Fox Bites Baby in England

kneemos · 10-02-2013 06:17PM

spankysue wrote: »

What are you on about? I wasn't there, it's definitely not my fault

Maybe the mother had just popped out for a second and left the door ajar,it's a bit harsh to blame her in fairness without knowing the circumstances,she can't watch the child 24/7.On a side note this thread is weird.

tallus · 10-02-2013 06:24PM

kneemos wrote: »

Maybe the mother had just popped out for a second and left the door ajar,it's a bit harsh to blame her in fairness without knowing the circumstances,she can't watch the child 24/7.On a side note this thread is weird.

She was having work done on the house, and a work man left the front door open.

kneemos · 11-02-2013 09:19AM

Urban foxes seem to lose their fear of humans,possibly because they're not a threat.

Reekwind · 11-02-2013 09:23AM

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

That'll learn the anti-fox hunting crowd

Annoyingly, some pro-hunting moron was on the C4 news last night arguing that it was hunting that prevented such attacks happening in rural areas and that the ban could have terrible baby-eating consequences. I wanted to reach through the TV to slap him

Grayson · 11-02-2013 09:26AM

kneemos wrote: »

Urban foxes seem to lose their fear of humans,possibly because they're not a threat.

Because we're not. If a fox growled at most people they'd run away like screaming jessies.

Reekwind · 11-02-2013 09:33AM

Actually they don't lose their fear. Foxes, even in London, will not approach a strange grown human unless they are absolutely desperate. I regularly encounter foxes on my street and, even in small packs, they keep their distance and will scuttle away at a human's approach

kneemos · 11-02-2013 09:39AM

Reekwind wrote: »

Actually they don't lose their fear. Foxes, even in London, will not approach a strange grown human unless they are absolutely desperate. I regularly encounter foxes on my street and, even in small packs, they keep their distance and will scuttle away at a human's approach

I've seen videos of them hopping in through peoples windows and such but they're probably feeding them I suppose.

kneemos · 11-02-2013 09:47AM

Now that I think of it watching Top Gear last night and they showed a fox canter across Wembley pitch with not a care,presumably quite a few people were there with the camera crew etc.

WindSock · 11-02-2013 09:49AM

Of course they're evil. Look at his ugly face in the 2nd picture.

Reekwind · 11-02-2013 10:14AM

kneemos wrote: »

I've seen videos of them hopping in through peoples windows and such but they're probably feeding them I suppose.

And that's obviously something that should not be encouraged: foxes are not pets. As a species, and outside of some research in Russia, they have never been domesticated and shouldn't be treated as fluffy dogs/cats

(Mind you, the same could be said of certain breeds of dog, those trained for aggression)

Now that I think of it watching Top Gear last night and they showed a fox canter across Wembley pitch with not a care,presumably quite a few people were there with the camera crew etc.

Foxes don't have a fear of human environments, just humans. So stadiums or houses per se wouldn't be a problem. The key is the 'flight distance', the point at which proximity to humans triggers their fight-or-flight reaction. I've no idea what that distance is for foxes (or how one got into Wembley; was there a game on?) but actually being on the pitch would not be enough to cause fear... so long as no human came close enough to the fox

Teyla Emmagan · 11-02-2013 10:29AM

Poor little hungry fox.

kneemos · 11-02-2013 10:51AM

Reekwind wrote: »

And that's obviously something that should not be encouraged: foxes are not pets. As a species, and outside of some research in Russia, they have never been domesticated and shouldn't be treated as fluffy dogs/cats

(Mind you, the same could be said of certain breeds of dog, those trained for aggression)

Foxes don't have a fear of human environments, just humans. So stadiums or houses per se wouldn't be a problem. The key is the 'flight distance', the point at which proximity to humans triggers their fight-or-flight reaction. I've no idea what that distance is for foxes (or how one got into Wembley; was there a game on?) but actually being on the pitch would not be enough to cause fear... so long as no human came close enough to the fox

The pitch was empty but he ran across open ground oblibvious of the human presence,just seemed odd.

tin79 · 11-02-2013 11:45AM

An RSPCA spokeswoman said the only reason a fox would attack is due to fear.

I love that quote from the RTE article.

Yes in this case the fox was so full of fear it decided to break into a bedroom and eat a babies hand.

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

kneemos · 11-02-2013 12:17PM

tin79 wrote: »

I love that quote from the RTE article.

Yes in this case the fox was so full of fear it decided to break into a bedroom and eat a babies hand.

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

It wasn't attacking in fairness it was just a lump of meat to bring back to his den.

twinQuins · 11-02-2013 12:42PM

tin79 wrote: »

I love that quote from the RTE article.

Yes in this case the fox was so full of fear it decided to break into a bedroom and eat a babies hand.

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

You're a fox?

Maybe it was looking for food in there, got scared and then bit.

holystungun9 · 11-02-2013 01:30PM

I'm 32 and haven't had my finger in a fox in ages. First I read about five year olds doing oral sexy time and now the babies are it. There are fetuses that have spent more time up vaginas than me

Son Of A Vidic · 11-02-2013 01:34PM

road_high wrote: »

Fox Bites Baby in England

FoxinSox by any chance?

Reekwind · 11-02-2013 03:11PM

tin79 wrote: »

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

Any how does a fox fight? It doesn't beat people to death with its tail...

MurdyWurdy · 11-02-2013 04:14PM

We have loads of foxes around us because some feckers feed them. My only problem with having them around really is that at night they make noises like they are all being gang raped.

We put in a magnetic cat flap specifically so foxes (and other cats I suppose) can't get in. If you have wild animals living near you and a baby in the house why on earth would you leave the door open or not block off access?

A bit of common sense wouldn't go amiss. Although I am waiting for the day when some crafty fox gets hold of a magnet and breaks in

11-02-2013 08:57PM

Even Fox news has the story... http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/10/4-week-old-baby-boy-hospitalized-in-london-after-fox-attacks-him-at-home/

wolfpawnat · 11-02-2013 09:09PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

FoxinSox by any chance?

Has an alibi apparently

foxinsox wrote: »

Well, I'm in bed dying of flu.

It wasn't me.

Can I just say, it is as odd as hell that it got in the broken door, then all the way to the baby. If the main door is broken would you not just close the baby's door. My concern wouldn't have been a fox, but rodents!!!

A fox is a wild animal, wild animals are unpredictable. I don't blame it. They are opportune hunters.

Fox Bites Baby in England

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