A nest of leverets

Awwww, its so cute , Probably not so cute when its eating your Plants Whis4ey...

 

But it is now and perhaps you can induce them all to move into the neighbours garden when they grow up. :D

 

You called them what_______? Looks like a bunny to me. Have to google the name.


Ok, got it now, a Leverets is a Hare in its first year. Ok, so it is a bunny, or a rabbit.

 

Here Red a few of the differences
One of the most important differences between rabbits and hares is that one rabbit species has been domesticated, while no hares have. While both animals exist in the wild, people do not keep hares as pets or raise them as livestock. For the most part, hares and rabbits differ in appearance, with the larger hare appearing more streamlined and wiry, with larger back legs and feet and very large ears that stick straight up from the head. The many varieties of jackrabbit are among the most well known hares in the Americas, along with the Snowshoe Hare, famous for changing its color seasonally as a form of camouflage.
Rabbits and hares also differ in their lifestyle and behavior. Rabbits are altricial, meaning that they are born blind, hairless, and helpless, while hares are precocial, born with fur and vision and able to fend for themselves fairly quickly. This is no doubt related to the fact that hares give birth in shallow depressions or nests above ground, while rabbits, except for the cottontail genus, are birthed in underground borrows or warrens, which provide increased protection. Most rabbits also live in these warrens as adults in groups, while hares and cottontail rabbits live singly or in pairs in above-ground nests.
To add to the confusion, in addition to the large group of hares called jackrabbits, there is a domesticated variety of rabbit that resembles the jackrabbit and is named the Belgian hare.

 

hehehe
Well done Walnut
No, Redstar, they are not bunnies nor rabbits.
They are hares or leverets ... a different species although similar in some respects
I got a little video of the young hare which has now been added to my previous version, and can now be viewed in my new Video Room

 

Brilliant video Sam well edited lovely clear shots.:thumb:

 

Beautiful!!! Do you have a still of the two at the gate? I love the songthrush singing too! Superb all round, and still super cute too!

 

No still of the two at the gate unless I took a still from the video
These little guys don't hang around for you to change from a video camera to an SLR very well
The two at the gate were in fact two young ones from last year, and I thought it would be a good idea to put them all together
I am going to change the first little shot as it is too shaky .... I love perfection, if only I could just once get there

 

What lovely creatures to have that close to you

We don't get many hares in this part of the country and we were amazed when we went for a holiday 'down south' that they were so prevalent as to be thought of as vermin :eek:

 

Thank you.

 

how nice are they:thumb:

 

@==>walnut


I was always told that hares run and rabbits hop....kinda simple but it makes sense when you six:D LOL

 

Kal.:D:D:D