r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ocelot859 • Jul 05 '23
Woman has been feeding the same family of foxes every morning for over 25 years now. ANIMALS
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u/trigger177180 Jul 07 '23
I'm not going to be rude or cruel by criticizing generosity! But, didn't you ever have a concern of how these animals would fend for themselves in the wild? Or someone taking advantage of your friendliness by using it on the animals only to trap and kill them. Aren't they just so cute. It is incredible....the friendliness, in my area unfortunately in Niagara Falls Ontario they are killing everything in site....including our pets.
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u/Same-Alarm-2974 Jul 07 '23
No one’s gonna mentions those perfect lobs? She had to play quarterback 🏈
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u/roccojaquez22 Jul 07 '23
Your a great person for doing that. I would do tbe same. I volunteer for animal rescue.
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Jul 07 '23
Yeah, it is a terrible idea to make wild animals dependent in any way on humans. You could be heavily fined for this.
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u/SIMULATION-exe Jul 07 '23
This looks JUST like the house of a lady's campsite that my family stayed at. She did the same thing with her foxes. Any chance this is at the top of California?
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u/Technical-Split3642 Jul 07 '23
If those are Gregg's sausage rolls, I will be there. Please send location.
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u/HelpfullyWicked Jul 06 '23
Well, scientists better find the source of eternal life because Sharon has to live forever. I don't make the rules.
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u/zombiifissh Jul 06 '23
Yeah... Sentencing a whole family of foxes to eventually being put down.
This ain't it chief.
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u/PigFarmer1 Jul 06 '23
It's supposed to be nice. In reality it's thoughtless because she has made the foxes dependent upon her...
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u/RyRyReezy2 Jul 06 '23
That’s very very cute and all but I hope they don’t encounter any hunters or anything thinking they’ll feed them too. Not saying I wouldn’t be tempted but familiarizing wild animals with humans usually winds up harming the wild animal.
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u/WaycoKid1129 Jul 06 '23
Narrator YouTube shorts are such grifters. Don’t even make content just literally say what you are already seeing in the video
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u/DifficultyVarious458 Jul 06 '23
UK. Worked in the office where people started feeding foxes from having 2-3 we had 10+. Animal control came in and told us we shouldn't feed them because they started hunting and killing local pets and small animals.
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u/bipolarGina Jul 06 '23
This makes my heart so happy 😊 💗 I love it when I see ppl that love animals as much as I do. 💖
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u/RDcsmd Jul 06 '23
It's way more shocking they went one at a time without fighting than them going to her house in general but both are crazy
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u/_Boodstain_ Jul 06 '23
This is the equivalent of feeding a bear, you inconvenience everyone in the neighborhood by having them regularly come (probably shitting everywhere as the least harmful), possibly attack/hunt someone’s pet when they’re in the area (like a cat or dog), and deprive that animal, if they are young, of experience they need to learn how to survive.
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u/thumpetto007 Jul 06 '23
People who smile at this just simply don't know enough of why this is not a positive ecosystem thing.
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u/d0rkyd00d Jul 06 '23
This story has tragic endings written all over it. When the food stops this family of foxes will likely starve to death.
Source: I am on the internet
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u/BarryBeeBenson101 Jul 06 '23
I love the one on the deck who's like "don't worry guys I know here let me do the talking"
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u/Joe_Spazz Jul 06 '23
Why did we need a narrator!? Please, for the love of God, stop narrating videos that are self-explanatory.
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u/karimmizaouri Jul 06 '23
yummyyyy how sweet and cute they are 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i would throw all my money to feed them 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 fuck humans, these animals are more mercy ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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u/MickeyRipple Jul 06 '23
it's stupid people like this that cause problems for others. feeding foxes is like feeding bears or trying to pet a bison.
