The Greek poet Archilochus meant something like this when he said that the fox knows many things but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

In many cultures, the fox appears in folklore as a symbol of cunning and trickery, or as a familiar animal possessed of magic powers.

However, due to concerns that Reynard was unsuitable as a hero, animator Ken Anderson lifted many elements from Reynard into Robin Hood, thus making the titular character a fox.

Similar to fox hunting in many ways is the chasing of hares with hounds.

They could choose from a wide variety of meats and seafood, including shrimp, geese, duck, mussel, shellfish, fallow deer, hare, partridge, pheasant, francolin, quail, fox, badger, clam, crab, and many others.

Scientists have noted that while there are similarities, there are many differences that set the fennec fox apart from other fox species, including both physical and social traits.

The legality of owning a fennec fox varies by jurisdiction, as with many exotic pets.

The course provides a green belt in the center of the city that is the home of many animals, such as the red-tail fox, that otherwise would not be able to survive in the urban setting.

A wide variety of wildlife including white tail deer, wild turkey, ducks, geese, fox plus many more, share the natural setting.

There is much wildlife including deer, moose, waterfowl, raccoon, skunk, wolf, fox, and many other indigenous animal species.

There are many small animals like fox squirrels, hispid cotton rats, soft-shelled turtles etc.

The two then venture back outside and go for a ride on a motorcycle, disturbing many animals: pheasants, rabbits, a barn owl, a fox and a brown horse.

Sir Giles Overreach, in A New Way to Pay Old Debts, is a sort of commercial Richard III, a compound of the lion and the fox, and the part provides many opportunities for a great actor.

It is widely agreed that many fox myths in Japan can be traced to China, Korea, or India.

Neither poses a threat to humans, but it is killed by many people who mistake it for the Massasauga rattlesnake, which shares parts of its geographical range with the fox snake and is slightly venomous.

The second volume applies the theorems of the first volume to many games, including nim, sprouts, dots and boxes, Sylver coinage, philosopher's football, fox and geese.

Although Bell voted with the Labour government of Tony Blair on many issues, on a few others, such as reducing the homosexual age of consent and banning fox hunting, he voted with the Conservatives.

Right now we have many of these people that are advising the US military and State Department on how to respond in the Middle East, and it's like asking a fox, like a farmer asking a fox, " How do I protect my henhouse from foxes?

Pierre wrote a sequel in 1179 ( called Branch I ) but between that date and after many French authors composed their own adventures for Renart li goupil ( the fox ).

( Scotland ) Act 2000 but otherwise is viewed as being among the more moderate of the Scottish National Party MSPs, while his opposition to an outright ban on fox hunting also marked him out from many of his party colleagues.

The Whaddon Chase fox hunt has traditionally met in the Town Square at Winslow every Boxing Day for many years.

On the surrounding mountains you can find cultivated fields and pastures, and the woods are habitats for a number of critters ( squirrel, dormouse, hedgehog, hare, badger, fox, wolf, wild boar, pheasant, partridge, and many birds ) and where a great variety of trees and flowers grow ( aromatic herbs, broom, beech, oak, pine, chestnut, spruce, larch ).

David is a doctor, and he uses his knowledge of many fields, such as hypnosis and acupuncture, to heal his patients, usually animals, such as his faithful friend Swift the fox, or other gnomes.

The gray fox is one of only two canine species known to climb trees ; the other is the raccoon dog.

Foxes are normally extremely wary of humans and are not usually kept as indoor pets ; however, the silver fox was successfully domesticated in Russia after a 45-year selective breeding program.

In India and the Asian islands the tiger is the most common form ; in North Europe, the bear ( see berserker ); in Japan, the fox, tanuki ( raccoon dog ), and sometimes a wolf ; in Africa, the leopard, hyena, or lion ; and in South America, the jaguar.

His " pets " are a dragon and a St. Bernard dog named Bonapart ; he rides Bonapart in fox hunts.

Unarmed fox hunting on horseback with hounds is the type of hunting most closely associated with the United Kingdom ; in fact, " hunting " without qualification implies fox hunting.

The species is usually assigned to the genus Vulpes ; however, this is debated due to differences between the fennec fox and other fox species.

The fennec fox weighs about, with a body length of between ; it is around tall.

