Fox goes viral after biting man\u2019s leg moments after claiming they\u2019re \u2018friendly\u2019 Instagram: daniel.owen96A man is going viral after getting bitten by a wild fox mere seconds after calling the animal \u2018friendly\u2019 in a video that\u2019s taking social media by storm. It\u2019s not unusual to see the occasional wild fox trotting about town in the UK \u2014 but a man in Weston, England got more than he expected when one of the animals chomped down on his leg. In a clip circulating social media, a group of guys are seen gathered on the street discussing a local fox that\u2019s been wandering around the neighborhood. \u201cBut it comes up to you, and you feed it,\u201d one of the lads explained, to which his mate interrupted by saying the animal is likely \u201cfull of fleas.\u201d \u201cNo no, it gets vetted,\u201d the other man insisted. \u201cThere\u2019s a vet on the thing. Look, look, see?\u201d Right at that moment, the fox trotted up to the man and bit his leg right on the top of his shin, sparking some laughter from his friends who couldn\u2019t help but roast the guy as the animal skittered off into the road. The critter managed to draw blood with its teeth \u2014 something the man pleading its case couldn\u2019t believe. \u201cThe worst part is, I was giving it vibes!\u201d he said. \u201cBigging it up and everything.\u201d The humorous clip has been reposted numerous times online since April 2024, leaving viewers both amused and concerned for the man after receiving the injury. \u201cThink he needs a rabies jab,\u201d one netizen suggested. \u201cFox needs people to be scared of him!\u201d another wrote. \u201cGood luck for the infection now!\u201d yet another advised. Despite viewers\u2019 concerns, there is very little risk of getting a disease from a fox bite in the United Kingdom. In fact, neither parvovirus nor distemper have been recorded in foxes, as per The Fox Project, a wildlife charity in the UK. For those worried about contracting anything from a potential fox bite or scratch, experts claim that the animals have \u201cless potential for infection than a domestic cat bite or scratch,\u201d which are actually more prone to transmitting infection than foxes are. While there are very few recorded instances of foxes being aggressive to strangers, bites can happen when people try to feed the wild animals and get close to them. Such \u201cattacks\u201d are extremely rare, and foxes are not considered a \u201cthreat\u201d to humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fox goes viral after biting man\u2019s leg moments after claiming they\u2019re \u2018friendly\u2019 Instagram: daniel.owen96A man is going viral after getting bitten by a wild fox mere seconds after calling the animal \u2018friendly\u2019 in a video that\u2019s taking social media by storm. It\u2019s not unusual to see the occasional wild fox trotting about town in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}