A group of sly foxes have been caught having a wild time in an Australian backyard.
The family of four have been photographed frolicking and playing at a suburban home in Melbourne.
Grace Spry, 20, who lives there with her family, said the foxes reside under the house and come out for a short time each day.
"They have been living underneath our house for a couple of months now. We first noticed them when they ate our pet rabbit," she said via Facebook. The foxes in the photos are playing, enjoying the sunshine and scavenging around the garden for food, Spry explained.
She said although many people consider them pests, she is happy with the foxes hanging in her garden.
"I was intrigued, since I had never seen a fox in the light of day," she said. "I can understand a lot of people hate them because of the damage they cause, but watching the small ones play was quite cute. They only spend short amounts of time outside during the day, and are very quick to disappear into the bushes or under the house when there is a noise."
But Spry's parents are a little more concerned than she is about the new residents. Her mother's sister, Melinda O'Conner, told 3AW radio: "My sister is really quite stressed out about it ... They don't know what to do," she said. "They've just moved in. One of the baby foxes baths in the pot plants."
