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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 19B1 -C 5 - Small Worlds Around Us 1 'VU- BV Witf' lynn W Watkins (Register & Tribune Syndicate, 1961) 1 The Fox Is Pretty 'Foxy' After All Deep in his underground burrow, where the sun or light of day never comes, the red fox knew it was night. The fox is one of the characters that has for many years built up a reputation for being very wise and clever. Extending credit where it is due, it must be admitted the fox does some clever things. In fact, because the animal is unusually alert, he has been credited with actions the ser ious student of animal behav ior can hardly credit. The flea business is a classic example. The story has been repeated many times. Those who be lieve it claim to actually have watched the entire perform ance. Sink or Swim The fox, infested with fleas, grabs a stick in its mouth and swims out into a small lake or pool, holding the stick crossways in its mouth. Arriv ing in deep water, the fox allows its body to sink, keep ing only its nose above the surface. The flea, like a drowning man trying to grab even a straw crawls toward the fox's head and arriving there, sees the stick and crawls out on it. When the fox feels that all the fleas are on the stick, the canny animal lets go of the slick and swims ashore, leav ing all the fleas stranded. The fox is capable of some pretty smart tricks, but whether or not this is one of them is still a debatable ques tion. However, the fox does exercize considerable judg ment in another department that bespeaks of cleverness. And this has been observed many times. Reluctant To 'Hole-Up' The animal seems pretty sure when robbing a hen roost to invade one that is far removed from his den, keep ing its immediate vicinity un sullied by poultry killings. Even when hard-pressed by hounds a fox seems reluctant to "hole up" in its own den and will do so only as a last desperate resort. By nature they only hunt by night, spending the day time hours snugly curled up in an underground den with their bushy brush of a tail carefully wrapped around them. None in South The fox is pretty generally distributed throughout all the northern half of the world from tropical zones to the lands in the far north. None are known to live in the south ern hemisphere. The species is hopelessly intermingled. The red fox, which our fore fathers hunted in Virginia and the one which the English sportsman hunts while dressed up in a red suit and astride a horse, is the best known. It was this one, loo, that most of the fairy tales were written about. The red fox in the fable did not want sour grapes as Aesop wrote in the nursery tale. Technically, it would seem a little far-fetched to say any fox would eat grapes; it would much prefer a mouse, squirrel or a rabbit. RECORD BUDGET Albany, N.Y.-(UPIl-Gov. Nel son A. 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