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This would be a bite,

Now that’s one crazy fox.
Kudos to the victim…never let go of the cellphone and after the brazen attack, appears to have returned to her call. When seconds count, help is minutes away. The neighbor was impeded in assisting due to his big stick being secured in the required lock box that was in his second floor closet.

Epilogue: It’s New York.
The fox was released on no bond after its public defender argued that it did not have rabies until the authorities determined it was indeed infected, that such assertion was unwarranted since wildlife rabies is not under any government mandate controlled guidelines. Furthermore that the fox had no intention or capacity to devour an entire human. The court ordered the fox be required to self quarantine, wear a mask while out in public only when hunting small game, refrain from human contact and consumption. A status hearing is scheduled for late October.
 
no pun intended.

A rabid animal is nothing to trifle with, in the beginning of the animal being infected it will run from everyone this particular animal was in the middle of its sickness, very aggressive and determined to attack and bite anything. As a rabid animal gets further along in its sickness it starts to lose control of its ability to move and will stumble and fall over when it tries to move. At that point the animal is close to death. It is at this point when you will see it foaming at the mouth.
The only way to test and confirm an animal has rabies is to remove its head and test its brain.
 
There is a book titled Rabid: A cultural history of nature's most diabolical virus. It is a fascinating read and explains a lot of lore about werewolves and vampires and bats. It is relevant as Pasteur used a form of what we now call gain of function research to develop the vaccine. It is a non-fiction that I could not put down.
 
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