In my role as Diply's cute correspondent — not a real title, but really should be — I spend a lot of time skimming places like Reddit for animals that stand out from the pack.
And it was Reddit where I spotted a photo of a very striking cross fox.
In my role as Diply's cute correspondent — not a real title, but really should be — I spend a lot of time skimming places like Reddit for animals that stand out from the pack.
And it was Reddit where I spotted a photo of a very striking cross fox.
I'm not alone in that opinion either, as hundreds of comments said the same thing.
Even though technically Mozilla's firefox mascot is a red panda, I think they should definitely add this beautiful creature to their lineup.
Though, "Twillingate" kind of sounds like a fairy tale town, now that I say it out loud.
The photos were taken by Sam Gaby, who shares his photography on Instagram @keen.feed.
After an extended visit to Twillingate, Gaby says he fell in love with it and now tries to visit once or twice a year.
Mat is the cross fox and Pat is his red fox buddy.
It's likely that the two are siblings with different color variations.
Melanism is a gene variant where there is extra melanin in the skin, causing a deep black color. In animals, that includes their fur.
Silver foxes are a red fox variant with full melanism.
When the popularity of real animal fur dropped and so did sales, the farm shut down and released the animals to the wild.
If you'd like to see more of Mat and Pat, or check out more of Gaby's work, be sure to follow him on Instagram @keen.feed.