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Fennec Fox as a Pet
The Fennec fox is an exquisite, clean, pleasant and loving animal that may be easily domesticated. Nonetheless, you cannot count on to simply take this beautiful creature home. Basically, this is because the animal would die very quickly in its new habitat that we call home.
If it survives, it will probably lead a miserable life although you give it loads of love and care. Besides, in many nations, the possession of Fennec foxes is illegal. This is basically resulting from the truth that the Fennec fox is native to the Sahara deserts, but they also exist in the Arabian Peninsula.
The significance of habitat
Habitat is essential in tracing the outlines of the evolution of fauna and flora species which adapt to the environment. More exactly, the radical nature of the unbearable desert local weather is the principle factor which, by means of millennia, has fine-tuned the physical frame and habits of the Fennec fox.
Would you keep an Emperor penguin as a pet in your home? Could you provide an intensive frozen rocky place at -forty °C, battered by endless blinding blizzards? I don't think so. Not even a zoo can optimally recreate that habitat.
In the identical way, it will not be possible for us to recreate the desert in our homes. The Fennec fox could be an excellent pet in an oasis situated within the desert or on the outskirts of one; but because it has been especially adapted to survive within the Saharan heat, it would degenerate in our mild climate.
The morphology of the Fennec fox
The Fennec fox is the smallest of the canidae family, even smaller than a Chihuahua dog. It weighs between 1 and 1.5 kg (2.2 and 3.3 lbs). Its body measures no more than 21 cm (0.6 ft) as much as its tail. An adult Fennec fox does not measure any more than forty one cm (1.three ft), and its tail is between 20 and 30 cm (0.6 and 1 ft). It has hairy pads on its ft to prevent them from burning on the new sand.
Nevertheless, the physical characteristic that distinguishes it from different foxes is its pair of spectacular hyper-developed ears. These ears have a purpose. The first is to vent heat accumulated of their tiny body. The second goal is to seize even the slightest sound produced by their prey.
The Fennec fox's dense coat is sand-colored on the back and sides whilst the stomach is a greyish-white and wispier than the hair on its back.
Behavioural habits of the Fennec fox
The Fennec fox is nocturnal. Their weight loss program consists of rodents, reptiles, insects, eggs, birds and fruit similar to dates, blackberries and berries. They are capable of jumping a considerable height which helps them hunt and struggle when predators attack.
The caracal and African owl are their essential rivals. Fennec foxes live in underground burrows (as much as 10 meters deep), the place the temperature is lower than that of the outside. In the wild they live for approximately 10-12 years.
The domesticated Fennec fox
If in case you have been irresponsible and made the mistake of adopting a Fennec fox, because you've got seen it in a television advert and find it very cute, you must know that the Fennec fox is strictly nocturnal. When you confine it in a cage at night time, it will die.
Should you let it loose, it will tear apart cushions in an attempt to hide meals or make a gap in the sofa or mattress to make a burrow so it feels comfortable and warm in your home.
The Fennec fox can dig up to 6 meters (19.6 ft) of earth per day. If kept in a backyard, it will most likely escape and any canine could go after it. In the event you live in a flat, life shall be worse for it. The Fennec fox has a terrific leaping ability and might get on any table or shelf, destroying everything on them.
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