Extra – A Fox Stole My Camera …
- by Chester McEachern
- 2 months ago
- 69 comments
I’ve been having some issues with rats in
my Polytunnel Garden recently, and I decided toast up this little bakery powered security
and wildlife camera that I had been given to try out, to see how many rats there might
be, and more importantly to find out whether any of the neighbourhood cats were coming
around to help out with the rats. When I came back to get the camera, it had
disappeared. A few days later I found it about 50m away
from where I had left it, and it was a bit bashed up, but I was quite surprised by what
had been recorded! So, a fox had come into my polytunnel, probably
hunting for the rats, and instead found this white egg shaped object, which it picked up
and ran off with to try to break open. The outer casing for the camera was torn quite
a bit, and there are a few scratches on the camera, but it seems to be working fine, and
I’m delighted to find out that there is now a fox hanging around my gardens, to hopefully
help deal with the rats.
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That's adorable.
cheeky fox! lol
That's actually soo cute, he probably eats a few rats himself.
worth it!
Hah! Note to game camera makers, don't make your cameras look like eggs!
He wanted to be a youtuber too! You made his dream come true.😅😂😀
Thank for sharing!
That is super footage 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻💚
I see foxes and martens as well on my trail cameras from time to time. Foxes are great rodent hunters. I highly recommend buying second hand cheap trail cameras on ebay, I bought 3 for about 30€ each. They do their job nicely and I use Eneloop AA batteries to power them, which I recharge using a solar panel 🙂
ahah curious little guy
I've heard a camera adds 10 pounds, but I didn't think you that was because you ate it! BTW, How much does a camera add in Ireland, a stone, 5 kg, .714 stone, 4.54kg, what?
Watching this with headphones is like a very strange ASMR video.
Do you not have your own cats RED? I would be a bit concerned with rats in my garden for the obvious reason that they can spread disease. If you do not have cats I suggest getting a couple. I was having raccoon problems on my farm until I bought a maine coon and bred it with my siamese. Now I have six ninja assassins in my garden! All my cats are pitch black. Literal ninjas! They had a stand off with two raccoons a few weeks ago and the raccoons lost. They haven't been back since. Had to get my cats rabies shots but they whopped some raccoon butt.
Beautiful looking fox eh 😄
Fox's Selfie LOL !
Haahha how he is enjoying slurping the camera
Koolfootage
And thats why people that claim that most animals are all about smell are wrong. They are not. It looks like an egg and thus he tried to eat it.
A brazen criminal put his crime on tape the internet age is taking over lol
Hehehehe.
I gotta say he's not the best camera man.
Fox vlog.
the most unexpected video on this chanel, very entertaining!!
hope this video gets 1 million views! It's so cute, it's deserving.
Amazing, well made camera to withstand that a use.
The sound of fox teeth on the camera…
That is so cute! Thank you for sharing and welcoming your new foxy neighbour. If you have more aventures dealing with it/them I'd love to see a video about it.
you shouldn't have used bacon grease as a waterproofing layer
Hey RED, do you happen to know any apple breeders/growers relatively local to you? I've been searching around for rootstock and scions. Amazing vid by the way, I love these exclusive peeks into other worlds. Cheers!
I wonder if the cat's even help with the rat problem, since cats will kill anything they see i could see them making the problem worse by killing snakes and other animals that eat rats.
Soo cute
That's fantastic 😀 Clever little bugger!
Irish foxes are the most intelligent animals you could ever meet
Never knew a fox would be good for rodent populations, much less be visually appealing to appetite either! Interesting footage. Thank you for sharing. Be careful out there!
Fabulous footage! Bet this never happened to David Attenborough!! 😀
I've watched a fox carefully carry an egg and bury it, so you were lucky.
Awesome. You are Dr Doolittle
Hmm, Project Red Gardens has a red-furred thief hanging around. The irony…oh the irony.
this is up there with the slug one…
Heh, of all of the hours of thoughtful introspective video on your channel, I bet this one hits big for you.
Also, Happy Thanksgiving from the old country.
Swiper no swipping!
hahahaha … good share…. try painting the camera in grey or darker colour….
Just curious, do you harvest the broccoli and cauliflower leaves for consumption? They are edible, and it would improve the efficiency/yield of the gardens.
True wildlife photography!
Wow…cool capture.
I use live traps and drown them (have buzzards/red kites in the area so dont put down poison). do you think there would be benefit by doing something similar but leaving the deceased rats near/in the poly tunnel as a reward for the fox to come around?
That was great.
Mr. Fox trying to get rid of the evidence…
Funny!
It's measures and counter measures. So many different entities looking for the best food source with the least effort and all in the same spot! All of the different plans and plots…..😃
Awww. Giving toys to the local wildlife.
What do the rats do to the garden -and how can you prevent rats? other than getting a fox or cats?
=)
Wow! LOL, so awesome. I am so going to buy a trail cam now.
Glad it didn't carry it off too far, or into a den. Now you know to keep the hen house locked up!
I cant wait to start seeing recommended videos appearing about a cunning Fox that teaches assorted woodland creatures how to steal wildlife cameras.
That's some serious footage
Foxes are so awesome
In its defense, what does the fox say?
As a headphones user, I had the distinct sensation that a fox was chewing on my head. Amazing footage!
Wow. Great video. Foxy is a star!
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The cat used to eat my homework too.
that is the cutest ever! hahah so cute! that made my day 🙂
We still dont know what the fox says!
Hahaha I have the same reolink camera… luckily for me there are no foxes on my 6th floor rooftop garden :p
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He thought he had found the mega egg!!
lol
Didn't even bother to wear a mask. Been thinking of getting a camera for my small garden but then again, maybe I don't want to know who all is visiting.