Fox lived in the Shard skyscraper at London Bridge
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[quote=BBC]
A fox has been discovered living at the top of the UK's tallest skyscraper.
The animal, named Romeo by staff, is thought to have entered the 288m (945ft) Shard building at London Bridge through the central stairwell.
It survived by eating scraps of food left by builders working on the incomplete structure.
The fox was captured and taken to Riverside Animal Centre in Wallington where it was fed and given a check-up.
Ted Burden, the centre's founder, said: "We explained to him that if foxes were meant to be 72 storeys off the ground, they would have evolved wings.
"We think he got the message and, as we released him back on to the streets of Bermondsey shortly after midnight on Sunday, he glanced at the Shard and then trotted off in the other direction."
'Resourceful little chap'
Barrie Hargrove, cabinet member for transport, environment and recycling at Southwark Council, said: "Romeo has certainly been on a bit of a jaunt and proved rather elusive.
"But I'm glad our pest control officers were able to help out.
"He's obviously a resourceful little chap, but I'm sure he's glad the adventure is over and hopefully he'll steer well clear of skyscrapers in the future."
The Shard overtook Canary Wharf as the UK's highest tower block last year.
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Source:
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12573364[/url]
Picture:
[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51415000/jpg/_51415129_011357840-1.jpg[/img]
DAWWWWWWWW
Where i live shard(s) is slang for meth
He was clearly chasing for a hit
-snip due to possible ways to misunderstand if your IQ is below 40-
This is some nice casual stuff I like reading.
Thats not cute.
VERMIN.
Haha, the company I work for are doing work on this, the guys who go to the site said it has been there for a while, someone even managed to kick it off the edge but it landed in a safety net and ran back in!
This is a brand new species known as vulpus urbanicus
They're generally belligerent and usually spend their days pan handling passing pedestrians for loose change in order to buy food
I'm not an animal person, but foxes are awesome as well as small cats.
Foxes are scum.
Am I the only one who instantly thought:
[img_thumb]http://operatorchan.org/n/src/n117432_15-the-city-4.jpg[/img_thumb]
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FYI, this is the concept art for the Shard:
[img]http://www.londonarchitecture.co.uk/LegacyImages/L/LondonBridgeTower-001.jpg[/img]
I've seen it in the flesh, and although it's not done, it's still some very impressive engineering.
That's all very well and nice but does that mean the top floor of the shard stinks of fox shit? I would imagine he'd be pooping in out of the way places that are hard to get to..
Looks like the people working there were [I]out-foxed.[/I]
[QUOTE=ThePunisher1;28317813]Haha, the company I work for are doing work on this, the guys who go to the site said it has been there for a while, [b]someone even managed to kick it off the edge but it landed in a safety net and ran back in![/b][/QUOTE]
I'm calling bullshit.
I thought this was about Megan Fox's address.
(Not that I'm interested.)
[QUOTE=ThePunisher1;28317813]Haha, the company I work for are doing work on this, the guys who go to the site said it has been there for a while, [b]someone even managed to kick it off the edge[/b] but it landed in a safety net and ran back in![/QUOTE]
What a dick
:foxnews:?
I like our British Foxes.
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
They're not like the smelly American ones.
[QUOTE=Midas22;28317805]Thats not cute.
VERMIN.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://avatars.fpcontent.net/image.php?u=158080&dateline=1266616218[/img]
I don't even want to know.
Around where I live (Rural UK) people are forever releasing urban foxes without permission into farmers fields, they have no idea how to survive and just get shot, they're vermin, not cute and cuddly pets.
[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;28318642]Foxes are scum.[/QUOTE]
The only Fox scum here is this one, my friend:
[img]http://www.deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fox-news-logo.jpg[/img]
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