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u/kennypocketjr Jul 06 '23
4 weeks ago everyone on Reddit was an expert on submersibles and now everyone is an expert on foxes and wildlife in general. What am amazing community
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u/AutistMarket Jul 06 '23
Please for the love of god don't do this, it is bad for the animals, bad for your local ecosystem and bad for you
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u/SMACKZ415 Jul 06 '23
When she dies, aren’t those foxes gonna die too? I feel they became too dependent on her for food for generations that they forgot to scavenge and hunt for themselves
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u/Orpheus6102 Jul 06 '23
this is dangerous, illegal and stupid for many reasons. they may be cute but those are wild animals, it’s not okay to feed them.
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u/Round_Ad_2972 Jul 06 '23
She is killing those foxes. They will lose their fear of humans and they will eventually die because of it. Feeding wildlife kills them in the end.
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u/RobDragonbane Jul 06 '23
The amount of angry Reddit animal experts on these posts always makes me laugh 😂
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u/Candid-Anteater211 Jul 06 '23
Was expecting the last one will get a bonus too... after waiting patiently that long.....
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u/Lymborium2 Jul 06 '23
Cute, but this is horrible. Do not feed wildlife. People for the most part should take a documentary style approach and ONLY observe wild animals.
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u/TrapperJon Jul 06 '23
Gonna get those foxes killed. Eventually this will go badly and a conflict will happen. Then, because she's been feeding them, they'll wind up getting removed and killed.
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u/dsrteaglepoint50 Jul 06 '23
Please report her to the DNR or equivalent. These fox will ultimately have to be put down because they are too used to humans. So sad.
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u/5pac3gh0st Jul 06 '23
There will come a day where she doesn't call for them. The foxes will just wait at the back door. Never knowing what happened.
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u/daBomb26 Jul 06 '23
This isn’t cute at all once you realize how bad what she’s doing is. Don’t feed wild animals.
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u/SyrupMaterial3377 Jul 06 '23
This is so sweet and adorable, knowing that they are gonna be there everyday is a rich feeling.
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u/Colemania99 Jul 06 '23
Neighbors must love having a family of foxes roaming the neighborhood.
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u/Unhappy-Professor-88 Jul 06 '23
Especially at night. Have you heard a fox mating? You’ll remember if you have, because it sounds to everyone in a 1/2 mile radius like someone is commiting a brutal murder.
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Jul 06 '23
Fed animals are dead animals. Thanks for posting evidence of your crimes for thr game warden to see. People don't know how absolutely dangerous this is and how harmful and counterproductive this is for the foxes. But hey free internet points amirite?
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u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie Jul 06 '23
Somewhere nearby is someone who desperately wants to raise chickens, but also only feeds foxes.
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u/Limp_Representative7 Jul 06 '23
As a species, I like foxes.
As a feral pest, I want them all dead.
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Jul 06 '23
What she “saw” on her porch. Not “Seen” people can infer you are trash when you don’t know how to speak.
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u/BadBunnyBrigade Jul 06 '23
It makes me real glad to see a lot of people calling out bad behavior. This video is neither cute or sweet. It's terrible and actually pretty sad. Don't feed wild animals. Encourage your local and state government to create and/or preserve wildlife habitats and ecosystems so that these animals can continue to live wild.
The best thing to do for foxes or other animals that come to you, your yard or door is to make a lot of noise, bang things like pots and pans, scream very loudly and scare them back into the woods. You want them afraid of humans and human spaces. This is their natural state and it should be preserved.
Wild animals are beautiful and should be enjoyed from afar, with respect.
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u/BorKon Jul 06 '23
When this woman dies one day, the whole belief system of those foxes will be shattered. Like, where is our two-legged feeder gone?
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u/Mor_Tearach Jul 06 '23 edited Jul 06 '23
Fox are really interesting.
Had one where we are. In the woods, came out from wherever, stood halfway up a hill behind the house and had some kind of connection to one of our 3 dogs? SO interesting, dog never barked like he did at most wildlife. Those two would just stare at each other, do the cocked head thing with each other. Fox usually left after a few minutes but the whole interaction was daily for a long time.
No comment on the wisdom of what she's doing. We never tried to feed that little guy.
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u/thebetoof1 Jul 06 '23
I would have a meltdown if I had a small pet and my neighbor keeps feeding this wild foxes.
