Meet the Bat-Eared Fox | National Geographic

bat-eared foxes like this family here
our members of the canid family you know
dogs carnivores but do these guys eat
nice juicy mammals like their brethren
aha nope lizards dangerous scorpions and
tiny bugs will do just fine most of the
time here in the sweltering Kalahari
Desert in Africa that diet may be easier
to come by than some others and the foot
and a half long bat-eared Fox has
developed just the tool it needs to find
these creatures it’s oversized five-inch
long ears the ears are sensitive enough
to pick up the scratching sounds of
critters underground and other times
when predators are stalking the ears are
the foxes early warning system now this
is where the day-to-day life the
bat-eared Fox ends and the soap opera
begins a little female we saw earlier is
growing up and she’s ready to mate that
meanwhile is still protecting his baby
girl she leaves scent marks
dad covers him up a male finds her
anyway and they court but dad will have
none of that he stomps towards them and
they cower
the daughter gets between her father and
her suitor but the cylinder is out of it
luck the suitor eventually comes back
exhibiting deference asking for the
daughter and that’s just what the proud
papa won and so the bat-eared Fox life
cycle begins again