The Eyes Have It

by Jennie Breeze

Title

The Eyes Have It

Artist

Jennie Breeze

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Photograph - Original Img_1116

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This photograph was taken in Seattle,WA. The beautiful and striking Silver Fox is a melanistic form of the red fox. The melanin-related discoloration of the Vulpes vulpes, is a genetically-determined color phase of the common red fox in which the fur is black tipped with white. Silver foxes display a great deal of pelt variation: some are completely black except for a white coloration on the tip of the tail, some are bluish-grey, and some may have a cinereous colour on the sides. Historically, silver foxes were among the most valued furbearers, and their skins were frequently worn by nobles in Russia, Western Europe, and China. Wild silver foxes do not naturally reproduce exclusively with members of the same coat morph, and can be littermates with the common red variety, though captive populations bred for their fur are almost exclusively mated with members of the same colour. The hair is soft, glossy and was once reputed to be finer than that of the pine marten. The uniformly blackish brown or chocolate coloured underfur, which is unusually long and dense, measures in some places two inches and is exceedingly fine. It surrounds the whole body even to the tail, where it is a little coarser and woollier. The fur is shortest on the forehead and limbs, and is finer on the fox's underbelly. When viewed individually, the hairs composing the belly fur exhibit a wavy appearance. There are scarcely any long hair on the ears, which are thickly clothed with fur. The soles of the feet are so thickly covered with woolly hair so that no callous spots are visible. According to East-Siberian hunters, the footprints of silver foxes are larger than those of the red variety, due to larger foot pads and greater amounts of fur in this area of the body. Silver foxes also tend to be more cautious than red foxes.[

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