The need for food is met when a fox is feeding berries. They get energy by eating food.
Food is a key characteristic of all living organism. Food ensures our survival, and more so if food contains the right balance of nutrients.
Food eaten is used by the body as fuel (energy), just like the way automobiles need gas (fuel) in order to run. Food is used to provide warmth within the body for the cells to function.
Foxes are omnivores and eat small mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, eggs, insects, worms, fish, crabs, mollusks, fruits, berries, vegetables, seeds, fungi and carrion.
In winter they mainly eat mammals, such as mice, rabbits and other small animals. In autumn their preference is fruit and berries like blackberries, apples and persimmons, plus acorns, sedges and tubers. In summer they eat lots of insects like crickets, beetles and caterpillars as well as frogs and mice. In spring they will fill up on birds' eggs and earthworms. They will even wade into shallow water for fish and crabs.
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