Okay, 30-40 mph doesn’t seem very swift — until you realize that’s an animal moving, and it’s the smallest of all North American canids.
These cute little grassland foxes are interesting in other ways, too.
https://youtu.be/bq4X7odE8cw&rel=0
More information:
- Wikipedia (source of that foxy mph data)
- Rewilding the swift fox in Montana.
- Canid Specialist Group
Meanwhile, out in Arizona’s Sonoran desert, doppelgangers with a clown-car-capacity den investigate technology and try to bring it home with them:
https://youtu.be/3UyQ4ZvBsQg&rel=0
Keep watching — after that long shot of mom, they go back to the toppled camera and what the pups do with it: adorable close-ups galore!
Featured image: The Smithsonian.
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