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Published: 2007-06-21 06:51:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 827; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 0
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shot this photo one afternoon in april, 2004, at my husband's work (a mile away from our home in idaho's rocky mountains).i suppose this is a red fox, "silver phase" whatever that means (i mean, is it just a phase, or are they permanently mixed gray, black and red?)
i was able to make several photos, as the fox wasn't very afraid.
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there is a silver morph of the red fox... you can tell he's a red because he has the black "stockings" on his feet!
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It's a cross fox. :3 They're my favorite! <3 I even have cross fox characters that I've drawn :3
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thanks - i took a peek at your drawings - cute work
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You're welcome, 
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Beautiful shot of a cross fox. <3
And to answer your question from the description, no red foxes never change color from red to black and back.
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Ooh, wow, a cross fox! You don't see those too often!
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well, I see them all the time
but, i suppose they're rare for the rest of the country
thanks for the fave and the comment
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You're welcome!
(and also lucky XD)
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I have never seen a crossed fox...
Send him over to Virginia. No... he'd need air holes to breathe in a box...
I'd love to see one though. I just don't know anyone in Idaho 
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well, then i guess you'll have to be content with photos. but, that's what i'm here for
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definitely looks like a cross fox to me :3 [Cross fox occur when a ordinary coloured red fox mates with one that kept its black or silver coat... Consequently the offspring will keep characteristic markings of each and typically have a cross shape on their backs :3]
Very nice catch though 
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sounds like you live in a rural or mountainous area too?
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Rural for sure. It's pretty hilly, but no real mountains :3 For those I'd have to drive about 2-3 hours :3 There's pretty sizeable forests out where I am, but also a lot of open farmland too. There's a forest across from my house and a giant field behind mine [which belongs to my neighbour].
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sounds perfect for seeing wildlife
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indeed it is! There are usually white tails around because of all the corn in the fields, and occasional fox, opossums, raccoon and skunk... and a more recent development is cougars and black bear :3 I haven't seen the either one of those yet personally, but my friends have had the cougars in their back yards!
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i wish we had opossums here - i remember seeing a baby (or young one) that had gotten into my grandma's kitchen in ohio - when i was a kid.
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They are adorable :3 I saw a baby one behind my dorm last year when I was at school.... I'm hoping it wasn't orphaned by the road :<
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Cute shot.
He's not entirely silver, yet though - it's spring in april, right? ,,xD
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thanks
i'm not certain that these foxes change color over the seasons. up in the mountains where i took this shot, our winters often last into april. i remember when my son was born april 8th, we were racing down snow covered roads (i remember because it made me very, very nervous)
so... i would think this fox would not have had enough time to replace much color. and, when i see these foxes in the winter walking over the snow, they look the same, maybe just thicker fur.
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looks kind of like a cross fox, actually
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that's what i first thought - that it was a cross-breed fox, then i did some googling, and found that crosses between red and gray foxes don't really happen - there's just these foxes that have mixed coloring that made people think that. from all the things i read, these color combinations are common in the native fox (not the european red foxes that were brought over and released to be hunted).
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I mean like a cross-fox, like it has um.. black fur that paths along it's back and down it's shoulders in the shape of a cross. †
I forget the scientific name they call it. I dunno, I think it's kind of stupid to give one species of fox so many different scientific names depending on the color of it's fur.
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ach so... interesting. i'd never heard of foxes with a special name for the pattern of fur over their backs.
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There is such a thing as a grey fox - the red fox are dying off because of some kind of parasite. I am so amazed that he is standing still and staring at you like that - I mean, I know you're CUTE, but still ...
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Very nice capture! His legs are so dark and the rest of him has lighter highlights... Very interesting!
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thanks - i liked that shading too - reminds me of cave drawings at ... that french cave
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well..we humans have our "silver phase" too...in fact i dont think he looks like he's not scared....He's just wishing he had the energy to run ....
Great shot !
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What white man can say I ever stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.~ Chief Sitting Bull , last Sioux to defy the thefts of the U.S. Government.
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har har har
*starts wheezing*
don't make me laugh, old man, you know it makes me reach for my oxygen tank
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Hands you a long-acting Albuterol pill ..They are candy coated now you know !!
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*runs to check parent to see just what the heck we were talking about in the first place...*
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Wow what a incredible shot. He looks just as curious at you as you are of him.
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that's just what i was thinking when i was following him around - he kept turning to look at me, and never ran (though he got further and further away from me - in time)
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It is funny how some animals may seem cautious of humans they are still curious. When I was younger I saw a doe behind a cabin we were staying at and it just stared at me, I went over to check it out and my mom said "no don't approach it, because if there is a baby around more than likely there is a protective mommy around."
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i'm guessing either it had zero experience with humans, hence the lack of fear... or it gets fed by humans, hence the lack of fear
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strange - coulda sworn i'd replied to this already - anyhoo... thanks
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