• merde alors
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      17 hours ago

      Humans are accidental intermediate hosts that become infected by handling soil, dirt or animal hair that contains eggs.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcosis

      Foxes, coyotes, domestic dogs, and other canids are the definitive hosts for the adult stage of the parasite. Cats may also be involved. The head of the tapeworm attaches to the intestinal mucosa by hooks and suckers. It then produces hundreds of microscopic eggs, which are dispersed through the feces.

      Humans can become an aberrant intermediate host by accidentally ingesting eggs of E. multilocularis when handling infected animals or consuming contaminated food, vegetable, and water.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcus_multilocularis

      • @[email protected]
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        14 hours ago

        no way you just sent an actual real looking hand thing and didn’t say anything about it

      • @MutilationWave
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        18 hours ago

        Eh live a little, pet a cute little fox then wash your hands. If it bites you get a rabies shot. Worth it either way.

        • @[email protected]
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          48 hours ago

          It’s a wild animal, look but don’t touch. It’s not “living a little” it’s not scaring the shit out of it until it bites you in terror.

  • @[email protected]
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    1218 hours ago

    My 600mm lens can’t focus closer than something like 13’. So I’m assuming photographer used cell phone or maybe a static glass window so he could swap lenses inside and not disturb the animals.

    • kn0wmad1c
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      815 hours ago

      The top shot shows the fox staring straight into the photo tube, but the bottom shot was taken from above. So it was likely a change of position as well as camera.