Viral fox feeding video prompts safety warning

A viral video showing a tourist feeding a wild fox in southwestern China has prompted warnings from experts about the ecological and safety risks of such behavior.

The video, which has attracted more than 40,000 comments, captures a tourist offering a Chinese flatbread to a fox near a plateau scenic spot in Sichuan province.

Initially, the fox attempted to swallow the bread with the tourist's finger, later bypassing the food to bite directly at the tourist's hand. The tourist managed to pull away without injury.