A mystery. (warning: fox related)

Elegiac · May 18, 2015, 06:43:59 AM

Foxes stealing golf balls. If you search it on youtube, or through google, you'll find a long-running epidemic of golf ball theft by cheeky foxes. Why do the foxes want the golf balls? I suppose maybe they could think that they're eggs, but after the first couple of balls the fox would surely figure out that they're not. So to my mind that's not an answer.

Any theories?

Girl of Mystery · May 18, 2015, 06:48:23 AM

How do you live with yourself?

Magos Domina · May 18, 2015, 07:11:27 AM

Foxes are more playful than puppies. Just like certain dog breeds will "steal" a stick from you instead of play fetch, foxes do something similar.

Rinev · May 18, 2015, 07:16:44 AM

They want to be in the PGA.

Elegiac · May 18, 2015, 07:22:51 AM

Quote from: Magos Domina on May 18, 2015, 07:11:27 AM

Foxes are more playful than puppies. Just like certain dog breeds will "steal" a stick from you instead of play fetch, foxes do something similar.

That sounds about right, but I still find it a really weird pastime. I mean... how would they pick up a piece of play like this? Foxes are supposed to fear humans.

Elegiac · May 18, 2015, 07:26:26 AM

Quote from: Rinev Jeqkogo on May 18, 2015, 07:16:44 AM

They want to be in the PGA.

Maybe we should give them their own tournament, like the Puppy Bowl.

Spoiler

Magos Domina · May 18, 2015, 07:26:35 AM

Quote from: Elegiac on May 18, 2015, 07:22:51 AM

Quote from: Magos Domina on May 18, 2015, 07:11:27 AM
Foxes are more playful than puppies. Just like certain dog breeds will "steal" a stick from you instead of play fetch, foxes do something similar.
That sounds about right, but I still find it a really weird pastime. I mean... how would they pick up a piece of play like this? Foxes are supposed to fear humans.

I'm guessing that the foxes that do this live in an urban area and are less wary of humans than their countryside counterparts. In the UK animal shelters and the like advise people not to feed or encourage the foxes to interact with them when they come into your back gardens because foxes can become pretty trusting of humans, and not everyone likes the company of foxes... There are a lot of cunts out there who would harm a fox.

Elegiac · May 18, 2015, 07:27:51 AM

Quote from: Magos Domina on May 18, 2015, 07:26:35 AM

Quote from: Elegiac on May 18, 2015, 07:22:51 AM
Quote from: Magos Domina on May 18, 2015, 07:11:27 AM
Foxes are more playful than puppies. Just like certain dog breeds will "steal" a stick from you instead of play fetch, foxes do something similar.
That sounds about right, but I still find it a really weird pastime. I mean... how would they pick up a piece of play like this? Foxes are supposed to fear humans.
I'm guessing that the foxes that do this live in an urban area and are less wary of humans than their countryside counterparts. In the UK animal shelters and the like advise people not to feed or encourage the foxes to interact with them when they come into your back gardens because foxes can become pretty trusting of humans, and not everyone likes the company of foxes... There are a lot of cunts out there who would harm a fox.

I'd like to see if they play similar tricks on other animals :3

FatherlyNick - fuck putin · May 18, 2015, 09:07:15 AM

Foxes fear human?

Elegiac · May 18, 2015, 09:16:35 AM

Quote from: FatherlyNick on May 18, 2015, 09:07:15 AM

Foxes fear human?

Well yeah, the majority of wild animals do. Most of the time...

OnionBeetle · May 18, 2015, 10:24:50 AM

Hmmmm, this seems to be quite problamatic indeed. Maybe the fóxes are training to be caddies but cannot use arms to grasp ball like human caddie can?

Elegiac · May 18, 2015, 10:27:54 AM

Quote from: OnionBeetle on May 18, 2015, 10:24:50 AM

Hmmmm, this seems to be quite problamatic indeed. Maybe the fóxes are training to be caddies but cannot use arms to grasp ball like human caddie can?

Brilliant... you've turned a problem into an opportunity. We wouldn't even have to pay them.