What the fox?

[ScottM]

Dog goes woof
Cat goes meow
Bird goes tweet
and mouse goes squeek

Cow goes moo
Frog goes croak
and the elephant goes toot

Ducks say quack
and fish go blub
and the seal goes ow ow ow ow ow

But theres one sound
That no one knows
What does the fox say?

This song is being played on heavy rotation here in Europe. Cracks me up!!!

 

[RJM62]

You have to understand the deeper meaning, I guess...

-Rich

 

[steingar]

Yet another of a long series of reasons why it's good to be an American.

 

[DaleB]

It's definitely European... no question about that. They do, sing, say and wear some seriously weird ****.

 

[lr60plt]

They've been playing that song all over the place here in America too...

 

[DavidWhite]

It's definitely European... no question about that. They do, sing, say and wear some seriously weird ****.

Ding ding ding - they are from Norway IIRC

 

[Mike Smith]

My understanding is that they are a comedy troupe. I think this is a SNLish song.

 

[ScottM]

My understanding is that they are a comedy troupe. I think this is a SNLish song.

They are indeed a comedy troop and are Norweigan. Their talking elevator skit is hilarious.

 

[darrell]

Oh man you gotta hear their Stonehenge song.

But yeah, they have been called Norway's answer to The Lonely Island.

 

[RussR]

It's definitely European... no question about that. They do, sing, say and wear some seriously weird ****.

We certainly do too. Seen the Miley Cyrus VMA video lately?

 

[flhrci]

I was so hoping that that "song" would not make it past the Today Show from last week. Dang!

David

 

[DaleB]

We certainly do too. Seen the Miley Cyrus VMA video lately?

They have weird ****. We have clear evidence of the decline of Western civilization.

 

[Corpsmaide]

Fox did a cover of the song. It plays as a commercial here. It has several of the characters from their shows in it.

 

[Chip Sylverne]

They shriek like the tortured whelp of the hound of holy hell.

Hard to put that in rhyme.

 

[RJM62]

They shriek like the tortured whelp of the hound of holy hell.

Hard to put that in rhyme.

Nice description of the fear / warning vocalization. It'll curl your skin. They only seem to use it when they're terrified or to warn other foxes of danger. Vixens also seem to use it as a teaching tool, to warn the kits that something in their environment or something they are doing is dangerous.

The kits themselves make sounds similar to a puppy's, but a bit more protracted. It's more of a whine than a yelp.

The vixen who comes around here begging handouts makes a rather odd sound, when she makes a sound at all. It's somewhere between purring and cooing. Usually, though, she just kind of bounces around with a silly grin on her face.

-Rich

 

[ScottM]

We may never know what the fox says?