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How can you tell that lynxes feed almost exclusively on snowshoe hares?
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Feces samples, stomach contents and first eye accounts.
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When the hare population increased what happened to the lynx population and why?
Hares are a food source for lynxes. Lynxes are a predator of hares. Hares rely on plants for food and lynxes rely on hares (inter alia) for food. If the hare population increases due, perhaps, to lots of good plant food, then the lynxes (and maybe the foxes) have more food and can support more babies which survive to maturaty. Too many lynxes and too few hares means not enough food for the lynxes. Baby lynxes starve and the balance is adjusted. JCF
How do snowshoe hares breathe?
Snowshoe hares breathe out of the nostrils in their nose. This type of hare is found in forests in North America and England.
Are lynxes aggressive towards humans?
No, there are only 2 dcumented lynx attacks in the U.S. One was a guy carring his hunt of numerous snowshoe hares. The other was a guy wearing buckskin. both were mostlikely mistaken idenity.
What organisms depend on lynxes?
All the organisms that share its ecosystem depend on lynxes but directly effected would be its prey, ie hares, and its predators, ie mountain lions.
Are snowshoe hares coldblooded?
yes thats how they can survive cold weather
What does a baby lynx eat?
baby lynxes eat mice snowshoe hares and deer just like adults
Why does the lynx population go up as the hare population goes up?
Hares are a food source for lynxes. Lynxes are a predator of hares. Hares rely on plants for food and lynxes rely on hares (inter alia) for food. If the hare population increases due, perhaps, to lots of good plant food, then the lynxes (and maybe the foxes) have more food and can support more babies which survive to maturaty. Too many lynxes and too few hares means not enough food for the lynxes. Baby lynxes starve and the balance is adjusted. JCF
How would the snowshoe hare population change if hunters killed most of the lynxes?
I think that the snowshoe hare population would increase because lynx hunt them so if most of the lynx were hunted then there would be less snowshoe hares killed
When the hare population increased what happened to the lynx population and why?
Hares are a food source for lynxes. Lynxes are a predator of hares. Hares rely on plants for food and lynxes rely on hares (inter alia) for food. If the hare population increases due, perhaps, to lots of good plant food, then the lynxes (and maybe the foxes) have more food and can support more babies which survive to maturaty. Too many lynxes and too few hares means not enough food for the lynxes. Baby lynxes starve and the balance is adjusted. JCF
What is the habitat of the snowshoe hare?
snowshoe hares are found in the northern forests.
What is the snowshoe hare habitat?
snowshoe hares are found in the northern forests.
Are snowshoe hares nocturnal?
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Do Arctic hares have snowshoe feet?
Yes,they have large, snowshoe like feet.
How do snowshoe hares breathe?
Snowshoe hares breathe out of the nostrils in their nose. This type of hare is found in forests in North America and England.
Do snowshoe hares and elk live in taiga or tundra?
Snowshoe hares and elk live in the taiga. They like the cold climate and the plants that are in this area.
Do snowshoe hares eat bugs?
Yes.
Do baby snowshoe hares drink water?
yes! snowshoe hares will eat the snow and it will melt in their mouth it'll turn into water and it will from then become drinkable
