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[Gaborn]

The fennec fox family at the Palm Beach Zoo has grown by five.

Now that the kits, as they’re called, are a month old, the public is invited to see them.

The five kits are the offspring of Heidi and Swiper, one of the zoo’s three breeding pairs of fennec foxes.

Since the zoo began exhibiting the species in 1995, nine kits have been born, bringing the fennec fox population to 13, according to zoo officials.

Fennec foxes are the smallest of the world’s foxes, generally weighing between 2 and 3 pounds. But they can be identified by their disproportionately large bat-like ears, measuring up to 6 inches.

The foxes are at home in deserts ranging from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. They spend their days in burrows to avoid the heat and forage at night. Their diet in the wild includes scorpions, spiders and beetles.

Zoo officials said the kits were secluded in their underground burrow until they began venturing outside last week.

They can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the zoo, located at 1301 Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach.

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[Claude]

Aww <3

 

[TheKaeptain]

I want one.

 

[Gattsu25]

Awww

 

[triplestation]

They're like pokemon!

 

[Kyoufu]

So cute.

I wish they'd stop hunting them.

 

[Auron_Kale]

Aww... I want one.

 

[Davidion]

daaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

 

[ReBurn]

Cute! I wonder what they taste like?

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Psssh.. those foxes would gnaw your foot off if you gave them the chance

 

[Feep]

I looked into keeping a Fennec fox as a pet, but apparently they never shut the fuck up.

 

[rozay]

so this is what powers firefox on my phone!

 

[genjiZERO]

Every time I see Fennec Fox I think Fenegi, aka Kevin Gifford who ran the Video-Senki/Fengi blog. What a blast from the past.

 

[Noise Pollution]

They're so damn cute.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

 

[Kinyou]

Those cameramen better watch their step.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Psssh.. those foxes would gnaw your foot off if you gave them the chance

Fennec Foxes are domesticated. They just jump and yowl a lot.

Edit: They are not technically domesticated, but can be legally kept as pets in many states without a problem. They are super noisy though.

 

[Westonian]

Those cameramen better watch their step.

Hahahhahaha... awww.

 

[Red]

And thus Crunched's search for a fennec fox begins.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Fennec Foxes are domesticated. They just jump and yowl a lot.

Edit: They are not technically domesticated, but can be legally kept as pets in many states without a problem. They are super noisy though.

i was watching some videos of them on youtube. They seem super territorial too :l

 

[twinturbo2]

I gotta swing by and take pics.

 

[Mushroom021]

Awww I want one So Cute

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

Science should crossbreed this with Red Pandas. They're in the same Order, how hard can it be?

 

[Puddles]

Goddammit, Gab... oh, actually that's pretty cool.

 

[xbhaskarx]

They spend their days in burrows to avoid the heat and forage at night.


They can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the zoo

Hmm...

 

[Banglish]

Goddammit, Gab... oh, actually that's pretty cool.

lulz

 

[Stasis]

These, red pandas, and sugar gliders.

The trifecta of cuteness

 

[Horse Detective]

MASS PRODUCE THEM NOW,

I will get the money, you just need to give me more time!