Hunting techniques of the fox

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Hunting Techniques

The red fox is a solitary hunter that specializes in the capture of small prey. Hunting, like most activity, is done primarily at night although the fox is not strictly a nocturnal animal. Changes in food supply such as during winter months can force a need to hunt during the day, and individual animals may indeed prefer to do so. Thus, foxes can be seen searching for food at any time, although they favour dawn and dusk when their prey is most active.
The first technique is used against insects, and is rather casual in nature. A fox will generally be going about it's business, see an insect, and snap it up. No real attempt is made to sneak up on an insect, and this form of hunting is usually done during other activities when the opportunity presents itself. The reason behind this lack of effort is the fact that individual captures offer only a little mouthful of food and that foxes capture them with such ease. Given the lack of challenge offered by this type of prey, insect gathering could be likened to browsing for plant matter rather than a form of hunting. Insects can provide a major portion of a fox's diet, especially in juveniles first learning to hunt.

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