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Foxes put anything and everything in their mouth, regardless of whether it is food or not

Foxes will "eat" any item that they come near. This includes the likes of tools and weapons, which are definitely not edible.

How to reproduce:

  1. Obtain an item that isn't food

  2. Spawn a fox

  3. Throw the item at the fox

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ednoria

Ok the one with the trident is adorable!

 

honza2535

For me the fox just puts it in its mouth and leaves it there forever...

Yellow01

Sorry, the fox just putting it in it's mouth is what I meant by "eating"

Mac Rat

I think them putting it it's mouth is intentional. They have a special eating animation for berries & meat etc.

I wonder if they ever drop the item though? Would be pretty sad if you had to kill one to get it back

user-39d6c

only holds in mouth. The can eat only food items (when gets hurt a bit)

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ednoria

I think so too. They will drop the inedible items if they can pick up some other food – berries from a bush or thrown by a player, or other food items. 

Mac Rat

Yeah there's no way this is not intentional considering they can spawn with emeralds in their mouths

Yellow01

@Mac Rat did you get that info from the wiki, or did you find it in the world?

Mac Rat

Both

coschevi

They can hold any item in their mouths - but they never eat non-food items, and eventually spit them out once they come across a food item.

Yellow01

coschevi

Confirmed

eat, food, fox

Minecraft 19w07a

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