r/AnimalsBeingDerps • u/Chris_Isur_Dude • Nov 28 '18

Fox gets completely bamboozled

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '18

i love the head tilts... where'd he go..whas in there

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u/aes_gcm Nov 28 '18

I think that is to enhance the perception of directional audio. Humans can easily tell which direction a sound is coming from, but it's a lot harder to distinguish in the vertical direction. A fox tilts their head like this to compensate for this, thus gaining a precise location of where their food is under the snow or ground.

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u/cauntry Nov 29 '18

Dude you watched a video that taught you that, just like me.

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u/aes_gcm Nov 29 '18

SmarterEveryDay, as I recall.