Red Fox vs. Meadow Jumping Mouse

By MDC | March 1, 2019
From Xplor: March/April 2019
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Fearsome focus

The fast, agile fox keeps the mouse in its sights.

Escape artist

With its long hind feet, the little mouse can spring more than a yard high and just as far forward. Once deep in the grass, it can sit motionless until danger passes.

And the winner is…

The mouse lands in tall marsh grass, where it freezes. The fox blows by. The mouse is safe. For now.

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The struggle to survive isn't always a fair fight.

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