8.12.08 - 11:00AM
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Jordan Breindel

Fennec Fox - An Adorable Fox You Can Keep as a Pet So Long as You're Responsible About It

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Ah the Fennec Fox, the only species of fox you can be keep as a pet. Fennecs weigh about about three pounds a piece, and even though they've been known to tire out less energetic pets, they're not big enough, fierce enough, or even energetic enough to harm anything more than a couch.

If you have an especially vicious or dominant couch, a Fennec Fox might be perfect for you.

Plus, they're really affectionate if you socialize them while they're still young.

I can has social skillz?

Come hither

BFFAEAE

ROFL

A new leash on life

photos:// floridapfe's adorable Flickr collection, except the last one which is from tanakawho

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1.30.09

By Jessica Rebosio

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The last picture is cute...but the fox looks very scared..that kinda shows that they shouldn't be domesticated.

3.06.09

By ali

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I LOVE the kissing photo!!

3.30.09

By Ash

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aww, it's adorable!

3.30.09

By Julie

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I want one!!!! But I dont want to take it out of the wild!!!!!!!!!!! DAng it, why does life have issues that are LOSE LOSE

4.05.09

By alt

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Why are you so arrogant as a human, another creature, that you don't realize your process of taking in another creature and domesticating it by taking it out of the "wild" is as natural as the creature growing up in the wild.

It merely fell victim to another species in the way we saw fit, we don't disrupt nature, we are nature.

4.05.09

By tye

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//alt: go extinct you idiot

4.05.09

By Hannah

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They are soo cute, but where can you get one!!!??

4.06.09

By ehutch

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cute but they should NOT be domesticated. get a cat or dog, theres many needing a good home.

4.06.09

By dp

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sweet cat

4.27.09

By Jamie

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Those are adorable. When i get older i shall love to purchase a little hand held monkey!

5.21.09

By Anonymous

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People are so stupid. Why is domesticating this animal and domesticating a cat or a dog any different? It's not like we're actually taking these animals out of the wild-they've been bred in captivity, idiots.

7.16.11

By Hungry

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I bet those things taste great.

3.29.10

By agnostic

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lmfao

5.24.09

By Terry

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"The last picture is cute...but the fox looks very scared..that kinda shows that they shouldn't be domesticated."

I take it you've never seen a chihuahua ?

And to everyone else who said they shouldn't be domesticated: there is a HUGE difference between poached animals and animals that were BORN in captivity. For example, a wild rat will self-mutilate if caged for an extended period of time. HOWEVER, a domestic rat will not know how to survive in the wild and will be out-competed by rats born in the wild.

5.25.09

By Are You Serious?

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These are EXOTIC CREATURES. Just because it can be domesticated doesn't make it a good idea. Millions of cats and dogs die in shelters each year and millions of exotics are imported in terrible conditions from their native lands just because someone thinks they're 'CUTE'.

You should be ashamed for promoting this.

6.14.09

By kca65

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All you knuckleheads who labor under the belief that being born in a cage = domesticated--get over THAT misconception! It takes animals a long time, thousands of years in some cases, to truly shift from wild to domestic. This is related to the reason that they are so vulnerable to extinction when their environments are changed. They simply do not transform themselves overnight. Some animals, like rats, are better at generalizing than others; most have adapted to very specific environments and social situations. Human beings are arrogant not when we leave animals there to their own designs but when we remove them for our purposes.
The article suggests that these foxes adjust well to domestic life "so long as you are responsible." My answer to that is this--that's what people said in Manhattan before alligators started showing up in the sewers. The past year or two ought to have shown us that ours is a country, maybe a world, full of people who can't pay their credit card off but are perfectly willing to take out an adjustable-rate mortgage on a 6-bedroom house. Are we responsible? HA!

8.12.09

By Han

Highest Rank

You people should quit getting so angry at each other and just enjoy the cute pictures. Yes, you want one, but are you going to get one?...probably not. So quit getting so defensive and just appreciate the cuteness. Yikes!

10.12.09

By God

Neutral

Ah, the beauty of Americans- we argue over EVERYTHING.
Some people who have special skills can take in animals from the wild, but that is generally a thing of rehabilitation. Preferably, humans would stick to taking care of the species we have already domesticated, but that will not happen. All we can hope is that the people who do take in exotic pets have the skills, time, and dedication for these special animals.
Oh also, every animal gets scared, domesticated or not. I have distinct memories of being freaked out when my mother first shoved a gigantic camera in my face when I was young too

11.30.09

By danica

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i really love fennec foxes because they cute,cudlly,and soft,and they are adoroble because they have a cute face and i really want one for a pet so badly that i can hardly speak,that's how MUCH i want one for a pet.

12.14.09

By urrong

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what the fk is the diffrence??? what? you think cats and dogs were never wild animals?? that theirs species just magically appeared laying on the couch in humans' houses???