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The Frightened Fox Sound

In 1959, Dimitri Baliab began one of the most exciting experiments in biology. The test was marvelously simple He would go where one of his assistants would approach and cage Where the fox was kept. After this kind of like... How many years? Exterminating ... reading technique I would think... a long, long time. It's now been 50 years 45,000 foxes later 45,000Foxes have curly tails They have multicolored coats That are no longer just grave And their bones became very thin Their bones got thinner? Yeah So, what happens to the skull and the face Is it actually more feminine? The whole animal becomes more delicate and more puppy-like

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