the animal’s body Weight can reach seven kilograms, and length is 65 inches. Adults, thanks to strong hind legs can reach speeds up to 60 kilometers per hour for short distances. After a rapid spurt hare or hides, or at a lower speed confuses traces with sudden jumps to the side. Hind legs need him not only for running, their Bunny can also defend themselves from abusers.
the Diet of these mammals consists of plant foods. In summer they feed on herbaceous plants and grasses prefer. In winter the buds, twigs, bark of trees and shrubs. Raking paws the snow they get from the vegetation.
it is Interesting that many people think rabbits rodents, but in fact they belong to a different unit lagomorphs. Slant it’s called — the animals can look ahead, only turning his head at the same time they see that behind them.
in the Summer of hare distinguished from a hare is not so difficult — at first a more slender build and long ears and tail, but coloring them in warm time of the year is brownish-gray color.
the habitat of the hare vary only in extreme cases. Their favorite places — a field or forest edges with dense undergrowth, but in urban areas they have to go deeper into the forest away from people. They rest in small hollows, under fallen trees and bushes, and also may use burrows of other animals.
In the wild, the life expectancy of rabbits is four to five years, under favorable conditions, members of the species live up to six or seven, and sometimes up to 10 years.
