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Arctic Hares
One of the most unique features of the Arctic Hare is its coat which molts twice a year, with its summer coat brown to match the shrubby plants and rocks and its winter coat white to camouflage in the snow and ice. This species of hare can be found in hillsides and rocky plateaus, of Northern Canada and Greenland. In this category, there are questions relating to the Arctic Hare’s structure, occurrence, adaptation, etc.
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Do arctic hares have whiskers?
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No. Some animals which live in the Arctic and very cold climates do have hollow hair. These include reindeer (caribour), polar bears, llamas and alpacas, but not the Arctic hair.
How many pounds of food does the arctic hare eat each day?
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about 30 or 40 pounds of food a day.
Why do Arctic hares have a lot of fur?
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- I Don't know much about foxes but it could be due to the COLD ARCTIC temperatures it comes from kinda like black people after a long time of a certain species living in a place they adapt . THe were no Racial intentions in that sentence
What is the difference between the arctic hare and the snowshoe hare?
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the snow hare is slightly larger and more muscular
How tall is a snowshoe hare?
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I am sorry, but I have no clue how tall this snowshoe hare is.
Do snowshoe hare rabbits always turn white in winter?
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Actually, rabbits don't turn color with the seasons. Hares do. Hares turn color in winter as a means of camouflage, so that the blend in with the snow. In spring, summer and fall, they are brown in color, which helps them to blend in with the floor of the forest or clearings where they are found.
Do white rabbits live in Antarctica?
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No. There is no food chain on the continent to support rabbits, and it's too cold there for any animal to survive.
What are cattle used for on farms?
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Many reasons, meat,milk products,breeding, wool and many more reasons.
How do snowshoe rabbits sleep?
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In the afternoons mostly, they are most active in the morning and evenings and sleep throughout the afternoons. This is true for both wild and pet rabbits.
How do Arctic hares survive?
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Probably from the food they eat or the ocean. ocean water is salty but their bodies may have adapted to digest salt water.
Don't take my word for any of this information...after all this is only a guess
What is the Latin name for the Arctic hare?
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The latin name of the Arctic Fox is Vulpes lagopus.
Is an Arctic hare cold blooded or warm blooded?
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The arctic fox is warmblooded because it is a mammal. The difference between a cold-blooded animals and warmblooded animals is that cold-blooded animals' body temperatures are that of their environment, ex. if the temperature is 54 degrees, the animal will have a body temperature of 54 degrees.
Warm-blooded animals, like the fox, maintain a constant body temperature. Humans, for example, maintain a body temperature of 98.6 degrees F., regardless of the temperature of the environment.
