In a city that is all about aggression, this little character caused quite a stir.

WASHINGTON, DC — If aggression were a crime, all of Washington, D.C., might well be locked up. As it stands, though, only one aggressor was taken into custody after reportedly “biting people.”

Don’t let your imagination run wild. However dismaying because we can actually imagine this happening for real, we can’t ignore the entertainment value of conjured-up images of ruthless, power-grabbing politicians taking on their adversaries with their teeth.

It was a fox. A lovely red fox that gave the D.C. animal control officers who caged it a “what did I do?” look. Again, the fox was a biter, but in the fox’s defense, it may have been trying to fit in.

The fox has nipped a half dozen people in recent days, The Washington Post reported. California Democratic Congressman Ami Bera, who was attacked by the fox near the Russell Senate Office Building Monday evening, told The Post that "yesterday was probably my most unusual day on the Hill in 10 years."

Bera told CBS News the fox attack was "totally unprovoked." The animal came at him from behind and tore his pant leg, but not his sock or skin. Politico reporter Ximena Bustillo also confirmed to CBS the fox nipped at her ankle, and she swung her backpack at it because she was afraid it would jump in her face. The fox ran away when people started yelling.

Both are taking rabies vaccine as a precaution."You want to take wild animal bites — even a scratch — seriously," Bera, a physician, said.

'Aggressive Fox Encounters'

“We just wanted to inform the public because it had been biting people,” Capitol Police said in an email to Patch.

The fox theater (see what we did there?) started around noon Tuesday. Capitol Police tweeted that it had received several reports of “aggressive fox encounters” on the Capitol grounds.

“For your safety,” the agency’s tweet continued, “please do not approach any foxes.”

At 2:36 p.m. local time, Capitol Police gave the all-clear.

“#BREAKING: captured,” the agency tweeted.

The incident made for a mostly pleasant diversion on Twitter Tuesday.

“Are we sure that’s not a corgi?” a Twitter user who goes by Liveeveryminuteofit wondered.

Fair enough. They’re genetic cousins. Fox are members of the dog family; and just as some breeds of dogs — such as huskies and Alaskan malamutes — look like wild wolves, corgis, with their long, pointed ears and fluffy tail, look like foxes.

Red fox aren’t uncommon, and they’ve adapted well to both urban and rural landscapes. Red fox are frequently seen around the nation’s capital, The Washington Post reported several years ago, and don’t need much in the way of habitat to thrive.

Kits are born in March and April, and both parents typically stay with them in the den until they leave as juveniles. Many people speculated the aggressive fox was just defending its family.

And evidence it’s never not political in DC:

"Why is it always about family separation when the government gets involved?" a user who goes by Gabrielle tweeted.

A lot of people who saw the Capitol Police tweet cackled at the double entendre with Fox News.

“Just pull their press passes,” a user by the name of Jr tweeted. (We see what you did there, too, Jr.)

“I really thought you were talking about Fox News viewers at first,” Twitter user Sara Mc wrote. “This is where we are when talking about Capitol security and/or threats, I guess.”

She wasn’t alone. More than a half-dozen Twitter users were also confused. “I had to do a double-take to see if it was a parody account,” Twitter user Annette Locke tweeted.

But the thread was more fun than serious, and we can’t love this enough:

“Us DC residents have zero fox to give,” the Faithful Politics Podcast tweeted. “I’ll see myself out now.”