Don't play with your food, son! Fox cub tosses mouse snack around before enjoying his feast

By Daily Mail Reporter


Mice pudding: This one-month-old fox was given the mouse as a snack by its mother. She also brought rodent treats for his brother and sister


It's not polite to play with your dinner but no one told this naughty Mr Fox.

Tossing a poor little mouse about like a rag doll, this cub may be having a great time - though for the meal in question, it doesn't look anywhere near as much fun.

Nature photographer Marcin Nawrocki, 34, from Poland, noticed a young family of foxes living near his home town of Kutno, when he was out searching for birds living on a river.

The mouse that soared: The cub was snapped playing with the poor mouse by nature photographer Marcin Nawrocki near his home town of Kutno in Poland


'One day, I saw a small fox about one month old and I decided to watch it,' explained Marcin.

'Eventually I found the nest and there were two parents and three cubs.

'I was observing them for about a week to be well prepared and take good photos.

'The little foxes were just playing with each other - they learn how to dig holes and how to hunt for small mammals.'

I can't see! When his siblings closed in, the cub ran off - with the mouse flapping wildly across his face


Poor mouse: The fox grips the rodent in his mouth and wanders off to devour his feast


Through his observation, Marcin noticed that each day, the mother fox - which did most of the hunting - would bring back exactly three mice, one for each of her cubs.

'But he was the only one who played with the mouse in such a crazy way,' said the photographer.

'He finished playing when his brother or sister were closing in.

'They wanted to steal his plaything from him. Then he ate the mouse very fast.'


source:dailymail