-Foxes are the only member of the dog family capable of retracting their claws like cats do. Foxes also have vertical pupils that look more like those of cats than the rounded pupils that other dogs have.

-Foxes typically live three years in the wild but can live up to 10 years in captivity.

-Foxes can eat up to several pounds of food a day. What they don’t eat, they often bury under leaves or snow for later. They also do not chew their food; instead it uses its carnassial or shearing teeth to cut the meat into manageable chunks.

-The Mandarinfish (my favorite fish!) does not have scales and is covered instead in a thick mucous used to protect itself.