September+-+Fennec+Fox





====This cute little guy is found in the Sahara Desert of Northern Africa. In it's hot sandy habitat, life is tough. So to avoid most of the searing heat it has developed these huge bat-like ears.These help them keep cool because of the numerous amount of blood vessels that are in those satellite detectors. ====

====Also they have a mostly nocturnal lifestyle. But duun duun daaa...it gets very cold in the desert at night, sometimes below 0. To fight off the cold the fennec fox grows this insulated fur to save the needed heat. ====

====During their nightly hunting, they dine on the various foods: insects, smaller mammals, fruit. Basically, they have an omnivorous diet. Oh almost forgot, those ears are also good at detecting hidden prey! ====

====Even though they are a wild animal most people would take in these animals as pets. Not only are they popular as pets they are prized to be hunted for their fur. How sad... Their average life span is up to 13 years and have a gestation period of 51 days. They have 2 to 5 kits in one litter and mate for life. ====

Don't think that even though these little guys have a cute appearance that they have no enemies. To name some, there is the Caracal (a desert cat) and the Eagle Owl.

==Need anymore information look them up on these sites:  ==

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/fennec-fox.html

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Fennec_Fox

http://www.exoticendeavors.com/fennec_foxes.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/204284/fennec

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111181/fennecfox.html