'What does the fox say?' - not just a song, but a question that many people have had over the years. With the winter breeding season now here, you may well have heard it yourself without realising! With somewhere between 12 and 20 different vocalisations (depending on definition), foxes have quite a wide vocabulary. With certain calls sounding a little like human screams, some people mistake courting foxes for humans in need of help and both the police and wildlife rescues are flooded with calls