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The title is Finnish for "chicken thief".Does anyone happen to know why many red foxes have grayish hindquarters? What's the evolutionary purpose of it? I've been wondering.
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Not sure exactly to the question in the disc, but coloration on any animal is usually to break up its silhouette from a distance hence why wild animals typically aren't one solid color unless the environment is one solid color (ie arctic fox)
Fish coloration is something i learned a bit about recently in which there are two distinct parts, the underbelly and their top (or back). The top is darker while the bottom is lighter. This has everything to do with perspective from how light moves down into the water. With the sun being the source the from the top looking down you see into the darkness of the water which fish adapt to match. Looking up from the bottom of the water you see light so fish have adapted lighter coloring on their underbellies to match the light further up in the water.
I'm assuming coloration variation matters primarily with the environment (especially with species that need to stay hidden to stay alive).
For me I find it kinda weird how foxes can have such bright red colors which to me would make them stand out more in general. In a desert or red rocky area it would make sense but red seems to be a common color for foxes for some reason.
Tan would make more sense to me as it would blend in with dead grass and shrubs more.
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The colours and patterns here are just marvellous, I really love this piece! The expression of the fox is very nice, he looks so sly and clever. I would love to see this as a postcard!
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silvering on the hindquarters can depend on the subpecies and whether it's an adaptation that they need. in mountain ranges and tundras, foxes tend to be darker and have smokier looking fur that is mixed with a lot of gray.
genetically speaking, at least when it comes to certain species and especially captive born ranch foxes, pure red foxes crossed with silver foxes produce "cross" foxes, but they look just like a regular red fox - except they have a "smokey" undercoat where there is more silver in the coat, and black on their stomachs and faces. It's especially obvious on their tails which tend to be much darker than a regular red fox.
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Wonderful style and character. The subjects have so much personality! I like the narrative quality of your work.
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Cotton tails, jack rabbits, and marsh rabbits in Texas have a similar grayish area across the hips. This along with a white tip tail. I've heard it is used to confuse hawks.
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really nice picture. 
Hmmm here in germany (Berlin), the foxes dont have that greyish part but they also have no real white tailtip or chest/belly.
They are looking more dirty at those parts because there is so much black fur between the white. It looks not really beautyfull in my opinion ^^'
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this piece is amazing, as usual ^^ i love the feeling of it and the expression in the fox's face and the detailed yet simple design of the rooster. i also love the blending of the colours and the texture. the eyes are really drawn to the more detailed chicken and fox head, and the little tufts of fur look gorgeous too
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very common in american red foxes
down know in english or japanese or other countries
all red foxes from different parts of the world look markedly different to the trained eye!
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Rakastan tässä näitä yksityiskohtia etenkin tuossa kukossa !
Ja kettu kyllä näyttää todella hyvältä pörheine turkkineen ♡
Tykkään kans tuosta miten ilmeikäs tää kettu on, ja sen solakka ruumis näyttää juuri siltä miltä pitää <3
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This is literally my favorite piece from you! The colors are awesome and peppy and perfectly reflect this unique fox's mischievous nature! What fable is he from?
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the title is so cool because kanavaras sounds a bit like carnivorous(or at least if you pronounce it in english). im not sure if this was intentional or not, but I thought it was worth mentioning. I love love love your art too btw
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Don't know about greyish hindquarters - but I read this article about general colouring in animals recently, and another which goes some way to explaining eye shapes, with specific mention of foxes.
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I'm not sure either.
However our foxes don't tend to have that grey colouration along the rear, and are much more orange tinged it seems, in comparison to the more rust coloured European reds. They do often seem to have more black guard-hairs on the rear, particularly along the tail. As I recall as well, the reds in Tibet were coloured closer to the north-american ones I'm used to than what I've seen of European (mostly British) foxes in photos or documentaries and such.
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your style is so interesting to look at, I look at all the lines you make and it's beautiful
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Beautiful, the grey and copper tones work so nicely together :>
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That chicken won't be coming back. ^^
This is real cool.
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