#South American fox

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Lycalopex fulvipes

Charles Darwin found these foxes on the voyage of the Beagle, so they were named after him. Their native name is zorro chilote.

They are described as charismatic and bold around people. After meeting one of them on Chiloé island in 1834, Darwin described them as “more curious or more scientific, but less wise, than the generality of his brethren”. In other words, Darwin’s foxes are very curious and observant, but not as wise as other fox species.

Darwin’s foxes are not actually foxes. True foxes belong to the vulpes genus, and these foxes belong to the lycalopex genus. They share this genus with the Sechuran fox, the hoary fox, the pampas fox, the culpeo, and the chilla. It was believed for a long time that the Darwin’s fox was a subspecies of the chilla, but they are now classified as a different species.

While most South American fox species prefer open grassland or scrub areas, Darwin’s foxes prefer dense forests. They are endemic to Chile, meaning they are only found there, with most individuals found on Chiloé island and in the Valdivian Coastal Range.

In these forests, Darwin’s foxes hunt for small animals like rodents and lizards along with fruit, eggs, beetles, and carrion. They are not strictly nocturnal, diurnal, or crepuscular, so they just hunt when they want to.

Like almost all other fox species, Darwin’s foxes prefer to live alone, only living in pairs during the breeding season and when they have kits.

Due to habitat loss, feral dogs, and being hunted for their fur, Darwin’s foxes are highly endangered with less than 1,000 individuals left. Conservation efforts have grown their population by small amounts but they are still in danger of extinction.

I rate this very curious fox 18/10. They may be “less wise” than other foxes but their charisma makes up for that

Photo Credits:

(1) Jono Dashper (2) Unknown (3) Maxime Legare-Vezina (4) Kevin Schafer

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Lycalopex vetulus

The hoary fox is part of the lycalopex genus, meaning they aren’t real foxes and are more closely related to coyotes and jackals. They share the lycalopex genus with the sechuran fox from the previous post and four other “false” foxes.

Hoary foxes are endemic to Brazil. This means they are native to Brazil and they aren’t found anywhere else. They are specifically native to the Cerrado of Brazil, which is a huge tropical savanna.

These foxes get their name from the color hoary, which is grayish-white like the foxes’ fur. In Brazil they are called raposinha-do-campo, which is Portuguese for “meadow fox.”

Weighing from 6 to 9 pounds (3 to 4 kg), hoary foxes are roughly the same size as a house cat. The foxes’ slender build allow them to be very agile and fast, making them efficient hunters. They are omnivores, hunting small rodents, birds, and reptiles, although most of their diet consists of fruit and insects.  

Like the Sechuran fox, hoary foxes are solitary until the breeding season and when they have kits. They have very small litters that they raise in a den. Usually this den is taken over from an animal like an armadillo. 

I rate the hoary fox 14/10. They have cool tails and their ears are the perfect fit for them

Photo credits:

(1) Unknown (2) Arthur Anker (3) Nayer Youakim (4) Joel Sartore

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Darwin's fox (Lycalopex fulvipes) Chiloé Island, Chile

Photo © Kevin Schafer / Minden / naturepl.com

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Patagonian fox aka the South American Gray fox in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

by Mattias A. Klum

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y'all when we talk about Eddie being from Texas we have to remember that Texas is a big fucking state. Like, Eddie is from El Paso, a city that is a lot closer to where I live in AZ than it is to Austin Texas. Don't get me wrong, Texas is Texas, but West Texas is very different from East Texas, culturally and geographically. So some of the things Judd from Lone Star does or says, for example, won't really track with Eddie

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Lycalopex griseus

Also known as South American gray foxes or gray zorros, chillas are a species of false fox. This means they are called foxes but aren’t actually foxes; they are more closely related to coyotes, wolves, and jackals.

Chillas are found in Argentina and Chile where they live in rocky areas in the Andean Mountains as well as in grasslands and scrub. Chillas are classified as least concern, meaning they’re not in danger of extinction, although they are rare in some places because they are hunted for their fur.

