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fox wild animal, is it dangerous scared?

i am scared i live in new york city which is an urban area. there really are no wild animals here and any wild animal sightings here are rare. the normal animals that usually habitat outside my home are birds,pigeons,squirells,cats,dogs, and mice ocasioally theres A SKUNK OR A RACOON HERE. but thats about it any other animal here either wandered from far away or escaped a zool. ive never really seen a very wild animal close up outside of a zoo. the only one ive seen without a fence or gate between us was a racoon. the racoons near us have rabies so we avoid them; anyways my house is in a tree lines street and theres some small wooded areas but still there is no animal habitat there. only birds and squirells live in the trees. but we do live near the suburbs which leads to upsate an hour or 2 drive away and there are natural wild animal habitats and mountains and forests.but over here its urban and civlized and theres a shopping center a few blocks from my home anyways yesterday i looked outside the window and i saw a baby fox in my backyard in the grass by the tree. i know a fox when i see a fox. it had a snout and it had pointy ears and a bushy tail. this was not a cat or dog but it looked the size of a cat. it looked cute and the fur was half white and half light orange. so i looked on the computer to double check if what i saw was a fox and yes it was a fox, every picture i looked at looked like the thing i saw outside. anyways i saw the fox and it started to wander off into the neighbors backyard. i called animal control and they said they cant help i dont have experience dealing with foxes. ive never seen one in person before. but i know what i saw was a fox and not any breed of dog or cat. but it was a baby and maybe there is a fox family nearby if its A BABy it cant be alone. are foxes dangerous? im scared. do they hibernate? what do they eat? will it kill me? how dangerous is it, do they attack humans. i think this used to be their natural habitat 200 years ago but trees were chopped down and a neighborhood was built. i live in a scenic neighborhood with many hills of grass by a river. but its still urban and theres alot of houses and buildings and paved streets, were right next to a highway just 3 blocks away anyhow how dangerous are foxes, what do i do if i see one/ run? or play dead? should i yell at it? what if it has rabies will it attack me? is it safe to go out at night. half of my backyard is very dark and theres bushes and many trees in my backyard. will it attack me if i walk in the dark wooded area by the back of my house can foxes climb? and how high? can it climb my house? or break into a window. we have had racoons come into the attick by breaking into the crawlspace by the roof, will a fox do this too? do foxes and racoons get along? are racoons afraid of foxes'? what do they eat? have foxes ever killed people? how do they kill people?are their teeth as sharp as a shark? or a dog? im really scared and i know nothing about foxes except for what they look like, whats the behavior of foxes? ps. dora the exlorer teaches nothing on foxes ps. im a woman in my mid 20s who admits they used to watch dora the exlorer in the last few years as a grown adult will yelling ?"swiper no swipey " help? lol seriousely what do i do ? im scared ive never had to come in contact with a fox before. and i know it will hang around mu backyard because we have the largest and most wooded backyard on the street in the area. animals such as racoons tend to stick here and hang around here at night and during the day i forgot to mention, i was attacked by a wild animal a few years ago that had rabies. i had to get rabies shots and almost died. im an animal lover. i love most animals except scary ones such as snakes,bats,tigers,wolves etc. anything that can harm a person i love cats and used to foster cats. i always talk to the neighbors cat. i have been bit by cats and they cant harm you, its just a nip but i am completely q stranger to foxes,coyotes,wolves,mountain lions etc..i hear the name and i jump. it seems scary., the names sound scary but i have no experience with these animals or seeing any of them i have nothing against foxes. i just know nothing about them and dont want to get bit by another wild animal. ive never seen one in person before ever. maybe if i grew up around them or had experience i wouldnt be afraid and yes even cute animals can attack and kill you if they get scared or feel confused such as a rabid animal. the fox was very cute, and no animal control didnt do anything. i just wanted them to trap the fox without hurting it and drive it to the woods, forest where all the other animals live. im terrified when i come home at night theres racoons hanging out and bats in the backyard and it creeps me out. i had a racoon waiting for me by my side door when it was dark. scared me alot. i would never harm an animal. i just dont except them to be here and want them to go live somewhere else where there is a more natural habitat or a more wooded area. a patch of trees among a busy filled neighborhood with small children and pets around isnt good. there are no fruit trees here either. just acorns for squirells its a baby fox the size of a small cat, what if the baby goes near me and the mother is watching and thinks im hurting the baby and charges at me im scared. i need reassurance. i love animals alot. im just not willing to be bitten by another one and go through that again and go to the hospital the only animals i want to go up to right now and domesticated ones like dogs and cats the fox i saw was very cute and pretty by the way. but i cant trust my eyes when it comes to safet. looking cute dosnt mean it cant attack you. althoguh i would like to pet it, i will not its not my property. its my parents property and im a handicapped adult. so im having some living arrangement trouble right now and trying to figure out a different living arrangement. dont bash me. you dont understand. i was an aspiring vetirenerian before i became handicapped. but because of trauma from being bitten by a wild animal when i was younger i cannot do that now and i almost died. im terribly allergic to the rabies shots. i had trouble breathing and broke out all over my skin. they told me i cannot get bitten again by any other animal because if i need rabies shots ever again then i might die from the shots so i am taking appropriate precaution to not die. what if it is dangerous and i get bitten, i cannot fend for myself or run. so i am vulnerable. if i get bitten i wont be able to check it for the rabies and then ill need rabies shots and i could get more sick and die from them. so i am being appropriately concerned. i have nursed cats back to health before i got injur injured and became handicapped. i have done alot for animals and i love them but if you were bitten and almost lost your life and your life is at risk if you get bit again you will become picky on what animals you chose to interact with dont scream at me, wait till you get bitten. then you will become all paranoid about strange animals youve never seen before

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