Molasar, your post reminded me of this. Slightly NSFW language (puns).

Those boots depress me!
I'm sure they're useful and all that, but they look like hideous winkle-pickers. Won't somebody think of the children...?

Actually Grav, Mr Fox probably lost his marbles to hypothermia long before he was frozen.
Better than dying hot-blooded at the mercy of a pack of dogs.
IMHO and all that.

Fox was probably swimming through some thick slushy water. The slush got thicker, forward progress was slowed. Nothing to climb up onto. But I'll just rest my snout here on this ice burg for a minute and rest. Maybe take a little nap. So tired.

The end.

So yeah. Pretty damn depressing.

And Mrs. Paul hatches a plan.

I keep thinking, and forgive me, please, but











What does the fox say? He don't say nothing, he's frozen stiff!

Hehehehe.


Evil.

Gads man.. That's really cold.

Ice fishing! Just take your handy dandy chain saw out to the frozen pond and cut out a chunk 'o fish. Don't even have to freeze your butt off waiting for a bite.

Maybe the fox is the same thing. Just hanging out in the freezer until Martha's ready to cook 'er up.

:p:

I reckon the shoes are ice skates

I don't think the Fox suffered. It was probably escaping something scarier than cold water or pursuing something tastier. Hypothermia is not unpleasant at the end.

Elk in Norway.
http://cellar.org/2014/norwayelk.jpg

He's hibernating.

Pining.

It's spa day in Norwegia.

I found an article about fish being killed in Minnesota lakes , which may apply to the Norwegian mess.