Like most other fox species, chillas are omnivores. While most of their diet consists of small mammals, they also eat carrion, birds, eggs, and fruit. Since chillas mostly eat small mammals and many small mammals are most active at night, chillas are often nocturnal. Some populations of chillas are more active during the day (diurnal) or at dawn and dusk (crepuscular). Usually this is the case when they eat fewer small mammals and more fruit or birds.

Also similar to other fox species, chillas are very solitary animals. They usually only socialize with other foxes during the breeding season and when they have litters of kits. These litters are very small, usually consisting of only 2-4 kits.

I rate the chilla 10/10. It’s like a mini coyote

Photo Credits:

(1) Daniele Colombo (2) Antony King Photography (3) Unknown (4) Daniel Sziklai G.

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Lycalopex culpaeus

South American foxes, also know as zorros, aren’t really foxes- they are more closely related to wolves, coyotes and jackals. The culpeo is the largest South American fox species, weighing from 12 to 30 pounds (5-13.5 kg).

Culpeos are essentially the coyotes of South America. They are highly adaptable animals and live in a variety of habitats in western South America. These habitats include mountains, coastal beaches, plains, and deserts. Their distribution extends all the way from Ecuador and Peru to southern Patagonia.

Since most of their prey is active at night the culpeo is primarily nocturnal, although some populations are more active during the day (diurnal) or at dusk and dawn (crepuscular). Their diet consists mostly of rodents and rabbits but they also prey on lizards, birds, plants, carrion, and occasionally sheep, which makes them a target for shepherds. 

Culpeos are very solitary animals, only seen in pairs during the breeding season and when they have pups. Even though they are very solitary and attack sheep, people attempted to domesticate them. This attempt didn’t go very well and the result, called a Fuegian dog or Yaghan dog, was only around until the early 1900′s. The dogs were used for hunting otters but they were apparently not loyal to their owners and frequently attacked livestock. 

I rate the culpeo 14/10. They may have been bad dogs but they are very good foxes

Photo credits:

(1) Torsten Klein (2) Bernardo Segura (3) doglime.com (4) Thomas Fuhrmann (5) Joel Sartore

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Patagonian chilla (Lycalopex griseus griseus) Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Photo © Gabriel Rojo

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Bolivian President Luis 'Lucho' Arce meeting a South American grey fox that was rescued from wildfires in the north-eastern region of Beni, Bolivia

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aftg show bloopers like

the scene where Neil throws the glass at Aaron (it's not glass glass, it's that softish, breakable material used in filmmaking that looks like glass) and Aaron's actor ducks too late so it hits him straight in the face. nobody moves for a second (they're still rolling) until Neil's actor moves toward him going "oh my god I'm so sorry" and everyone starts laughing and Aaron's actor is like I'm fine dw

Allison's actress tripping in her heels during what's supposed to be a badass entrance and she drags herself out to redo the take, cursing the shoes

so many bits of the cast just pretending to club each other over the head with their racquets

Coach's actor accidentally switches up a whole bunch of words while shooting one of his inspirational speeches. but he just keeps talking as though he didn't just passionately tell the kids to "get out on that floor and- court- show them how real a Fox floors- plays...after tonight they will- they will not ever discriminate- underestimate you again" and you can hear the Foxes' actors quietly break character one by one in the background

Andrew's actor pulling out a knife to threaten someone but then dropping it and jumping back from it

just. the monsters all piled in the car for a scene and they're all in the zone, waiting for "Action" to be called when something happens and they all crack up in sync

Andrew and Neil's actors on an actual roof, trying to shoot an Andreil Moment but an airplane flies over and they have to wait for it to pass because audio. so in the blooper these two guys are just standing very close to each other, Andrew's hand fisted in Neil's hoodie, staring up at the airplane urging it to get out of the way

in one scene Dan's actress kisses Matt on the cheek as a goodbye before she leaves the room, and right after she does Neil's actor jumps up to kiss his cheek too

they're shooting a night practice scene and Kevin's actor keeps missing the mark and it's just a bunch of two second clips of him on set of the court, groaning and swearing and oof-ing. after he misses the action for like the tenth time he just turns to make direct eye contact with the camera, his face comically blank

(in the background you can hear Neil's actor go "thank goodness for editing and all that magic, eh?")

