Richmond Wildlife Center posts video demonstrating how they are preventing the female baby fox from imprinting on humans
A Virginia wildlife center has figured out how to prevent abandoned newborn animals – specifically foxes – from imprinting on humans, doing so by wearing a giant fox mask while feeding the babies.
At a first glance, a video of the development looks like just another uncanny clip found on the internet. A person wearing a fox mask with beady eyes while a moveable mouth towers over a palm-sized, squirming creature, what looks like a newborn kitten, while feeding it with a teat-like tube.
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