Forgive my ignorance but I have to ask, just what is this adorable white ball of fluff?
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
Has a voice similar to that of common foxes.Thank you. I had no idea arctic foxes could be so friendly so it didn’t even occur to me when I asked.
But it looks exactly like an Arctic Fox. Why would behavior make a difference? Any animal can be friendly in the right circumstances.
It simply didn’t occur that it could be. On first watch I didn’t notice the cage so I thought it had to be a breed of dog. Also, I’ve never seen an arctic fox. Is that okay?
Yeah man, my bad. Didn’t mean to sound judgemental. I’m surprised you’ve never seen an Arctic Fox before though, I definitely recommend nature documentaries in general but I also think you should look them up specifically on YouTube. The way they hunt in the snow is really entertaining
Edit: not specifically YouTube, but specifically arctic foxes
Edit edit: I take back my apology. I didn’t word it in a judgmental way at all. And the comment you made that I was replying to implied you already knew what they were. You specifically said it’s behavior is why you didn’t know it was an Arctic Fox. It seems like what I said made you feel dumb so you tried to make me feel bad. It worked until I went back and read our exchange. Nice try though
Edit edit edit: it’s okay to not know stuff. Lack of knowledge does not make you stupid. However, getting defensive because someone knew something you didn’t, definitely does. And this exchange makes me think you’re an asshole.
Frankly, the sentiment is mutual because your first message absolutely read as judgmental and my reasoning makes no difference to your initial attitude. You might notice this whole comment thread has been going on for multiple days and there might possibly be multiple reasons I didn’t know it was a fox to begin with. I realised what I was looking at once the first comment told me it was a fox. From there Slow didn’t need to fill me in any further but still did so I thanked them but misspoke because I happened to think it was a good idea to check Lemmy and hammered up a quick answer at a bad time because I knew I’d forget otherwise. I’ll now make sure to fix that for your pleasure. From there, there was zero reason to stick your nose in to sound bigger than someone else. Get this; even though I like animals, I don’t necessarily spend my time learning about all of them because they aren’t in my primary interests. I’ve heard of arctic foxes and when I did I looked up a single picture of one many years ago. Somewhere along the way the arctic fox and the silver fox - which doesn’t look as friendly as arctic foxes - have formed a weird amalgamation in my head. If I’d seen this fox in the right context I would have instantly known what it was but that wasn’t the case here.
The reason for my initial attitude was because your message read - and still does - as if you were implying I was dumb for not knowing something obvious to you and not because I felt dumb. At this point, your plethora of edits only reads as someone who’s realised they were being a prick, first had the instinct to set it right then just had to give in to your own hubris to once again try put me down. I know for a fact that I know things you don’t and vice versa. That’s life. I have better things to spend my time on that getting put down by someone who feels the need to flaunt their own understanding of something that doesn’t serve in everyday life. So I’m sorry that I asked in the pursuit of overcoming my ignorance, I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen in your presence again. Hopefully, I’ve now justified my own obliviousness to his highness. Have a nice day.
It definitely doesn’t and you continue to be defensive for me pointing out behavior isn’t relevant when identifying animals. I understand now that you didn’t actually mean that but it’s still absolutely what you said. I was responding to something that was said, if you didn’t mean it then there is no reason to get defensive even if it sounds judgemental in your head.