Andrew's actor forgets his line during the scene where the Foxes meet the Ravens at the banquet. he gets to the "Jean. Jean Valjean" line and then completely blanks, going "Jean Valjean. hello Jean Valjean. I'm supposed to say something to you now Jean Valjean. i do not remember what"

the actors for Aaron, Kevin, Andrew and Nicky all being crammed onto that couch in the lounge the way the monsters actually do and falling asleep on each other in between takes

Neil's actor is British who speaks in an American accent but one time accidentally lets the accent slip during a scene where he uses the phrase "strongest goalkeeper". he cuts himself off and it's silent for a beat and then he softly repeats "goalkeeper" to himself in an exaggeratedly British accent and cracks everyone up. Kevin's actor, who himself naturally has an Irish accent, goes "this is South Carolina, love"

it's a night shoot and it's cold and Aaron's actor steals Andrew's actor's (his brother) scarf going "how come you get a scarf and i don't. Aaron is getting the scarf for this scene"

Kevin and Neil's actors doing a scene where they get all up in each other's faces. and then start leaning in too much and make as though they're going to start kissing

just a solid two minutes of Neil and Andrew's actors fighting bugs away from their faces throughout various rooftop scenes

Nicky's actor being the mf king of improvised one-liners (in true Nicky fashion) and just constantly causing EVERYONE to break cause his quips are so random

not really a blooper but they're behind the camera, waiting for something to be set up, and Renee's actress has an acoustic guitar and she and some of the others make up really bad jingles for all the characters

Dan's actress is most likely to fumble her lines or trip over her tongue and she always does like a weird dance to shake herself out

Aaron's actor looking straight into the camera with a shiner blooming over half his face due to a badly executed "fight" scene: let it be known. here on the set of All for the Game, i do my own stunts

(his brother in the background: you DORK. Aaron's actor: shut up or I'm telling Mom you punched me in the face)

Kevin's actor doing a scene (perhaps that one on the bus in tfc) where he's downing alcohol and he's expecting the director to call cut at a certain point or tell him when he can stop drinking but that doesn't happen so he just kind of confusedly chugs the whole bottle and then the director goes "you didn't need to do all that but we got it thanks" and Kevin's like ?? but Neil's actor, who's in the scene, is stood there with his eyebrows raised, very impressed, going "oh my god that was amazing"

Dan's actress slipping on a line and then banging her head against the chest of Matt's actor in frustration and he just rubs her back, grinning

not a blooper but Neil's actor recites the Riko roast flawlessly and as soon as they call "Cut" on it he gets a little sitting ovation from everyone. even Riko's actor is like yeah okay shutting the fuck up and leaving you alone now

Neil's actor actually struggling to get the seal off the ice cream container in that one scene. he fake-struggles with it for a few moments and then starts actually struggling and looks over to the production people and goes "the bloody thing is actually not coming off"

so many bloopers of various cast members having too much fun hitting others upside the head like they do in the books

Andrew's actor accidentally spilling the tray of drinks at Eden's

Allison's actress being the one who can make others break character without getting caught herself

Matt's actor being the one who makes everyone, including himself, break character but doesn't get in trouble because literally everyone is cracking up

however. when they get into Moods, especially during night shoots, and they have scenes together, Matt and Neil's actors are IMPOSSIBLE. to work together. they just cannot control themselves. everyone hates them

see also: Kevin and Matt's actors. Nicky and Allison's. terrible pairings for long days.

there's a scene with coach and the monsters and after like the fifth time they restart coach turns to look at the camera and pours himself a drink using the prop alcohol while going "parenting....is tough"

anyway. call this an au of an au

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