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What the difference between a hare and a rabbit?
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#20069. Asked by buggs. (Jun 26 02 6:48 PM)
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Fosse4
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According to The Book of the Countryside -
Hares are physically larger, have longer upright ears and have longer hind legs
(and contrary to popular belief the rabbit does not co-habit as frequently as or with the hare)
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Senior Moments
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One difference between hares and rabbits is that hares are born above ground, fully furred, with their eyes open. Newborn rabbits are born in burrows and naked, blind, and ugly in comparison with the beautiful wide-eyed, alert, fluffy little leveret.
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Zbeckabee
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muffy19 replies:
The difference between rabbits and hares appears at the moment they are born. First of all baby-rabbits are called kittens, while baby-hares are called leverets. Rabbits are born completely helpless, naked and blind (photos a, b ). Hares are born fully furred, able to see and capable of independent movement(photos c, d). In fact hares can live on their own after one hour from they birth! Therefore their mothers feel free to leave them on the bare ground and hop away soon after the baby is born. Rabbit's mothers are much more careful and protective to their children: their line a nest with grass, bark and soft stems. Over this, they place a layer of hair plucked from their own bodies. When rabbit-mother leaves the nest, she covers the bunnies with more hair and dead plants to keep them warm and hidden from enemies.
 http://www.orcca.on.ca/~elena/useful/bunnies.html
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