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Fox on College Road

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  • 08-09-2009 2:03am
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    Amtmann
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    I was walking past the AIB bank on College Road at around midnight when a little fox crossed the street non-chalantly in front of me and stopped almost at my feet, looked at me momentarily, and then proceeded to chew on a discarded apple core for a few minutes while I watched. Then it slipped through a fence and was gone. It was cool: I know of the urban fox phenomenon, but I've never seen one in Cork before, and certainly not around UCC. Has anyone else seen this fox? I think it's a vixen.
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    flo8s967qjh0nd
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    I don't think it's the same one, but I've seen a fox on the other side of UCC, Western Road side. That was a few years ago.
    Prime spot for urban foxes really - plenty of open space and cover, river, deserted at night, etc.

    I love the idea of a nonchalant fox :)


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    Jeebus
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    Was expecting this thread to be about something completely different :(.


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    TanG411
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    Jeebus wrote: »
    Was expecting this thread to be about something completely different :(.

    Yeah I'm disappointed now :(

    It would be cool to see a fox around the place though. Should keep an eye out for a while.


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    deisedude
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    Furet wrote: »
    I was walking past the AIB bank on College Road at around midnight when a little fox crossed the street non-chalantly in front of me and stopped almost at my feet, looked at me momentarily, and then proceeded to chew on a discarded apple core for a few minutes while I watched. Then it slipped through a fence and was gone. It was cool: I know of the urban fox phenomenon, but I've never seen one in Cork before, and certainly not around UCC. Has anyone else seen this fox? I think it's a vixen.

    What i don't understand about urban foxes is how they get in the city to begin with? :confused:


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    kevrr
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    Yeah it's funny you mention that. I've been living around that area for a couple of years and never once seen, smelled or heard of a fox, then over the summer I actually seen a fox twice, once up by the avenue up to the hayfield, and then another time down by the back gates of the kane building about a month ago.


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    captainspeckle
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    i saw a fox on donovans road wednesday night. :eek:

    i was like, jez.. a fox. thats weird. i was slightly drunk at the time. but bemused how as ever!


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    ReacherCreature
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    captainspeckle wrote: »
    i saw a fox on donovans road wednesday night. :eek:

    i was like, jez.. a fox. thats weird. i was slightly drunk at the time. but bemused how as ever!

    You sure it wasn't a dog or a cat? :D


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    captainspeckle
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    ReacherCreature wrote: »
    You sure it wasn't a dog or a cat? :D

    no. I even got my friend to confirm that it was in fact, a fox.
    she was slightly more sober than I was. :cool:


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