FrostOur first year at The Lake, we got to know seven different Red Foxes well enough to name them. Each had different facial features and individual personalities. Here is Frost, named for her whitish face and brightness of the white parts of her coat and tail. It’s often difficult to distinguish sexes in foxes, especially during the winter season when their coats are full, but we referred to Frost as “she.” Of the seven foxes, she was the smallest, perhaps in her first year, and the most likely to bark at other foxes, or for attention from us. I made this portrait a little after sunset on December 31, 2016.
One of the main truths I came to understand while living at The Lake was exactly that… how incredibly intelligent animals are – far more so than people of my generation were taught growing up. There is a saying I was told by an Eskimo elder up in Point Hope: “Every animal knows more than I do.” I thought it was one of the silliest things I’d ever heard… until I really started studying wild animals. Thanks for checking in!
Yes…that is exactly what I have come to realize as well.If only we could learn their languages imagine how much deeper the meaning of our lives could be.
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Wisdom in the eyes.What worlds could she teach us?
One of the main truths I came to understand while living at The Lake was exactly that… how incredibly intelligent animals are – far more so than people of my generation were taught growing up. There is a saying I was told by an Eskimo elder up in Point Hope: “Every animal knows more than I do.” I thought it was one of the silliest things I’d ever heard… until I really started studying wild animals. Thanks for checking in!
Yes…that is exactly what I have come to realize as well.If only we could learn their languages imagine how much deeper the meaning of our lives could be.