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yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts) Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:54 AM Aug 2014

squeeee!!!

https://twitter.com/MetodiSlavenov/status/504642303311351808

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squeeee!!! (Original Post) yuiyoshida Aug 2014 OP

Stay out of the desert. Aristus Aug 2014 #1

Oh no! It's fur is prized and it's a tiny thing. antiquie Aug 2014 #2

Aristus

(66,401 posts)

1. Stay out of the desert.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:55 AM

Aug 2014

This guy will cute you to death...

antiquie

(4,299 posts)

2. Oh no! It's fur is prized and it's a tiny thing.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 11:06 AM

Aug 2014

The fennec fox or fennec (Vulpes zerda) is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara of North Africa. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate heat. Its name comes from the Arabic word فنك (fanak), which means fox, and the species name zerda comes from the Greek word xeros which means dry, referring to the fox's habitat.

The fennec is the smallest species of canid in the world. Its coat, ears, and kidney functions have adapted to high-temperature, low-water, desert environments. In addition, its hearing is sensitive enough to hear prey moving underground. It mainly eats insects, small mammals, and birds.

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