July 13, 2007: Fox steals eggs

xoB points us to this lovely set of pics and a complete story found at the Daily Mail, of a fox who finds and steals geese eggs.



I've only included a few of the 10 shots found there, well worth the visit. The fox has to carefully pick the egg up without smashing it, sneak away, and swim through 40 meters of pond... it turns out, has an incentive:



The little ones waiting to be fed. Head to the Mail for more shots and the full story.

Undertoad;363494 wrote:

...The little ones waiting to be fed. ....

How can an egg eat those scrumptious looking foxlets?

Let's see, how does the riddle go? You have to get a fox and five eggs across the pond in your boat. You can only carry two passengers at a time, but can't leave the fox alone with the eggs. Hmmm. No, I can't get more than four of the eggs across without the fox eating one.

She even hid one for herself which she ate after feeding her family.

Smart... the little beggars will eat you out of house and home, given half a chance.

Uisge Beatha;363500 wrote:

Let's see, how does the riddle go? You have to get a fox and five eggs across the pond in your boat. You can only carry two passengers at a time, but can't leave the fox alone with the eggs. Hmmm. No, I can't get more than four of the eggs across without the fox eating one.

I think you leave a goose in there somewhere. Then the fox eats the goose and forgets all about the darn eggs.

No hound dog???

*adds to list of Who Not To Put In Charge Of Hen House*

Yumm, fox and eggs. A breakfast of champions. And the fox even brings her own eggs for the cooking.

If she's stealing Canadian goose eggs, I say we promote her and hire a few more. Damn geese.

They were Canadian Geese! Go Foxy!

Everyone I know hates the geese. I feel sorry for the underfowl.

There were a bunch of them at a picnic area in Great Falls MD a few weeks ago, and people at the other end of the picnic area were feeding them. The damn things were so brazen, I had to walk around with my arms outstretched, to chase them away from our table. Flying rats.

Apparently there are different populations of them, and they are still protected because some of the populations are in decline. Around here, there's no shortage of them.

Shawnee123 wrote:

I feel sorry for the underfowl.

Some of them can take care of themselves........
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What does the fox say?

"Eggs, poached, thanks."

"Take care the foxes. The little ones that spoil the vines. For our vines have tender grapes."

Shawnee123;363566 wrote:

Everyone I know hates the geese. I feel sorry for the underfowl.

We just hate what they leave behind.

I love hearing them and watching them fly overhead.

CaliforniaMama;882170 wrote:

We just hate what they leave behind.

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