In Part 3 of our story about Dolly, Broken Ear and Frances we see some more rough-and-tumble play sessions. And when we say “rough”, we mean rough. We were surprised that Dolly had any ears left at all after a few days of being Frances’s sole playmate and chew toy. Gray fox ears must be made of titanium.
When Dolly and Broken Ear were on watch duty outside the den, they almost always sat on the tallest of three big stumps in the playpen area. Of course, Frances wanted to be up there too. Eventually she made it, but in this video you’ll see some of her more comical failed attempts. Dolly sits impassively on her stump and watches as Frances tries and fails to jump up onto the stump to sit beside her mama. She took some memorable falls but always came back for more. Perhaps fox kit butts are made of titanium too?
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