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• The common fox is extremely cautious when in danger and can quickly escape, losing pursuers from sight.
• The cross fox has large ear flaps that act as sound detectors, capturing vibrations. Ears for the fox are "traps" for prey.
• In Canada and northeastern Eurasia, cross foxes living along major rivers almost entirely feed on dead salmon fish that died after spawning in winter.
• The cross fox consumes more than 400 species of animals, not counting several dozen plant species.
• If the father dies, another bachelor male takes his place, and sometimes the foxes even fight each other for the right to become the stepfather.
• In winter, the cross fox actively hunts field mice, listening for their squeaks under the snow cover and jumping into the snow to catch prey.
• Birds are not as important in a fox's diet as rodents, but it can catch a bird if it is on the ground, and also destroys eggs and flightless chicks.
• Several males often court a female red fox, and violent fights occur between them.
• A cross fox marked in the Small Tundra was found 600 km southwest and later killed.
• They are crepuscular.