# Fox frozen in Danube **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620 "2017-01-20T13:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/1 "2017-01-20T13:25:54Z")
Southern Germany has been in the grip of the cold wave that has been sweeping much of the European continent these days. Some weeks ago a Mr. Stehle, a hunter, found a fox who had apparently fallen into the Danube river, drowned, and ended frozen solid in the ice. Mr. Stehle cut with a saw the ice block with the fox inside in order to dispose of it, although before doing that he photographed it. As the website says, the result is both “mournful but also incredible”. > **[An unfortunate German fox has become a naturally occurring Damien Hirst...](https://qz.com/884953/photos-of-a-fox-that-got-trapped-in-ice-and-frozen-in-the-danube-in-germany)** > > A terrible beauty. Quite a sight, I have to say. Poor critter, but… That is life! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/2 "2017-01-20T13:50:44Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > …but… That is life! Well, no… the other thing. But yeah, sort of cool in a melancholy way. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/3 "2017-01-20T14:48:04Z")
I’m horrified that this is called “sculpture”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/4 "2017-01-20T14:52:01Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m horrified that this is called “sculpture”. It certainly would be out of place at a banquet. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/5 "2017-01-20T15:04:29Z")
Better name for the sculpture: “… if you can’t swim the tide.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/6 "2017-01-20T15:49:04Z")
I guess in this case, the fox said “BRRRRRRRR!” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/7 "2017-01-20T16:04:31Z")
“If you can’t stand the cold, get out of the river.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/8 "2017-01-20T17:02:55Z")
Interesting in a morbid kind of way. Poor little fox. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/9 "2017-01-20T17:37:59Z")
Definitely not a fire fox. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/10 "2017-01-20T18:01:21Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Definitely not a fire fox. Obviously, an involuntary Arctic fox. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/11 "2017-01-20T20:53:05Z")
A stone cold fox, for sure! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620/12 "2017-01-20T22:27:16Z")
So, what happened to the chicken and the sack of grain?