In his short story “Domino,” Ernest Thompson Seton describes the reaction of a silver fox upon discovering a piece of meat left as bait: “He was fascinated. The strange movements of his body showed that he was losing control of himself. He tried to get as close as possible, to intoxicate himself with the scent, to absorb its essence. He would have liked nothing more than to be enveloped by it. In anticipation of pleasure, he turned his head to the side, pressed his neck against the soiled ground, and bristled his fur. He rolled onto his back and growled.”