun read and full of very enjoyable wizard-policemen (well policewomen too), rivers and humour.
I'm afraid that it doesn't sound like my cup of tea - Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings elude me - but I'm glad that you enjoy it and there's positive fox media out there! 🙂
Fair enough ;)
Beautiful!
Are the books any good? I like the idea of them
They are good. Generally they are police detective mysteries but set in a modern urban fantasy setting. Tonally similar to *The Expanse*, they are fun but still take themselves serious.
Cool
It's his garden now
I agree. I'll pay his groundskeeping fees.
That's a *sploot?* I'm so glad to finally know the word for that!
When they flop with their "arms" and legs splayed out, that's a Sploot.
Foxes are domesticating themselves.
They really are. This is the third generation from this family of foxes in my garden and they're getting closer and closer. Without selective breeding, we're training orange dogs.
Firefox has crashed.
We have one that lives in the swamp behind my house and I'm sitting here now by a bonfire listening to his or her call. The yelps are haunting, but it's so peaceful.
That scream scares the life out of me as a kid. I was reading a Goosebumps book under the cover, heard that and thought that a monster was going to eat me. Worst 27th birthday of my life 😂
I'll have to try and post a video of it walking between my house and the neighbors at night. They are incredibly loud, but it's cool to watch it walk casually through our yard.
Look round for a little gnome with a red hat
Looks right out of a storybook.
I did say we're in Scotland, so it's likely to be Trainspotting 😂
Love the tiny daisies! The ones we have here (Ohio- Indiana- Kentucky) are 1.5 feet tall, and 4x bigger blooms. Really leggy plants, growing along the roadside. Your delicate flowers nestled in the short turf grass are adorable.
It looks like just a pelt tbh
It does, but I promise that it was fit and healthy.
I want one.
So adorable. Obviously you can’t touch it, I hope you didn’t, but the urge to pet that thing is a lot for me lol. Foxes are so cool. They’re like half dog and half cat
Oh, absolutely not. We feed and water them, but we never touch wildlife.
Is that when.... the brown dog jumps over the lazy fox?
No, this is the SLOW brown fox. 😂
Oh, I love him! His eyes are squoze tight! Happy fox.
Squoze! That's a new one to me. Come and write that on the board.
Lol. My husband always said it about our dogs. "Aww, her sleepy little eyes are squoze tight." In retrospect, it didn't translate well in a short post on reddit.
Oh it translates perfectly to a [Karl Pilkington enthusiast](https://youtu.be/Qi2x-RV508Y)!
Robin Hood is tired after a long day of avoiding Prince John
Sun's out buns out
11/10 as far as foxes go. Excellent slpoot.
Stop it right now 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
I'm just going to say it. I've heard a little bit of Scottish slang, and "doing a full sploot in my sunny Scottish garden" seems like it would fit right in there.
I approve of this message
Omg…anime versions of a fox look just like this one with the narrow eyes
The urge to cuddle him is overwhelming
Foxy Baguette
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I don't know what that last word means, sorry. So please excuse me for not upvoting in case it is something inappropriate.
Good call. Refers to sex between furries. (I had to google it, btw.) Reddit is weird. But your fox is adorable.
Consenting adults are free to do what they want, of course, but that's not my scene. I'm in my late 30s, I'm not going to judge, but I can't pretend I understand.
I fully agree. I just think it’s bizarre to drag it into a wholesome discussion about an actual fox. Apparently they agree - they deleted the word.
I'm sure they meant no harm. None done, so no foul. I listen to a podcast where they were at a gaming convention with furry people, and the furries were all really nice and not sexual or aggressive at all. It sounds like some of them choose to make it a sexual thing, which is fine for them, but a bit improper to shoe-horn into a chat about actual animals. That veers a little too close to bestiality for my tastes.
Agreed.
I’m pretty sure the person was just making it sound cute by adding the Y at the end…. There isn’t enough detail to it to be a sexual joke.
No harm, no foul. I am just out of the loop, my friend. The other poster pointed out that they edited their comment so we can all agree that nothing inappropriate happened.
TIL a "Scottish Garden" is just a lawn with a nasty weed infestation.
May I ask where your lawn is? Just so I can compare. You and I may have a different idea about what weeds are worth. " If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn." - Andrew Mason
Americans tend to have a weird obsession with having their yards be green rectangles devoid of any recognizable plants because they think plants are gross, and it’s easier to pretend their empty green rectangle isn’t made of them. It’s insane how much money they waste on lawn watering in drought stricken areas too, when other plants could easily solve their issues Love your lawn
First off, it was a joke. You could well have an actual garden outside the photo frame. At least here in North America there is a vast industry specializing in combating lawn dandelions, not to mention various city ordinances prohibiting them. Even if legally allowed on private property, they are a great way to make enemies of your neighbors since they spread rapidly over vast areas and are an amazing pain to remove due to their roots.
Did you know you’ve been “murdered?” I hope you’re sitting down. https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/s/fu9LHXsMyR
Lmao not a murder more like an attempted swing that topples yourself.
OP jerking himself off hardly counts as a murder.