5358 x 3588 px | 45,4 x 30,4 cm | 17,9 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2000
Ort:
Missouri United States of America USA
Weitere Informationen:
Range spans most of North America and Eurasia, southern Australia, and with several populations in North Africa. The Red Fox prefers sparsely-settled, hill areas with wooded tracts, marshes and streams. Red Foxes are generally considered to be the most serious predator of free range poultry. Feral foxes pose a conservation problem in Australia. From Wikipeida: In Culture The emblematic Red Fox is a frequent player in the stories of many cultures. A trickster character, the word Sly is almost invariably associated with foxes in English, and the connotation of a sneaking intelligence (or even magic powers of stealth) are seen in traditional tales of Europe, Japan, China, and North America (though in the North America the Coyote usually plays this role). In the European fable tradition, the fox ranges from immoral villain (as the Fox in the hen house), to sly operator (either foolish or crafty), to wise observer (as a mouthpiece for the moral in some Aesop tales) to clever underdog. Some historians argue that the fox came to symbolize the survival strategies of European peasantry from the Medieval period to the French Revolution. Peasants admired guile and wit needed to outmaneuver the powers of aristocracy, state and church, just as they saw the fox use these same qualities to raid their livestock under cover of darkness. Japan, hosting two subspecies of red fox, also uses foxes in much of its mythology. The Japanese believed foxes (which they called kitsune) to possess mystical powers, which advanced as they aged. As in Europe, the kitsune were portrayed in numerous ways, from being mischievous troublemakers to noble guardians, and even taking human form and becoming wives.
