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AZ Animals on MSNArctic Hares: The Fast, Camouflaged, and Social Creatures of the TundraAmong these animals is the Arctic hare, the largest hare in North America. The Arctic hare has large claws on all four feet, but the ones on its hind legs are unusually long, allowing it to dig into ...
So, it wasn’t hard to spot an Arctic Hare, mostly because of their adaptation. You see, Arctic Hares adapt to their environment, which means they turn white in winter to blend into the snowy ...
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Techno-Science.net on MSNWhy do some animals change color in summer?In nature, it's not uncommon to observe animals that change color with the seasons. You may have heard of the arctic fox or ...
In the winter months, the Arctic hare's coat turns white, allowing it to blend in with the snow, but in the summer, the coat is generally a gray-brown color.
I saw my first Arctic hare in the Bristol Bay area in the early 1970s. It was late May and the leaves were not yet green. The hare was sitting still next to a 55-gallon drum.
When Arctic hares sense danger, they will bolt — and they can run fast, reaching speeds of up to 60 kilometres an hour. If the average running speed of a human is 8.4 to 9.4 kilometres an hour, ...
These amazing hares have a super thick white winter coat that keeps them warm. However, when the snow melts in the spring, the Arctic hare grows a brown or grey coat that is also much thinner.
The aptly named snowshoe hare has particularly large feet and a winter-white coat. In the summer though, their fur turns brown, taking up to ten weeks to change color completely.
Snow-white coats serve as camouflage for animals like the Arctic hare, as well as the stoat, which is also called an ermine (pictured above in its signature winter wear).. Its coat may help hide ...
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