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[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

I'm trying to comprehend where the jump pounce came in during the fox evolution. They are canines, they have powerful enough teeth and jaws, they are scavengers but they prefer fresh meat/insects. Did they evolve that tactic specifically to kill giant hard shelled beetles and roaches because the other dogs ate all the the rabbits?

[–] pembo210 [OP] 1 points (+1|-0) Edited

I've seen them doing it for grabbing mice just the below the snow, but foxes not in snow areas do it too. It's a weird one. I hadn't really thought about it.

[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0) Edited

They are fast, quiet and bite so just rodents doesn't make sense. The snow breaking makes total sense, maybe it's just a migratory thing that they evolved, the continents shifted, then they kept that behavior?

Edit: that didn't make sense, pancea was warmer and sunny being closer to the equator