Connect with us

Science

Foxes have been eating humans’ leftovers for 42000 years – study – techtoday19

The sight of foxes rummaging through the rubbish for scraps of food is not an unfamiliar one, and now scientists say it may have been around for thousands of years.The diets of ancient foxes were influenced by humans, and these small carnivores might be trace…

Published

on

ADVERTISEMENT

The sight of foxes rummaging through the rubbish for scraps of food is not an unfamiliar one, and now scientists say it may have been around for thousands of years.
The diets of ancient foxes were influenced by humans, and these small carnivores might be tracers of human activity over time, according to a new study.
In the wild, foxes regularly feed on scraps left behind by larger predators such as bears and wolves.
But the closer the animals live to human civilisation, the more of their diet…

Click here to view the original article.

Continue Reading
Advertisement
Advertisement

Trending