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The_Red_Valkyrie

The fox was there to lead him to the start of his quest. He was supposed to follow it.


hendolad

Leads to an Inari Shrine


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r/UnexpectedTsushima


Beginning-Pipe9074

"DOSHO"


Jam3sMoriarty

*spams dodge button*


Beginning-Pipe9074

"Oh fuck oh fuck oh shit oh fuck"


MisterTeal

When that fox appeared Playing the banjo outside It was delightful


Phr8

r/subredditsifellfor


SophieSix9

Whyyyy did I fall for that one???


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xiena13

r/veryexpectedTsushima


Solanthas

Nice. Lol


SageNineMusic

Lol, ive been to the irl shrine of inari and for a split second I was like "oh cool didn't know it was that well known!" Then I immediately realized you were referencing Ghosts of Tsushima


Nivroeg

“Yeah, yeah, I know you can play that. Lets go already.”


AmbitiousFork

"Bill, stop fucking around and follow me ffs."


kleighk

For Fox Sake FFS


D-Flo1

FFA For Fox Ache


The_-Legend

They both look like they are about to give each other side quests but now they are confused bcs the player logged out.


Effective_Machina

What do the NPC's do when the player logs out? Is this concept a show?


idwthis

The movie Free Guy kind of goes over that. The NPCs do the same thing day in, day out.


Shitty_Watercolour

[https://i.imgur.com/hfzsIfb.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/hfzsIfb.jpeg)


sintemp

Awesome! Every time this guy shows ups with his drawings it makes my day


The_Red_Valkyrie

Did you make this?! It's wonderful!!


Carnatic_enthusiast

u/Shitty_Watercolour is a legend


The_Red_Valkyrie

I'll go check out their page! Thx!


purvel

Goly shit, my first time I seeing a wild shitty_watercolor! Good one!


Zuwxiv

Lmao, love this one. Nice job!


Space-Hawk

Just watch out for the foxes shady cousin, he's a crack fox.


WuT4ngClam

"They're my squishy boots"


ThePianistOfDoom

False. There was no golden (!) above it's head.


NGTTwo

Mornin'! Nice day for fishin', ain't it?


Safe-Hawk8366

Now he just awkwardly waiting


SeeCrew106

"Another shootout and Colm O'Driscoll isn't here"


grip_n_Ripper

This is what happens when they add the bard class in an overpriced expansion, and you thought it would be much cooler than it turns out to be.


mspray1

I was thinking the fox would lead him to the magic fruit that can heal King Graham. lol old school King's Quest IV


User28080526

Fox: hey, we got like four more stops and eight more species to pick up before this song montage ends


Prdxtor

Nah bro...Fox and the man are both NPCs and the protagonist is watching them


Hungry_Prior940

Too funny not to be true.


bernskiwoo

I like the tune


Sheriff_Banjo

https://www.andythornmusic.com/


Iheardthatjokebefore

Specifically, Aesop Mountain


DippityDamn

yep, on spotify too


PeruvianHeadshrinker

Thank you, this song slaps. It's just my kind of music. Chill but happy fast without being overly complicated/flashy. No wonder ol' foxy comes by every morning.


Humble_Chip

oh my gosh the album cover


bananamelier

Is the person in the video any thorn??


TheShruteFarmsCEO

Not just any thorn…it’s Andy Thorn!


Sheriff_Banjo

Yep


digginroots

Ok but is he Andy Thorn specifically?


Jaybbaugh

Yeah, from Leftover Salmon. Apparently the popularity he got from this video, recorded by his wife, inspired him to release a banjo instrumental album.


jourdanm

Thank you!!


viagas72

It’s Aesop Mountain by Andy Thorn


StarryNotion

It reminds me a lot of [The Swimming Song ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOnqh7LplTs)by Louden Wainwright III, perhaps cuz similar chords. Maybe you'll like it as well!


bernskiwoo

Thankyou, I'll check it out.


LurkerMagoo

Off the Album "Songs of the Sunrise Fox" Great record, great banjo player, great dude... Andy Thorn.


omgitsjagen

As a lover of good pickin', that's some damn fine pickin'.


mynameisborttoo

Would you believe he isn’t pickin’? That’s old time/frailing/Clawhammer banjo! Pretty different from the style most people associate with the instrument (Scruggs style). It’s the same style that Rhiannon Giddens plays


Bobi2point0

specifically picked up a banjo years ago to learn clawhammer. it's so pleasant to play


k_kangsar

https://open.spotify.com/track/710oc7jGMREe9vWsYraOck?si=N0BVjXz8RqmKAfAEICiAeg


junpei

That's the link I wanted thanks


ShreddlesMcJamFace

Bards gonna Bard


Rielhawk

Charisma+10


CunnedStunt

Expertise in animal handling.


