Colin J. Carlson is a biologist, but he's not an expert on foxes. Still, he decided to make a list of foxes and rate them with letter grades for their "weirdness" in a Twitter thread. As you go through it, you'll see that the grades are quite arbitrary, but the description of each fox is delightful, and so are the pictures. Shown above is a Blandford's fox, which has a tail that doesn't quit. Carlson posted about all the foxes he could think of, and then people started suggesting others. He was kind enough to continue the project to include them.
tibetan sand fox (vulpes ferrilata)
— Colin J Carlson (@ColinJCarlson) November 12, 2017
• cubism is alive and well
• these eyes see into your soul
• a truly weird and unnerving fox design
• grade: A pic.twitter.com/rZMyh8zdlI
See all the weird fox species at Thread Reader or in the original Twitter thread with all the replies. -via Metafilter
(Image credit: Eyal Bartov)