The phrase “flying fox” in our experience has been used to describe the huge bats that can be found around Cardamom County in Thekkady, feasting on fruit and insects. In the video above, however, we learned that even common ground-dwelling foxes can reach stunning heights — in their pursuit of rodents living underneath deep layers of snow!

The footage and narration from the Discovery Channel, which we found via NPR science writer Robert Krulwich, show us that there is always something new to learn even from what we think of as commonplace mammals like foxes. Scientific inquiry, we can all agree, is important, whether it takes place in exotic places or our back yards.

Read Krulwich’s post here.