This cunning member of the canine family is more than just your local pest but has a way to survive and thrive without humans as well.

Foxes are usually found in grasslands with deer, rabbits and chickens. They have long, thick, curly fur on their belly to protect themselves from some animals bigger than them.

Some features are: fur the colour of their surroundings, their padded paws help them sneak up on prey, their big, pointy ears help them hear prey and their noses help them smell out animal burrows.

They eat mostly chickens, sunflower seeds, deer, rabbit, mice, rats and scraps from dead animals killed by other animals.

The fox will use it’s keen sense of smell to sniff out burrows left behind by other animals to make a home and have it’s cubs in spring.

Have you seen a fox before?