Pinocchio heads out to meet his father, but on the way he meets the fox and cat again ( whom he had not recognized as the bandits, even though he has a hint from the cat's bandaged front paw — which he had bitten earlier ; the fox tells him the cat had shown mistaken kindness to a wolf ).

:... a monstrosity of a man, a pygmy, fat-headed and like a mole as to the smallness of his eyes ; disgusting with his short, broad, thick, and half hoary beard ; disgraced by a neck an inch long ; very bristly through the length and thickness of his hair ; in color an Ethiopian ; one whom it would not be pleasant to meet in the middle of the night ; with extensive belly, lean of loin, very long of hip considering his short stature, small of shank, proportionate as to his heels and feet ; clad in a garment costly but too old, and foul-smelling and faded through age ; shod with Sicyonian shoes ; bold of tongue, a fox by nature, in perjury, and lying a Ulysses.

The hound met its end chasing a fox ( the Teumessian vixen ) which could not be caught ; both fox and the hound were turned into stone.

The transformation scene centers on the dog, which always catches its quarry, and the uncatchable fox ; Jupiter turns them into stone.

Nobody knows how many Southerners there are in this category.

No one really knows how many boats there actually are or what their aggregate value may be.

Already many an American knows his count, and rejoices or worries depending on whether it is nearer 180 ( safe ) or 250 ( dangerous ).

Norman, who once notably sang it at the end of a large outdoor rock concert for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday, stated, " I don't know whether it's the text — I don't know whether we're talking about the lyrics when we say that it touches so many people — or whether it's that tune that everybody knows.

Runyon's short stories are told in the first person by a protagonist who is never named, and whose role is unclear ; he knows many gangsters and does not appear to have a job, but he does not admit to any criminal involvement, and seems to be largely a bystander.

Homeschooling can be about mentorship and apprenticeship, where a tutor or teacher is with the child for many years and then knows the child very well.

No one really knows how many people died during the uprising itself, or by the subsequent death sentences.

The Barasana shaman knows more myths and understands their meaning better, nonetheless the majority of adult men also know many myths.

The assistant of an Oroqen shaman ( called jardalanin, or " second spirit ") knows many things about the associated beliefs.

Son of a freighter captain, Travis knows many of the alien species as well as locations that Earth traders frequent.

By counting the rings formed by the stack of smaller, older scutes on top of the larger, newer ones, it is possible to estimate the age of a turtle, if one knows how many scutes are produced in a year.

Not all are fully incorporated into the Church, but " the Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christ, but who do not however profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter " ( Lumen gentium, 15 ).

# Provided the development coordinator has a communications medium at least as good as the Internet, and knows how to lead without coercion, many heads are inevitably better than one.

The Old Man has many cats and refers to The Naming of Cats, explaining that each cat has three names: one common, one fancy, and one that only the cat knows.

His former teacher knows that this will completely unhinge him because of the memory of his parents ' abandonment many years ago.

No one knows how many temporarily lost the vote, but one estimate was 10, 000 to 15, 000.

Similarly in D version 1, it is assumed that the programmer knows what to do with delegates and local variables, as their references will be invalid after return from its definition scope ( local variables are on the stack )-this still permits many useful functional patterns, but for complex cases needs explicit heap allocation for variables.

They easily dispose of the real Nazi pilots — Bronski, still dressed as Hitler, simply orders them to jump out of the plane ( without parachutes from who knows how many feet up ); the mindlessly obedient pilots instantly leap to their deaths.

Very little of his poetry survives today but enough is recorded on papyrus fragments and in quotes by ancient commentators for many conclusions to be drawn at least tentatively ( nobody knows if and when the sands of Egypt will reveal further discoveries ).

Because it knows nothing about the underlying language, its use has been criticized and many of its features built directly into other languages.

Nobody knows how many Jews died in those air raids ".

As everyone knows, each gas-burner consumes as much oxygen as many people, and causes great heat beside.

These trails do not have clear tracks ; in many cases there are only occasional markers in the natural forest and it is inadvisable to use them without the company of an experienced bushwalker who knows the area.

Heemskerk knows many historical monuments, among them the Huldtoneel ( lit.

As everyone knows, each gas-burner consumes as much oxygen as many people, and causes great heat beside.