Higgs

• Where it lives

  • Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City
  • lives in an apartment building
  • will dig a tunnel in any type of soil - specially gardens
  • the car is in the garage under building
  • hates the side entrance
  • rugs line the apartment
  • looking forward to a weekend home...

• Family

  • 2 cats and 2 humans
  • one of domesticated breeds closest to wolves - often referred to as 'primitive'

• Appearance

  • compact and muscular
  • looks as any other spitz breed
  • height: 16.5 in; weight: 25 lbs
  • urajiro throat and under body
  • strong legs for nimble and fast motion (as in bolting away)
  • tightly curled tail
  • beautiful reddish fur
  • other Shibas can be black and tan or sesame

• Hunting for food

  • hunts anybody who has ever given him a treat and demands more
  • howls and demands whatever you are eating
  • eats everything found in parks, streets ...
  • very good sense of hearing - picks up sounds of food being touched anywhere in the house
  • keen sense of smell - does locate treats in anybody's pockets
  • won't give up until somebody gives him a treat
  • also raids the cat's food dishes

• Enemies and protection

  • was attacked twice - escaped unharmed, human companion was seriously bitten
  • sheds A LOT twice a year - fur is free to anyone who wants it
  • "hugs" buildings when it rains
  • greets his friends with yodels
  • if off-leash will run away and will be hit by cars
  • average life span is 13-15 years
  • we met a 18 1/2 years old Shiba

• The young

  • are dangerously cute
  • the Shiba-6, have you heard of them?
  • couldn't be more cute
  • puppies are taken to new homes when at 8 weeks
  • are housebroken in about 4 days
  • look like stuffed bears
  • after about 4 days the new house has a new ruler!

Red Fox

• Where it lives

  • Canada, Alaska, United States, Europe, North Africa, all of Asia, including Japan
  • lives in a burrow that was dug by another animal.
  • may dig a tunnel of its own in loose soil
  • dens may also be under buildings
  • can have more than one entrance
  • grass and leaves line the den
  • might have more than one den for a family

• Family

  • male is a dog, female is a vixen, young are pups
  • belong to the same family as the dog, gray wolf and coyote

• Appearance

  • small slender mammal
  • pointy nose and pointy ears.
  • body length is 100 to 112 cm. including tail
  • white throat and under body.
  • legs have black paws with white "socks"
  • long bushy tail, white at the tip.
  • beautiful fur is reddish or sandy in colour
  • fur can also be brownish, black or silvery

• Hunting for food

  • hunts for rabbits, hares, lemmings, squirrels and mice.
  • also eats birds, eggs, insects and snakes.
  • buries food
  • very good sense of hearing
  • picks up sounds of small animals in the grass, underground or under the snow (fox in the snow)
  • keen sense of smell , can locate a nest of eggs
  • hunts from dusk to dawn
  • also raids chicken coops on farms.

• Enemies and protection

  • wolves, lynxes, fishers, bobcats, cougars and coyotes hunt it
  • trapped for its beautiful fur
  • It runs along logs, doubles back or wades in water so hunters cannot follow its scent.
  • warns others with a sharp bark
  • foxes living near people are hit by cars
  • average life span is three to five years in the wild
  • some may live over ten years

• The young

  • female (vixen) has four or five pups in the spring.
  • up to ten pups could be in a litter
  • male brings food to the vixen so she can stay with the pups.
  • in a month pups can eat meat
  • family stays together till fall
  • by winter the young are on their own
  • many foxes die before they are a year old

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