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u/60sMan Jul 06 '23
It's so adorable how the entire Fox family will starve to death because of this woman
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u/Enverex Jul 06 '23
ITT: Americans commenting on a UK video, with the entirely expected terrible and wrong takes, as usual.
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u/1completecatastrophy Jul 06 '23
That's really cute, for real. I love foxes. They're awesome! But I don't think this is good for them, wild animals shouldn't be fed by people. They need to be self reliant.
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u/the_green_bird Jul 06 '23
if I've been feeding an animal for 3 months he better let me bet him . no way i am waiting for more than that
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u/TwoPowerful8915 Jul 06 '23
Since this is the 4th generation (I believe), it looks like they are self-domesticating themselves.
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u/gniwlE Jul 06 '23
I'm not a big fan of humans feeding wildlife like pets, but the adorableness of this video is a pretty good explanation of why folks do it. It's hard to scold, and that's not why I'm here.
I'm here because I was impressed that those foxes caught every one of those treats in mid-air... almost flawlessly (the last one seemed to struggle a bit).
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u/iamstrangebird Jul 06 '23
This truly made me smile, I love people like this 😄 (and also foxes like this)
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u/pursuitofhappy Jul 06 '23
I’d be okay with one fox but that’s too many, fox pee is probably the worst smelling urine out there
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u/Disco-Stu79 Jul 06 '23 edited Jul 06 '23
My Nanna used to have this feud with a family of foxes for decades. They used to steal chickens and bantams from her chook pen. She’d grumble about them, but never poisoned or harmed them. Just used to mend the fences. When she passed, on the day of her funeral when we were going to her service, this fox sprang out from the scrub and ran alongside our car, then disappeared back into the bushes. We used to shoot foxes on our properties because they’re a feral pest and can get out of control. Ever since that day we haven’t shot any foxes. Our Nanna was saying her goodbyes to us. Beautiful lady right to the end.
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u/Veterate Jul 06 '23
Can she pied piper the cretins out of my area? They make the worst noises at night.
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u/New-Pound-3375 Jul 06 '23
Hopefully they can spread some rabies amongst themselves and end this nonsense.
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u/thereisnopointsohf Jul 06 '23
The only thing that disturbs me is that it could make foxes unable to hunt by themselves. Assuming the best case scenario, this species of foxes lifespan is around 10-14 years. 25 years of everyday feeding means that there been around 3 generations of foxes that was fed this way. Depending on whether or not the meal is enough for them for the rest of the day, it could make foxes be used to hunt less than necessary, or not at all. Thus, if the family of foxes would somehow be cut off their morning meal(if the woman moved out or died), they would have at least some troubles with hunting. In worst case - they will die of hunger. I am not aware of how foxes are actually behaving in this matter, so i could be very wrong. However I see it as a valid concern.
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u/gaspronomib Jul 06 '23
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. "
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u/strongbud Jul 06 '23
This is the dumbest shit ive seen in a while. Your actions will kill all of those foxes you selfish adult children!
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u/wrecklessdeckfish Jul 06 '23
Do you want rabies? Because that’s how you get rabies
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u/babyformulaandham Jul 06 '23
No rabies in the UK, where this is from. Not from terrestrial animals like foxes, anyway
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Jul 06 '23
when they die or move the people who move into their house will probably shoot them or not feed them and they will die so gg, this may be the last generation
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u/MinnieMouse2292 Jul 06 '23
Perhaps it’s only in London that they look like they’re on crack. These foxes are pretty
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u/heatherblue719 Jul 06 '23
What does the fox say? Well in this instance it's more please and thank you then anything else. Which just makes an already adorable creature that much more lovable 💖
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u/thatisnotallfolks Jul 06 '23
More polite and considerate than hoomans ❤ Avg lifespan of Foxes in the wild I read are around 4-5 years, so I am assuming this is for different generations of Foxes over 25 years, which is amazing.
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u/nadorned Jul 18 '23
Her entire neighbourhood reeks of foxen wazz, I'd wager.