• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        To add; it’s to mask their own scent. It’s an instinctive habit inherited from wolves that we’ve never quite been able to get rid of.

        By getting smelly stuff on them; they can sneak up in prey better. Most dogs don’t even know how to sneak…. But they still do it.

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      1 year ago

      We like to hike in the hills behind our home, and there are a lot of foxes in the area. Her favorite thing is to roll in fox shit.

      This go around she stumbled upon a fresh pile of diarrhea.