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Compared to the European rabbit, food passes through the gut more rapidly in the European hare, although digestion rates are similar. [19] It is sometimes coprophagial eating its own green, faecal pellets to recover undigested proteins and vitamins. [20] Two to three adult hares can eat more food than a single sheep. [21] Faecal pellets
The hare appears in English folklore in the saying "as mad as a March hare" and in the legend of the White Hare that alternatively tells of a witch who takes the form of a white hare and goes out looking for prey at night or of the spirit of a broken-hearted maiden who cannot rest and who haunts her unfaithful lover.
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Leporidae is a family of small mammals in the order Lagomorpha. A member of this family is called a leporid, or colloquially a hare or rabbit. They are widespread worldwide, and can be found in most terrestrial biomes, though primarily in forests, savannas, shrublands, and grasslands.
European hare (above) compared with a mountain hare Stuffed mountain hare, showing the winter pelage The mountain hare is a large species, though it is slightly smaller than the European hare . It grows to a length of 45–65 cm (18–26 in), with a tail of 4–8 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –3 in), and a mass of 2–5.3 kg ( 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 ...
Erin Larson, deer herd health specialist at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, notes that deer that develop corn toxicity can be dead within six to ten hours after consuming grain. 3 ...
Lepus europaeus, the European hare, brown hare, Eastern jackrabbit or Eastern prairie hare, a mammal species native to northern, central and western Europe and western Asia Lycopus europaeus , the gypsywort, gipsywort, bugleweed, European bugleweed, water horehound or ou di sun, a perennial plant species native to Europe and Asia, and ...
White-tailed deer browsing on leaves in Enderby, British Columbia. Browsing is a type of herbivory in which a herbivore (or, more narrowly defined, a folivore) feeds on leaves, soft shoots, or fruits of high-growing, generally woody plants such as shrubs. [1]
The Arctic hare [2] (Lepus arcticus) is a species of hare highly adapted to living in the Arctic tundra and other icy biomes. The Arctic hare survives with shortened ears and limbs, a small nose, fat that makes up close to 20% of its body, and a thick coat of fur. It usually digs holes in the ground or under the snow to keep warm and to sleep.