During our observing run at CTIO, Dr. Roberta Humphreys lamented apparent disappearance of a pack of foxes that liked to hang around the observatory. The cooks, who had traditionally tossed out some scraps to the foxes, stopped doing it. Apparently, there was a concern that the foxes were becoming overly dependent on the hand outs. On my last morning at CTIO, I got to see one of the foxes and snapped a few pictures.

CTIO Fox in front of Blanco 4-meter

Above Photo is the fox with the Blanco 4-meter telescope in the background.

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The Above Photos show the first first nibbling on something than turning around, apparently looking at the small telescopes on the Cerro Tololo summit.

Funny thing is as I was dumping the pictures from my camera, Roberta knocked on my door, and I opened it, just in time to see one of the foxes run behind Roberta in my field a view. I pointed it out to her and she was happy the foxes were not completely gone.