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Fennec Fox - artbythefennec

A fennec fox native to a hot climate - by ©artbythefennec

Fennec foxes are a breed of fox native to desertic climates, whether they be of extreme heat or cold. They are similar to a real-life fennec fox.

Range[]

Fennec foxes are known to live in regions such as the arctic tundra of northern Skyrim, the desertified rocky landscape of northern Elsweyr, and even in some of the plains of the Alik'r Desert, though they are less common there. They live in regions of extreme desertic climates, and have adapted over the centuries to their respective regions. Those of northern Elsweyr and the Alik'r are known to be tan in colour, and easily blend in with the sand and yellow-red rock native to those regions. Those of northern Skyrim are white or light grey in colour, able to easily hide themselves against the backdrop of snow and icy rock.

Behaviour[]

Fennec foxes posses large ears capable of hearing what most other creatures would not, allowing them to find unsuspecting prey from great distances and simultaneously making them notoriously difficult to catch.

Those that are native to hot climates are known to eat scorpions.

Some peoples of Hammerfell, Elsweyr, and Skyrim enjoy taming and breeding fennec foxes, often spending copious amounts of coin to catch them. They are said to make alert companions for those with the means to aquire one.

Fennec foxes can be poisoned by feeding them a paste mixture of onion and garlic, which is toxic to the small mammal. Some travellers in Hammerfell and Elsweyr bring onion and garlic along with them for the express purpose of luring the foxes with pieces of scorpion lathered with the paste so as to poison and eat the foxes, as the pastial mixture is not lethal to Men, Mer, or Beast.

Fennec fox meat has been described by Hrodkir Mincemeat in his book Anequina Animal Identification and Tasting as being similar to wolf meat, though "more tender and less gamey".

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