{"id":141311,"date":"2025-04-18T01:48:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141311"},"modified":"2025-04-18T01:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:48:50","slug":"rare-video-of-endangered-kit-foxes-seen-frolicking-through-california-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141311","title":{"rendered":"Rare video of endangered kit foxes seen frolicking through California desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-0jk1xxpbbl3cp258\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/39056912610\/320\/179\/ycep1wpo09axx0wd.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/39056912610\/640\/358\/ycep1wpo09axx0wd.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/39056912610\/768\/432\/ycep1wpo09axx0wd.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/39056912610\/1536\/864\/ycep1wpo09axx0wd.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/39056912610\/992\/558\/ycep1wpo09axx0wd.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/39056912610\/1984\/1116\/ycep1wpo09axx0wd.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/39056912610\/992\/558\/ycep1wpo09axx0wd.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Video captured on a California Bureau of Land Management trail camera in March shows a family of kit foxes, a rare and endangered species of fox, running around near the Carrizo Plain National Monument.\u00a0\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Video captured on a California Bureau of Land Management trail camera in March shows a family of kit foxes, a rare and endangered species of fox, running around near the Carrizo Plain National Monument.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.\u2013<\/strong> A family of some of the littlest foxes in North America was caught on camera running through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> desert.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Kit foxes are nocturnal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animals<\/a> who mostly come out at night to do their hunting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/species\/san-joaquin-kit-fox-vulpes-macrotis-mutica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Joaquin kit foxes<\/a>, the foxes pictured in the video, are native to California and endangered, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Fully grown, San Joaquin kit foxes only weigh about 5 pounds, according to the U.S. Fish &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wildlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife<\/a> Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BLMca\/status\/1905666298849149105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Bureau of Land Management <\/a>trail camera near the Carrizo Plain National Monument recorded the foxes at their den, around 2 a.m. in late March.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In the video, the tiny kit foxes run after each other, eyes aglow in the night-vision camera. Kit foxes can be identified by their tan bodies and black-tipped tails, according to the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/houston-spca-bald-eagle-fishing-line-hook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ALD EAGLE CAUGHT BY FISH HOOK IN TEXAS TAKES FIRST FLIGHT TOWARD RECOVERY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/288\/162\/kit-foxes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/576\/324\/kit-foxes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/720\/405\/kit-foxes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1440\/810\/kit-foxes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/kit-foxes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1336\/752\/kit-foxes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/kit-foxes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kit foxes pictured on a California Bureau of Land Management trail camera in California.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Kit foxes pictured on a California Bureau of Land Management trail camera in California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (@BLMca\/X \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Kit foxes have large ears that dissipate heat, helping keep the foxes cool in the desert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">It appears there are six kit foxes in total; some adults and some smaller kits, or baby foxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service said San Joaquin kit foxes face a number of threats in the wild, such as habitat loss, diseases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfire<\/a> and predation and competition from other animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">All of these factors lead to the death of the foxes, as well as a reduction in their prey populations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/kit-foxes-california-rare-endangered\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video captured on a California Bureau of Land Management trail camera in March shows a family of kit foxes, a rare and endangered species of fox, running around near the &hellip; 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