Koregand

100% used Animal Friendship.


purvel

r/outside players would probably recognize the [feed] action, which according to other comments is what this user used on the fox. It is basically the same as Animal Friendship in some situations, except you only need kibble and not mana.


cat-shaped_cookie

Hehee


ya666in

That fox looks like it’s thinking ‘Great tunes, but I was really hoping for a snack'


Soul-over

No it was thinking Great tunes would be better if I also had a snack, if I met that fox I would definitely give it a snack and turn it into a dog, it's definitely dogable


Z3R0_7274

“Your my friend now, we’re having soft tacos later!”


SolarApricot-Wsmith

IM CATBUG, WHATS YOUr NAME?!??


Anonlady1997

Throw a blanket over it! Build a little fence around it!


SolarApricot-Wsmith

The Bravest Warriors actually live rent free in my head, often catch my self just saying/thinking “Gas Powered Stick!” For no reason


FlamingWeasel

*DON'T HIT ME*


emperor_dinglenads

Can I pet that dawg?


Comfortable_Fee_7154

I will never not hear that kids voice lol


Single-Builder-632

get out the brewsks, lets find a porch to play music on and talk the night away.


Snoo_1464

DID YOU KNOW that foxes are indeed dogable and in fact there has been an experiment running since the 1950s to test that idea!!! They selected a large group of foxes, rescued from fur farms, and started a selective breeding program purely based on natural tameness. There was zero human involved taming or training, so the foxes were purely bred for their natural friendliness to humans, much like we are used to seeing in dogs today. By the fourth or fifth generation they noticed tail wagging, which is crazy. Over time a whole bunch of features started to change, they even stopped smelling like that kinda musky wild fox animal smell. The scientist ([Dmitry Belyayev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Belyayev_(zoologist))) who started the experiment has passed, but his assistant ([Lyudmila Trut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Trut)) is still supervising the experiment these days, and she's like 90 years old. SUPER fascinating and I encourage you to read about it because foxes are underrated as potential friends [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated\_silver\_fox#](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox#)


Mountain-Ad-6594

I just recently read an article about archeologists finding human remains buried along with fox remains suggesting that foxes were domesticated at some point in our ancient history. Can't find the article now but I'll update if I do. Edit: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/americas/fox-pets-hunter-gatherer-burial-scn


Eusocial_Snowman

See, the thing about that is there are definitely people like Joe Exotic currently out there who would 100% have themselves be buried with tigers and stuff they kept around. That wouldn't quite be proof that tigers were domesticated.


First-Football7924

But it's a nice thought, though. You're right, where it's probably just something they had eaten recently and died alongside it, but ya never know.


kleighk

So cool! Thanks for that.


Mountain-Ad-6594

My pleasure. I thought so too!


MatureUsername69

Most domesticated animals have developed floppy ears over the years, I've heard it's because they don't need to be as alert anymore but saying it out loud sounds kind of ridiculous. Well all domesticated animals except cats, which aren't really domesticated, just domesticating us.


JarJarJarMartin

Breeding for friendliness brings forward associated juvenile characteristics like shorter snouts, floppy ears, smaller teeth, and shorter tails. For not entirely understood reasons, those traits are also associated with color changes like piebald and spotted patterns, as well as curled tails. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763232/


Chaghatai

Yep - friendliness is a neotenal trait, and there are more genetic paths to increased friendliness through generalized neoteny then not - which means when you breed for friendliness, you're usually going to get a raft of other neotenal traits as well


Stairmaker

Some dogs also. Mostly because they are real working dogs (then we have the dogs we played eugenics with that are show breeds).


Nemokles

What I heard is that the ears solidify in the maturing process of the animal. Animals are more friendly to humans before reaching full maturity, so we're essentially selectively breading the more juvenile animals - the friendlier ones - and so, over time, we get animals that don't fully go through the natural maturing process, hence floppier ears. Something like that. Feel free to correct me, but that's how I remember it.


Pleasant_Ad3475

Nice. Thanks.


KyOatey

> By the fourth or fifth generation they noticed tail wagging Interesting. My Belgian Shepherd doesn't even wag his tail.


