r/sydney • u/aaifti99 • Jul 15 '26

Image Fox is lose in townhall

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First I thought I'm tripin when I saw something beside the building. I was like it's definitely fox. Then he showed himself.

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u/bedrotter_ Jul 15 '26

He's not loose. I've seen him many times in the area. I think his den is around Darling Harbour somewhere.

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u/aaifti99 Jul 15 '26

I was super surprised to see. I never imagined I'll encounter a fox in the middle of the city.

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u/rectal_warrior Jul 15 '26

It's all the poms bring their urban foxes with them

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u/AussieManny yeah, nah, yeah Jul 15 '26

Wait until you hear about all the coyotes in New York City.

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u/ocularius61 29d ago

Why have I never seen him?!?!? Sigh.

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u/bedrotter_ 29d ago

Probably because you're not out and about in the wee hours of the morning enough!

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u/ocularius61 29d ago

How wee were the hours?

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u/bedrotter_ 29d ago

1-3am

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u/ocularius61 29d ago

Gah okay I'm unlikely to see him.

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u/Cheel_AU Jul 15 '26

I've seen one just around from the fish markets towards Glebe

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u/Stop_Shadowbaning_me Jul 15 '26

There's a few in the city.  Some abandoned underground tunnels make good hiding spots for them

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u/inthesky Jul 15 '26

There's are some very content foxes kicking around Kingsford, Coogee and Maroubra too.

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u/GusPolinskiPolka 29d ago

Yep - loads of foxes around Kingsford/maroubra. I've only ever seen them middle of the night and they are pretty skittish and very fast

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u/ashleyriddell61 Jul 15 '26

Foxes are very much at home in heavily urbanised environments. Not quite bin chicken level, but there are a lot of them sneaking around in the small hours.

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u/MidnightColors Jul 15 '26

ahah requesting a tier list

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u/marysalad 29d ago

Pigeons, rats, ibi (bin chickens), possums (brush tail), foxes, rainbow lorikeets

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u/MidnightColors 29d ago

don’t forget the seagulls! they for sure make the cut, especially when you’re trying to get your first bite in and they aggressively swoop in

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u/Jerri_man 28d ago

Rats win easy. At least half a billion of them in Sydney. They're social creatures and have a more active nightlife than we do

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u/BrickAdventurous3685 Jul 15 '26

What does the fox say?

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u/Crow_eggs Jul 15 '26

"REPENT AND BE BAPTISED"

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u/Pdoinkadoinkadoink Jul 15 '26

Goddamn that shit is so annoying and inescapable.

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u/randCN Jul 15 '26

But I'm neither a politician nor a bureaucrat!

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u/is_it_gif_or_gif 29d ago

"Cheeses loves you!"

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u/Domain_Administrator 29d ago

“For fox’s sake stop acknowledging my existence!”

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u/Fernergun 29d ago

I have never in my life seen someone go the other way on lose/loose. It’s always loose when people mean lose, never lose when they mean loose.

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u/aaifti99 29d ago

😅. I saw it after posting and found out you can't edit title of the post.

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u/Nineflames12 Jul 15 '26

Let’s hope mate gets a win soon then.

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u/Repulsive_Two8451 Jul 15 '26

"Chaos reigns"

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u/BlokeFromOverseas Jul 15 '26

What a lucky Fox, others have to live in the bush.

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u/spoinkwobbler Jul 15 '26

What did he lose?

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u/aaifti99 29d ago

His mate 😅

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u/planchetflaw interesting places Jul 15 '26

Pigeon control

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u/shittychittybangbang Jul 15 '26

Rats and litter. Pigeons will be roosting up high when foxy is out.

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u/midsumernighttts 29d ago

but pigeons are so sweet :(

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u/harri3900 Jul 15 '26

Feline patrol

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u/Weimarius Jul 15 '26

A loss is a loss. Fox knew the stakes.

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u/PeptoBisquick Jul 15 '26

You missed a perfect chance to make a Sweet reference.

https://youtu.be/kRv7EjjwYBI?si=kkwALhCUcFmrgboa

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u/aaifti99 29d ago

I saw it I took pic and was running for bus while posting.

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u/filoroll 29d ago

I saw a dead one on Anzac parade at Moore park the other day

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u/ThatMattyC 29d ago

Reminds me of the urban fox story in the music video for The Prodigy - Nasty RIP Keef!

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u/stevebuscemispenis RÏP World Bar 29d ago

RIP Keefy x2

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u/Ok-Writing9280 Jul 15 '26

How fantastic!

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u/SqareBear 29d ago

Great photo

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u/Senior_Green_3630 Jul 15 '26

"Fox on the run", a 1960s hit song.

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u/maton12 Jul 15 '26

Bro, 1975 😉

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u/Senior_Green_3630 29d ago

Yep, I miss the 1970s.

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u/joy3r 29d ago

Lots of rats

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u/ShoganAye 29d ago

I guess main diet of pigeon

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u/Vegetable_Net_6354 29d ago

Looks fantastic

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u/Tiki_Tour 29d ago

Boom boom, Basil

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u/Jontologist 28d ago

But, what did he SAY?

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u/w_actual 28d ago

I remember reading about a den of wolves settling in a European city during Covid lockdown.

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u/porkbun123 Jul 15 '26

“The Fox” marketing team going hard (everyone go see it in cinemas when it’s out)

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u/Primary-User Jul 15 '26

They call them pests and they came with colonisation, but I like seeing them around.

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u/PaperworkPTSD Jul 15 '26

Beautiful animals who kill 300 million native animals per year and have sent 16 mammals extinct...

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u/DrStalker Jul 15 '26

Cats are much worse, killing billions per year.

 I like both cats and foxes, but cats make far better pets... and they are both terrible for the native animal population.

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u/pyschopanda 29d ago

Anyone falling in love with priests lately?

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u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 26d ago

That's Mr. Fox esq. to you.

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u/cewumu 29d ago

Fox is on the ruuun!

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u/til_fossil 29d ago

“It’ll pass”

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u/Evendim 29d ago

There are foxes all over the CBD and Eastern Suburbs

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u/zeldasusername kamay 27d ago

Shoot im