Quote Originally Posted by winterborn86 View Post
I think there is a family of foxes in my area somewhere as i see them running about quite often late at night, three big ones and one little one.
My partner saw em when he was walking home from work one morning (5.30am) and i got a phone call and he was in a panic cos two of the foxes were fighting in the midle of the road and he was scared they were going to go after him, he ended up walking the long way home to avoid them lol. I didnt think a fox would a attack a person tho, would they??
I believe they will learn to defend themselves more against humans one day, but that day isn't this one. Foxes, despite having become braver over the last decade, are still shy creatures when physically confronted by a human. If you chased a fox, the chances are, it would run away. I have happily driven by foxes at night, and they're fine when confronted with my Aygo, but I think that's because foxes are used to people driving past their habitats. I think they'd be more nervous.

This worries me, though, because they're seemingly not scared enough to run out of the way of speeding cars. You see so many on the road. They're renound for hanging around in the road, so I'm not sure whether they're unafraid of cars, or if they just don't run out of the way fast enough to avoid collision.