tod was the foxes name in fox and hound.
tod was the foxes name in fox and hound.
what is the foxes name in fox and hound?
tod
desiring a realistic depiction of vulpine behavior and habits, mannix spent more than a year studying the behaviors of a mated pair of foxes that he kept at his home. he stated that they were "so tame [that he] could turn them loose and watch them hunt, fight, make love, and live an almost normal life." additionally, he studied wild foxes and interviewed trappers, hunters, game wardens, and "masters of hounds" to learn what they felt foxes would and would not do. in the novel's postscript, mannix discusses this research. to defend his novel against charges of improbability, he recounts his observations of wild foxes and discusses other people's stories about fox behavior. regarding the actions tod takes in eluding the hunters, he details both witnessing wild foxes performing such acts and stories others shared with him that he used as a basis for some of the story's events. for example, he notes that while people have told him that foxes do not really run among sheep or cattle herds to escape hounds, he himself used to watch them do just that from his bedroom window. in the case of a fox running along train tracks as a train is approaching, mannix drew on a story told to him by a master of hunting in the area of whitford sales—near thorndale, pennsylvania—who had to stop hunting in the area because of a fox who consistently killed pursuing hounds on the trenton cutoff using this method.
the fox and the hound (novel)
red foxes typically dominate other fox species. arctic foxes generally escape competition from red foxes by living farther north, where food is too scarce to support the larger-bodied red species. although the red species' northern limit is linked to the availability of food, the arctic species' southern range is limited by the presence of the former. red and arctic foxes were both introduced to almost every island from the aleutian islands to the alexander archipelago during the 1830s–1930s by fur companies. the red foxes invariably displaced the arctic foxes, with one male red fox having been reported to have killed off all resident arctic foxes on a small island in 1866. where they are sympatric, arctic foxes may also escape competition by feeding on lemmings and flotsam, rather than voles, as favoured by red foxes. both species will kill each other's kits, given the opportunity. red foxes are serious competitors of corsac foxes, as they hunt the same prey all year. the red species is also stronger, is better adapted to hunting in snow deeper than and is more effective in hunting and catching medium to large-sized rodents. corsac foxes seem to only outcompete red foxes in semi-desert and steppe areas. in israel, blanford's foxes escape competition with red foxes by restricting themselves to rocky cliffs and actively avoiding the open plains inhabited by red foxes. red foxes dominate kit and swift foxes. kit foxes usually avoid competition with their larger cousins by living in more arid environments, though red foxes have been increasing in ranges formerly occupied by kit foxes due to human-induced environmental changes. red foxes will kill both species, and compete for food and den sites. grey foxes are exceptional, as they dominate red foxes wherever their ranges meet. historically, interactions between the two species were rare, as grey foxes favoured heavily wooded or semiarid habitats as opposed to the open and mesic ones preferred by red foxes. however, interactions have become more frequent due to deforestation allowing red foxes to colonise grey fox-inhabited areas.
red fox