Photographer Captures Extraordinary Shots of a Cross Fox in Canada

Photo: Sam Gaby/Instagram

The coloring of the animal is unlike anything you’d expect, with a long dark stripe running down its back, crossing another stripe to form a cross over its shoulders. Fittingly, this variety is called the cross fox.

Gaby — an economist, policy adviser, and photographer — captured photos of the fox in the small town of Twillingate in Newfoundland. After spending weeks trying to accustom the animals to his presence, he was able to be close enough to capture these incredible shots.

“I actually lack words to describe the encounter,” Gaby told Matador Network. “It was very personal to interact with this fox almost every day. One thing struck me — how intelligent these creatures are. If I had to describe them it would be a fox’s exterior with a cat’s interior.”

Photo: Sam Gaby/Instagram

Red foxes, the species to which the cross fox belongs, is common all over the northern hemisphere and is very abundant, but spotting a cross fox and being able to take such beautiful pictures of it is still an achievement.

Photo: Sam Gaby/Instagram

“The encounter was surreal,” Gaby told Bored Panda. “I spent almost eight weeks with these foxes, photographing them almost every day. As you can see, the foxes look very relaxed, with no sign of stress on their faces.”