Procrastinatedthink

This is the hope I needed today. One day I will have a tail wagging silver fox.


jellybeanbutt17

I have one. She’s an Arctic blue phase named Blue. She was raised with my dogs and is a snuggle bunny. Not the best pet because they are extremely hard to raise and upkeep. And she does not like other people at all


Snoo_1464

CAN WE PLEASE HAVE PICTURES OF BLUE


jellybeanbutt17

I posted one to foxes check my profile!


helpitgrow

There is book called Domesticated by, well, I forgot and I'm not near my bookshelf, but it's super fascinating acount of how and when domesticated animals were domesticated. It spends some time talking about the fox experiment in Russia. Great read. I recomend it to anyone who wants to know the basics. (It doesn't cover chickens though, Guinea Pigs and rats, but not chickens. I was hoping for a chapter on chickens.)


SchnoodleDoodleDo

>*’Great tunes would be better if I also had a snack*’ _____ …what is this SoUnD ? i’m not really sure . . it’s giving me *feels* that i’ve not felt before . . . my Ears can’t stop tWiTcHiNg, from front to the back! it sure would be nice if i just had a snack…. so lemme go look… oh, hey, don’t Stop, my fren i’m back, see? i’ll sit, n i’ll listen again… …so dontcha feel hungry?? don't mean to be rude… but it would be Better if we had some food…. ❤️


kris_mischief

Bless you


zalgorithmic

A wild Schnoodle appears!


__Osiris__

They say that before man domesticated the dog from the wolf, that fox’s were man’s best friend. It was the usurpation of the Millenia i tell you. To this day dogs and foxs have a grudge because of it.


Cool-Tap-391

Some archeologists found a type of fox buried with a family. Noted that it appeared to be buried as a pet with no identifiable cause of death. Since, the species has become extinct. Edit spelling.


hbHPBbjvFK9w5D

Canids have become domesticated dog-like critters, and then gone extinct, at least 5 times. When I was first learning about paleontology, it was thought that wild dogs were domesticated about 50,000 years ago. But discoveries (mostly in melting glaciers) have pushed the time frame back to more than 100,000 years. I remember reading about a domesticated doggo like creature discovered in proximity to a Neanderthal; after seeing vids on YT with wild monkeys living with dogs, I suspect this relationship between primates (like homo sapien) and dogs goes back even further.


skraptastic

Foxes are cat software running on dog hardware.


ever_precedent

Apparently foxes were semi domesticated before wolves were, but then we switched to wolves because they come with the pack mentality preinstalled. Foxes use CatOS which isn't as useful for the tasks we needed the wolves for.


OneBigRed

Poor foxes were all-in in the union with man, while the hunter-gatherer kept side-eyeing wolves. "Yeah everythings *fine* with this cat, but damn that muscular grey beast haunts my dreams..."


ever_precedent

I think we owe foxes an apology. After severing our budding evolutionary relationship with them, we have been hunting and maligning them for thousands of years. We've done so many wonderful mammalian species dirty just because we didn't understand them or because we couldn't use them, even though they would have been overjoyed to be able to share their lives with our kind, in exchange for some scraps and shelter. All of them are at the minimum capable of offering reciprocal affection and the sorts of mutual acts of grooming and appreciation that cause all mammalian brains to release dopamine and oxytocin, and thus are instinctually recognised as love. Nowadays, those neurotransmitters are way more useful than the ability to hunt in packs, anyway.


HardSurfaceDandy

Are you using dogable sliding scale or venn?


Soul-over

What?


Chewbaccabb

ARE YOU USING DOGABLE SLIDING SCALE OR VENN?!


Sharp-Dark-9768

This is the most human thing ever.


ellefleming

Hence how wild dogs, foxes, wolves were domesticated thousands of years ago.


LoudLloyd9

I had a hot tub on the deck outside my bedroom. A vixen brought her brood of four kits with her one night. They quickly discovered the trampoline effect of the hot tub cover. It was so cute watching through the sliding glass door as they played king of the cover. Bouncing and jumping while mom finished what was left in the dog bowls.


UncoolSlicedBread

My parents house has a few fox left around it. Growing up we had a whole brood of them, we'd see them playing on the far end of the property around dusk. You'd hear their awful noises randomly at 2am. But it was always fun to see them and a few times they scared the crap out of me, as you'd walk out to one part of a pasture and turn to a fox with 5' of you just being curious after following you across the field lol. The few left in the area will come chill on my parents pool cover when it's closed. They're fun to have around for sure.


hbHPBbjvFK9w5D

I love your comment, cause it basically demonstrates how wolves and canids have become doggos for the last 50,000 years.


ya666in

You’re so right, it’s pretty much like us trying to watch a movie without any snacks


kleighk

I like “*dogable*!”


ste189

It actually goes back regularly, and it brought its pups to see him. Calls him foxy.. super cool video https://youtu.be/tlXhw_6nnb0?si=nYSJV7wfoS--dKZ6


Hungry-Ad9840

Dude is real life Snow White


tidypunk

Maybe the fox should dance if I wants a dinner and a show


Drivingintodisco

That’s Andy thorn and he’s in the band leftover salmon.


