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ElegantBob OP t1_j696797 wrote

Reply to comment by ImAsuiter in Three foxes curled up on the roof of a shed in London by ElegantBob

Urban foxes are very common in London They were pulling our rubbish /garbage bags apart last year, so the whole area finally got food recycling bins

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Globalist_Nationlist t1_j697psa wrote

I see foxes are the racoons of England.

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ElegantBob OP t1_j6993m7 wrote

Yeah exactly

They are sooooo cute

But they are a pest and I can see why people don’t want them around

But they are adorable….

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Globalist_Nationlist t1_j69awbk wrote

Racoons can be pretty adorable when they don't catch you by surprise in the dark.

Nothing is funnier than catching a family of racoons trying to ransack a garbage can... They all kind of stare at you with their little masked faces just hoping you'll leave them alone.

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COMPUTER1313 t1_j6akvr9 wrote

I remember hearing some noise with the garbage cans at night and turned on my phone's flashlight.

Over half a dozen pairs of eyes were staring back at me.

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Maximum-Mixture6158 t1_j69ax73 wrote

Until they wake you at 3:22 a.m. screaming in heat. Although frankly raccoons make a right ruckus too, fighting over who gets to go into the garbage can first.

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ElegantBob OP t1_j69bdib wrote

Yeah I have had years of the foxes screaming at night, and a previous place I live had the awful fox smell at the end of the garden.

So I don’t mind if the “go away” but also - part of me still loves how cute they are

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Gisschace t1_j6a5v19 wrote

They’re only a pest cause we’re dirty bastards who waste food and leave our shit around.

They don’t really cause any damage or issues aside from that.

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RunningNumbers t1_j6aki85 wrote

Do they keep the rat population down?

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ElegantBob OP t1_j6akx8m wrote

Interesting question, sadly I don’t know I hardly ever see any rats in London, certainly not enough to estimate if the numbers of them are changing

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quadmasta t1_j699mzo wrote

These look smaller than the ones I see in the US

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ElegantBob OP t1_j69abyx wrote

Could be, British foxes are smaller than a Border Collie and have a slight build

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