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Leaping Foxes

10,000 Birds

In Germany, our most common large mammalian predator is the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes. Foxes are very common in Germany and occur even within cities. However, they tend to be rather secretive due to hunting pressure (by humans, not too many wolves yet in Germany), and are therefore a rare sight especially in densely populated areas.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. Wolves also lick one another’s mouths, particularly when one wolf returns to the pack.

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