Fox: facts, danger and how to survive it
A shy hunter of rabbits, squirrels and birds. It avoids you, but bites if it is cornered or hurt.
About the real animal
The Indian fox is a small, fast fox of open country and scrub, about the size of a cat, with a grey-fawn coat and a black-tipped tail. It lives in burrows, hunts mostly at dusk and through the night, and eats rodents, insects, birds, eggs and fruit. A fox has very good hearing and uses a high pounce to catch small prey in grass. The red fox, also found in the Himalayas and across the northern hemisphere, is larger and rust-coloured. Foxes avoid people and fight only when they are cornered.
In the game
Foxes are shy hunters of rabbits, squirrels and birds. A fox avoids you, and it will run if you approach, but it will bite if you corner it or injure it. It is not a threat unless you chase it into a corner. A fox gives little meat and one hide. There are two kinds in the game, the red fox and the Bengal fox, chosen at random.
Quick facts
| Found in | mixed woodland, pine forest, meadows |
|---|---|
| Active | by day and by night |
| Eats | meat |
| Temper | timid: it runs when it senses you |
| Strength | 12 health |
| Speed | walks at 1.8 m/s, runs at 9 m/s (you walk at 4 m/s and sprint at 7.5 m/s) |
| Attack | about 5 damage a hit, reach 1.3 m |
| Yields | 1 to 2 meat, 1 hide |
What to do
Not a threat unless you corner it.
More from this group
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- 🐆CougarA silent ambush hunter.
- 🐗Wild boarSturdy and short-tempered, rooting in the undergrowth in family groups.
- 🐻BearBig, strong and usually calm.
- 🐻Sloth bearA shaggy, black bear with a pale V on its chest and long claws, made for raiding termite mounds.
- 🧸Bear cubA small bear that stays near its mother.
- 🐍King cobraLies coiled with its hood spread when it is still, hisses as a warning and strikes if you step too close; it uncoils and glides away when it sets off.
- 🦔Indian crested porcupineA slow night forager with long banded quills.
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