Originally Posted by Staceyfb
Now for one, just because an animal acts out of what we think is ordinary does not mean that they "can and probably do have rabies". Fox for one are a very curious animal. We have a female with a den on the farm, hse has 3 kits and she is the freindliest dog you can imagine. She will damn near eat out of your hand once she gets to know you. Her kits are always out and have taken to following the 4 wheeler around as if playing tag. The female will follow me on a daily walk through the woods looking wild forage for myself. A fox can an is domesticated to an extent very easily. My personal guess is that this particular fox is a young male kicked out of his home territory and sees these "neat things cruising down his road" ( and it is his road more so than ours) and he wants to play. Please lets not jump to the most horrific conclusion so fast. For most they don't understand the way the animal kingdom works. They aren't as mean and secretive as you think. "wild" animals are just as inquisitive as anything out there. So next time you see or expierence something like this enjoy it and observe the beauty of the wilds of our wonderful world.
Stacey
Animals by nature are less inquisitive than human beings, they operate more on a fight or fright mode, a fox running with a bicycle is really out of the ordinary, most foxes are afraid of people, sure I love nature, but I also respect the hell out of it, and I leave wild animals alone, hence the term wild, and if you want to see all of the cases for rabies involvineg foxes in just 2001 alone here is the link.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabie.../fox_map_l.htm
Go ahead and play with the animals if you must, but i would rather be safe instead of getting 16 shots to the stomach with a 12 gauge needle.