21K views · 689 reactions | Like most foxes, red foxes hunt prey like mice, which they can detect through the snow, thanks to their advanced hearing. Once a #redfox pinpoints its prey's location, it leaps high into the air and nosedives in. #WildlifeWednesday Video by Christine Voorhees | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation | Facebook

Here's an excellent look at a successful winter hunt by a red fox. This technique is known as "mousing," broadly defined as the act of jumping high in the air above its prey - in other words, an aerial assualt by a terrestrial animal! In conditions that allow foxes to see their prey, their acute vision is considered primary to a hunt's success. But in conditions like these, where prey moves underneath the cover of snow, hearing becomes much more important in procuring meals. A 1998 study in the