A fox, the Earth’s magnetic field, and three good things about this video

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1.  Theory that the red fox uses the magnetic field of the earth to help catch field mice under the snow.  According to this it hardly ever catches mice.  Except for when it's facing North when it catches mice 75% of the time.
2.  That fox can frickin' jump!  
3.  It's hilarious what happens at the end of those jumps.

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  1. Doug Hardy December 5, 2013 at 11:07 am

    I'm the sweet guitar riff when the words "NORTH AMERICA" fade in.

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  2. John Lusk December 5, 2013 at 11:11 am

    WHO IS THAT NARRATOR??? It's driving me nuts.

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  4. Elizabeth Hahn December 5, 2013 at 11:48 am

    It would be interesting to know how often they attack facing north.  

    And good thing that was soft powdery snow!

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  5. Karl B. Hille December 5, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    +Doug Hardy seriously – as in you played that? I was really digging it (also YouTube paired it with a very similar guitar vibe ad).

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  6. Doug Hardy December 5, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    No I'm not serious actually haha sorry

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  7. Daniel Moore December 5, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    Amazing video can't believe the fox can get through three feet of snow!!!

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  8. Rob Carr December 5, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    I just can't remember where I seen this before. They detect prey under the show. It is Pretty freakin' cool!

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  9. Gretchen Grosskopf December 5, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    Getting your fingerprints done for the dOJ

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  10. Randall Winkler December 5, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    AWESOME

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  11. Alen Coffell December 5, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    Done, go find them, stalker!

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  12. ed crumly December 5, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    I've seen this up close and would be a little more inclined to think their ears are doing the finding. Ya never know…

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  13. Rob Carr December 5, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    +ed crumly that is correct

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  14. Joanna Blizzard December 5, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    Canada

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  15. Sir Altitude December 5, 2013 at 6:16 pm

    What does the fox say?

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  16. Steve Martin December 5, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    You know this whole premise is completely wrong. All he's doing is practicing for the Winter Olympics "Snow Diving Competition".

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  17. Nestor Nieves December 5, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    Wow this fox is awesome.. do all fox do this or its just this one. Well either way thats a smart fox..

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  18. Angela Campbell December 5, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    This is an awesome short.

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  19. Woody Channel December 5, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    Dog eat mice^^

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  20. Justin Goldsmith December 5, 2013 at 7:15 pm

    +John Lusk that's Morgan Freezman.

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  21. John Lusk December 5, 2013 at 7:31 pm

    Ha ha, +Justin Goldsmith 🙂

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  22. Rod Barnes December 5, 2013 at 7:42 pm

    Amazing! And really derpy.

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  23. Ivan Bigelow December 5, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    I wonder if they ever get stuck?

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  24. michael lascarez December 5, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    cool

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  25. Chris Mitchell December 5, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    Amazing!#Fox

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  26. Gregory Keet December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am

    that is incredible.. lets all face north! it seems it brings good luck! 😀 have a super friday

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  27. Jon Berry December 6, 2013 at 12:26 am

    I so love this!

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  28. VG BALAJI December 6, 2013 at 12:29 am

    i love tooo

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  29. Mridul Dey December 6, 2013 at 1:15 am

    unbelievable ! what a beauty of snow, thanks for nice  video. .

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  30. Daniela Lucarelli December 6, 2013 at 1:45 am

    WoW what an amazing animal and a beauty of a dive!

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  32. Navaneeth Kuttan December 6, 2013 at 2:28 am

    Cool video

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  33. Timothy Lau December 6, 2013 at 3:14 am

    it heard the mice….

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  34. Gregory Keet December 6, 2013 at 3:23 am

    they were speaking micenese

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  35. Gary Desroche December 6, 2013 at 4:09 am

    I love this stuff!

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  36. Ammaar Ismail December 6, 2013 at 5:03 am

    I've seen it before

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  38. Maria Lucas December 6, 2013 at 7:46 am

    Melissa

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  39. Kat Mac December 6, 2013 at 8:46 am

    Love Foxes! Pretty darn smart!

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  40. Mark Swope December 6, 2013 at 9:26 am

    3. – not sure it's hilarious to the mice…

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  41. Alex Wiebe December 6, 2013 at 9:26 am

    "What does the fox say?" – SHHHHH! We say nothing! Lest the tasty mices hears us.

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  42. Miguel Reposo December 6, 2013 at 9:32 am

    +Kat Mac Me too, I've got my own regular nocturnal visitor who will pose for a camera shot in return for a cooked chicken leg!

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  43. Erik Lester December 6, 2013 at 10:07 am

    The fox is the best hunter of rodents :n) Great video (n:

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  44. Archie Morris December 6, 2013 at 11:11 am

    Cool.

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  45. Robert Wisz December 6, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    75% of the time, it works every time 🙂

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  46. Cathy Fletcher December 7, 2013 at 6:23 pm

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  47. premankur sahani December 9, 2013 at 2:24 am

    G

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  48. Anna Rinaldi December 10, 2013 at 4:11 am

    Non so l,inglese ma sono simpa5tiche le loro espressioni del vso

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  49. Peter Azul Azul December 15, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    Impresionante!!!

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