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Fast Facts

• foxes can swim, but only if they have to.
• about 5 to 8 foxes come in a litter
• red foxes once lived in Australia
• red foxes are the most common
• there are no foxes in Antarctica
• silver and fennec foxes can be pets

Foxes eat almost everything, and if they have to, they'll eat berries.

Fennec foxes have big ears to insulate heat in the desert, where they live. Arctic foxes have small ears to keep warm. Remember it like this: fennec foxes have big ears to stay cool and arctic foxes have small ears so they don't get frostbite! 

Silver fox:
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Silver foxes live in North-East Europe, mostly in Russia. They are like all other foxes, apart from their striking color.  Silver foxes can be pets, or be wild.

All About Arctic Foxes!

What...
do they eat?
small arctic mammals, and in the summer, sometimes plants
color are they?
most famous with a white fur, they can also be brows, bluey shades, and grey

Why...
do they change color?
arctic foxes change color so they can camouflage in the summer 
do they have small ears?
they have small ears so that they stay warm, like how fennec foxes have big ears to stay cool
do they not move to warmer climates?
arctic foxes are adapted to their area, so it's like saying you've been living in the Caribbean for 12 years and then you have to move to the Arctic!

Can...
they pounce as well as other foxes?
of course! every fox can pounce pretty well
they swim?
yes, actually, but only if they need to

Arctic foxes are, being quite small, a polar bears' prey. Occasionally snowy owls snack on them; arctic foxes like to eat easy-to-catch snowy owl chicks, and then the mother owl comes along for a meal...

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