This nine-week old arctic fox is named Jens. And apparently he really, really likes to jump. And be cute. And make people squee.
Good show, baby Jens. May your life be full of lol-ing and cuteness.
Via The Daily What
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Cute, but sad. A fox raised in such close proximity to humans stands very little chance of being successfully re-introduced into the wild. Baby foxes imprint on humans in a heartbeat.
It might be a baby from a zoo. A lot of zoos have programs where their staff take home babies in order to purposely make them imprint. It makes them easier to handle and somewhat less dangerous.
He could also be a rescue from a fur farm, in which case reintroducing to the wild was never an option to begin with, and he’s far happier right now than he ever would be in a place where fur is “harvested” from live animals.
Do a barrel roll fox!
well artic foxes hop in the snow like that to try to find prey such as lemmings
Well, I’d say the fact that he’s wearing a collar and tag indicates that he ain’t going back to the wild at all! He’s fantastic!
Cute but very very wrong. Its taken man thousands of years to domesticate the cat and dog… people shouldnt be allowed to just start domesticating any animal whenever they feel like it. Especially unique native animals like the Arctic Fox. You aren’t allowed to have a Koala as a pet in Australia. IMO, the Government of the country of hich this video originates (one guess, Canada or the US) need to have a little more respect for animals.
Perhaps we should release all cats and dogs, since it was wrong to domesticate them to begin with…
Look, animals in captivity have far happier and successful and loving lives than they ever do in the wild. There’s just no arguing against that. Be happy for the fox, especially considering most of those being kept in private care were bought off of fur farms.
Seriously ALA, you need to stop posting people having wild animals in pet-like situations. Or at least do more research to make sure they are not being kept as a pet before hand (i.e, if it is a zoo animal).
I just feel sorry that the fox has to listen to such s****y music.
just goes to show how instinct works… that’s how they hunt in long grass and in snow in the wild… i sure hope that this is not someones ‘pet’ and rather a foster for a zoo (though the collar says probably not) or that they have special permission and extenuating circumstances if it is a pet.
Do you need special permission and extenuating circumstances for a dog or cat? May I ask why you need one for a fox and why not for a cat or dog? It doesn’t make a lot of sense, to me, and I’d honestly like to know why you think that way. (Really don’t mean to sound condescending or aggressive here.)
wow. seriously? yes, we’re ALL concerned about the wellfare of this little fox, and all animals on ALA.
but it does come to the point where if the person posting the video was doing anything wrong or breaking any sort of law by having the animal they WOULD NOT post it!! simple as that.
can’t we all just enjoy the cute, innocent moment of this little fox doing something adorable?
Foxes aren’t illegal to own in Canada or the United states. It’s hard to get your hands on one though, especially since this is an artic fox and actually endangered, it is probably, like stated previously from a fur farm. There’s nothing wrong with owning wild canines, they actually probably live their lives better off… Also to the person who stated Australians can’t own Koalas, yes your right, but it’s perfectly legal to own a Dingo, my dog is half dingo and I’m in Canada?! He seems very happy to me and enjoys his best friend who is a half wolf. They both enjoy guarding our horses, as nothing comes close with them both around.
I’m pretty sure he’s a pet, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Arctic foxes have been bred in captivity since the mid 1800s on fur farms. On the farms, they were bred for their ability to survive in small wire cages, and for temperament (nobody wants to run a farm full of foxes that will maul you if given the chance). Dogs may have been developed over centuries, but it probably didn’t take centuries to produce a reliably tame, or domestic, wolf. Look up the Russian Fox Farm Experiment, it only took 50 years to fully domesticate the red fox, and only ten generations of selecting for temperament to produce some foxes that were as tame as dogs.