How the rabbits live
How the rabbits live
Hares are cute animals of the rodent family. On the territory of Russia you can see four kinds of hares, and the most common are the hare and the white dog, apparently very similar and having similar habits.
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Belyaki for the most part are forestinhabitants, the hare-hare prefers open spaces. Also in winter, the coat of the hare-rabbit after the moult becomes white, the hare remains gray. Otherwise, these species are so similar that they even interbreed with each other periodically, giving a viable, though fruitless, offspring.
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Hunters eat food that is not in high esteemother rodents - bark of trees and thin branches, leaves and young shoots. In winter, animals in search of food often go to a person's habitation, where they can enjoy the bark of fruit trees and hay.
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The rabbits have enemies - quite a lotpredators want to taste the tender meat of animals. Surviving rodents is due to their speed and cunning. Hare not only quickly run, sometimes speeding up to 50 km / h, but also masterfully deceive their pursuers, looping, returning in their tracks and making sharp jumps aside. If the predator nevertheless overtook the animal, the hare uses his last trump card - lies on his back and tries to fight back with powerful hind legs.
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Hare is widely spread not because of itsnumerous talents to entangle enemies, but due to its prolificacy. In the European territory of Russia, the rabbit brings offspring three times, and in each litter five to seven cubs. Scientists have not yet agreed on whether the hare is considered a good mother by human standards. Some believe that females do not depart from their young, and during their forced absence, the male watches the offspring. According to others, the rabbit, having fed the children, can safely leave them for a few days, while the hungry offspring will be fed by other rabbits.
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Unlike rabbits, rabbits live not in burrows. They do not have a permanent den and are able to rest on any vending place - in a hollow, under a bush, in thickets of thick grass. And only in the winter the animals make small depressions in the snow to protect themselves from the cold and wind.