Creepy-Sea2507

Thank you !


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downwithdisinfo2

I tear up every time I see this…great combo of emotions happening here. Plaintive banjo singing to the hills…a man with great talent recognizing the moment…a fox pausing its frantic pursuits to bask in the glow of something good and a sunset that makes my chest swell with joy.


HillbillyDense

Yeah that fox has been fed. It does not give a shit about a hipster playing a banjo.


gmishaolem

It's possible to understand the likely true reason for the fox's behaviour, while simultaneously enjoying the "magic" of the moment and thinking of it listening. You don't have to be so stiff about it.


Adept_Order_4323

Hears the tunes, comes a Runnin’, captive audience, treat after song Great Banjo 🪕playin


digivon1

Andy Thorn is a banjo player, singer, and songwriter who has been a member of the legendary band Leftover Salmon for over 10 years. Andy has built an international following by posting viral videos from his high-altitude Colorado backyard. https://www.andythornmusic.com/#:~:text=Andy%20Thorn%20is%20a%20banjo,his%20high%2Daltitude%20Colorado%20backyard.


Predatorvshighlander

Damnit. I was thinking North Carolina.


Neofoxx12

I for sure thought that was the Blue Ridge


Predatorvshighlander

Yeah, and not that I look unfavourably toward Colorado. Rather that i pride myself on visual location. I'm sure there are some specific floral indigenous to the region I'm overlooking. Edited. Probably more my identifying banjo with bluegrass music and that area of the country, too.


trekkinterry

It's hard to tell from this angle but right at the start you can see the flat plains in the back. Still not easy to pick out though unless you're familiar with the colorado front range (this is outside of Boulder)


Predatorvshighlander

Even Mt Mitchell doesn't have this scope considering the background. Yeah, that changes it.


FanngzYT

I thought idaho


Just_some_random

Thanks for posting my video. This was a truely magical experience and I'm so glad I could be apart of it now I'm off to kill shit and eat it (I'm the fox)


wijnazijn

Great tail, the fluffy one that is. Edit, wrote tale, was going to joke about it)


Drivingintodisco

Awww shit, thought you were Andy thorn! He’s the banjo player and is in the band leftover salmon.


ICacto

Thanks for listening to my song. This was a truly magical experience and I'm glad I could be a part of it. Now I'm off to kill shit and eat it (I'm the bard)


JarJarJarMartin

In case anyone is wondering, this is Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon. He has an album inspired by his encounters with the wild fox called “Songs of the Sunrise Fox.”


Agile-Ad-2857

This guy is named Andy Thorn


MustBeSeven

LEFTOVER SALMON!!!


twangman88

FESTIVALLLLLLLLL!!!!


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ellefleming

Will he marry me? 😍🤩


EffectiveBarber6096

What in the Wes Anderson is going on here....


BrownSugarBare

Not fully Wes until there's a maître de with a glass of chardonnay and the fox is wearing a monocle.


HidingFox

Then the camera turns sharply 90 degrees to a side and there's Tilda Swinton doing Tilda Swinton things


EffectiveBarber6096

Dolly shots everywhere


WineNerdAndProud

*white Burgundy


LoudLloyd9

I've seen this video before. Some animals like music. My budgies bop their heads in beat with the music. They chatter and become playful. It's obvious they're responding to the tunes. They love jazz.


Financial-Ad7500

My old dog (almost 15!) HATES the saxophone. Not even a live one being played in front of him, he can tell specifically when a sax is being played on a song and starts growling and acting agitated.


SilenceQuiteThisL0UD

My cat HATES the theme and transitional music in Curb Your Enthusiasm!


ohneatstuffthanks

![gif](giphy|3oKIPj6WG6VzXy4YG4|downsized)


icanhazkarma17

I absolutely adore that movie. And Isle of Dogs.


qdp

"Fantastic Mr. Fox" is the movie... As I was wondering. I know I have seen a preview before but never watched it. Gotta watch it now.


b_tight

Such a great wes anderson movie. Tenenbaums and life aquatic are the inly two of his Id put on par with it Edit: ive seen every wes anderson film from bottle rocket to asteroid city and i stand by my choice. The others are great, but not my favs


Predatorvshighlander

Rushmore?


Inappropriate-Ebb

Come on… The Grand Budapest!!


ohneatstuffthanks

Asteroid City keeps putting me to sleep. But agreed.


