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LONDON -- Hunting for small creatures must be pain and eroticisma tall order at the best of times. But it becomes vastly more complex when they're concealed beneath a huge blanket of snow.

Foxes that stalk the prairies in North America during wintertime know this only too well. During a segment of Planet Earth IIthe trials of one particular fox -- who was trying really, really hard to hunt a vole -- captured the nation's heart.

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"The food the fox seeks is also deep beneath the snow," explained David Attenborough, after describing how a herd of bison are forced to break through the white blanket to get to the grass beneath.

"The survival of both creatures depends on getting through to the ground."

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And while the bison bludgeon through using their super-strong necks, the fox has a different (and not always entirely successful) approach:

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It looks painful but the little guy clearly has to commit 100% to every dive.

Nope.

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Double nope.

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People clearly felt a sense of empathy for the fox.

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Even his stalking method was a topic of conversation.

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People were reminded of other epic snow dives.

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Mostly, though, everyone just thought the fox was awesome.

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Oh, and in case you were wondering, his repeated face-plants paid of. He manages to successfully nab a vole during the final lunge into an area that's been partially cleared by the bison.

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You go, fox.

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