Wildlife photographer Sergey Gorshkov caught this moment at the Taimyr Tundra in Siberia, Russia where a Arctic Fox dived head first after a mouse buried beneath the snow.
Scientists have recently discovered that foxes also use the Earth’s magnetic field when hunting prey using this technique. The odds of a fox catching a mouse buried beneath the snow rise to nearly 75% if the predator is facing north. The fox uses the invisible magnetic field of the planet to triangulate and home in on its prey, buried in up to 3 feet of snow, from 18 feet away.
Know more:
http://earthsky.org/earth/foxes-use-earths-magnetic-field-to-jump-on-prey
More about Sergey Gorshkov awesome work here:
http://gorshkov-photo.com/english/portfolio/
I have seen a red fox doing the same once in Etnedal in Norway. It was jumping once or twice before diving. To me it seemed like it was listening for the movement its jumps had provoked. It is 20 years ago so I am not sure if remember right which direction its body was aligned with.
ReplyDeleteHo postato la volpe rossa che si comporta come tu racconti Pål Børsting , in video.
ReplyDeleteMaybe its the mice who detect the fox... except from the south.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Bill Broadley , he was looking for a little race to warm up in the cold Siberia =)
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