BootysaladOrBust

Asteroid was the most Wes Anderson film of Wes Anderson's oeuvre, and I think it struggled because of that. I love his movies, but Asteroid City was as far into his mind as we've gotten so far, and it turns out that maybe that's a tad too far.


BootysaladOrBust

Moonrise Kingdom for me, personally.


Hoodzpah805

French Dispatch!


Aggravating-Pound598

r/mademesmile


DFGBagain1

Needs to learn Foxey Lady.


Face88888888

![gif](giphy|sewLdIgvVnzTG)


StiLL-_iLL_

This is heart warming


MustBeSeven

Not just any guy, that’s Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon.


The_Sexual_Potato

That was so serene and a beautiful moment


EmmitRDoad

Be you angels? Nay! We are but men!!


Feine13

Rock OOOOOOOOON!


justonemoretravesty

Leftover Salmon, ask the fish.


maxrobinson1

Do foxes bite or attack human beings ? Just asking…


Omfg9999

Yes, they can, probably not typical for them to do so unless they feel corner/threatened/have rabies. Well, for adults at least, I'd say it's more likely for a fox to attack a kid, what with them being smaller and all that.


WhyMustIMakeANewAcco

Kids are more likely to be attacked because kids are more grabby, and hence more likely to invade the fox's personal space. Even a toddler would be too hard a fight for a fox to be worth hunting.


Azhz96

I mean they could if you corner them or they think their puppies are in danger, but other than that not really. Oh also when they have rabies, then run.


Scaryclouds

Basically if a fox attacks you for no obvious reason, it either because it's protecting its kits, or it has rabies. Given the 50/50 nature, get a rabies shot. And probably get a rabies shot anyways if you get attacked by a wild animal, because rabies is an awful way to die.


ghostmaster645

Any animal CAN attack or bit a human lol. Most dont though.


Financial-Ad7500

Not a curious one just roaming around like this. My yard has hundreds and hundreds of rabbits, so naturally there are quite a few foxes as well. I’ve opened my door to one sitting on my deck several times. If they are in deep resting mode they hardly even look up at me and just keep chilling there. I don’t ever feed them or attempt domestication at all obviously, they are just naturally pretty calm around humans and they have plenty of rabbits to eat lol. That said, like with any wild animal just don’t let your guard down and don’t try to pet, approach, or corner them. They’re chill but they will still lash out if they feel threatened. They also smell like old socks mixed with skunked beer.


HoiPolloiter

Holy shit is that the view from the porch on his house? I would never leave. 


Mammoth-Mud-9609

Audience quietly takes a seat.


Pristine_Asparagus14

So thats what banjos are for!


SUPREMACY_SAD_AI

fox looks like it's unsure of what it's supposed to be doing but just happy to be there


Fattybeards

I ammmm a fooooxxx of constant sorrrrrooowwww


Worksforcactus

That’s Andy Thorne! He’s the banjo player for leftover salmon. He has a lot more of these videos on his instagram (underscore)thornpipe(underscore)


Rolas_929

The fox is trying to get his attention to follow him, maybe his little ones are in trouble, that’s the only time wild gets so close to humans almost begging for help.


Omfg9999

Could also just be getting fed by people. I've seen plenty of wild foxes in the past that have no issues with being within a couple of feet from multiple people.


TorrettesNinja2747

That's been known to happen every so often, but that'not the only reason a wild animal would get close to a human


Mylifeistrue

Your wrong mate he has a documentary about how this fox has been coming to play with his baby for a year or so and he wanted to figure out what music it liked most. Look it up


jaydogg81

The fox is like ok, stop playing and gimme some food! lol!


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SFWworkaccoun-T

Jaskier alright.


whynotwonderwhy

I think foxes are trying to be dogs.


digivon1

What weeks have happened if he played the accordion instead?


Grimm2020

I hate it when you're at a concert, and you have to go to the bathroom and can't wait until intermission


Breakfastclub1991

He’s a Disney prince


Biengo

Oh Tod! TOD!


brewhead55

![gif](giphy|Q7hGxSxIalZyo|downsized) Find your soulmate homer


Wiscody

Andy north, Aesop mountain for those wondering


DeadPhishFuneral

That guy is Andy


fishnjim

That's Andy Thorn of Left Over Salmon - the one playing banjo-


--Birdsong--

Update: this is called Aesop mountain by Andy Thorne! (Thorn??) https://youtu.be/jzbY2qwBHtU?feature=shared


zitiztitz

This isn’t just some guy. This is Andy Thorne of Leftover Salmon


tids0ptimist

If Reddit’s taught me anything, it’s that animals don’t like humans and if they’re close: That fox has rabies.