The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland

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Droppings: Brown hare often leave droppings on bare ground, farmland and edges of grassland. They are larger and more flattened than the rabbit (1.5cm-2cm in diameter). They can vary, depending on the diet. Colour: greenish brown. Smell: sweet, like a damp digestive biscuit with a hint of mown hay. Wilson, C. (2015). Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study. Princeton University Press. p.204. ISBN 978-1-4008-7957-1. Avril, A.; Letty, J.; Léonard, Y.; Pérouxb, R.; Guitton, J.-S. & Pontier, D. (2011). "Natal dispersal of European hare in a high-density population" (PDF). Mammalian Biology – Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 76 (2): 148–156. doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.07.001.

An Introduction to Beagling". Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016 . Retrieved 31 August 2016. Greek: In Greek mythology hare are associated with Eros and Aphrodite, and they were seen as a romantic gift to be given to partners and potential love interests. Boxing hares are usually reported in February and March but may take place all through spring and summer. The big difference is that later in the year the crops and meadows have grown tall, hiding the hares' activities.

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m Naughton, D. (2012). The Natural History of Canadian Mammals. University of Toronto Press. pp.235–238. ISBN 978-1-4426-4483-0. Sheng, Pengfei; Hu, Yaowu; Sun, Zhouyong; Yang, Liping; Hu, Songmei; Fuller, Benjamin T.; Shang, Xue (June 2020). "Early commensal interaction between humans and hares in Neolithic northern China". Antiquity. 94 (375): 622–636. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2020.36. S2CID 219423073. Monaghan. P.; Metcalfe, N. B. (1985). "Group foraging in wild brown hares: Effects of resource distribution and social status". Animal Behaviour. 33 (3): 993–999. doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(85)80033-6. S2CID 53160508. In October 2018, it was reported that a mutated form of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus ( RHDV2) may have jumped to hares in the UK. Normally rare in hares, a significant die-off from the virus has also occurred in Spain. [46] [47] Relationship with humans [ edit ] Albrecht Dürer's watercolour Young Hare, 1502 In folklore, literature, and art [ edit ]

John Seymour & Sally Seymour (September–October 1976). "Farming for Self-Sufficiency Independence on a 5-acre Farm". Mother Earth News (41). Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Chapman, Joseph; Flux, John (1990). Rabbits, Hares and Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Lagomorph Specialist Group. p.2. ISBN 2831700191. The hare’s front teeth never stop growing throughout its life. The animal must grind the teeth down by chewing on grass. Early English Books Online". Text Creation Partnership. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007 . Retrieved 11 September 2016.

Found only in Ireland and Northern Ireland on undisturbed grassland, the Irish hare is a genetically distinct subspecies of the mountain hare. Warner, Valentine (21 March 2014). "Valentine Warner's good hare recipe". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12 . Retrieved 31 August 2016. Unlike the rabbit, the hare is solitary and does not dig burrows, but instead it lives entirely above ground. During the day it rests and sleeps in a form, which it makes by scraping out a shallow depression in the ground, just fitting its body when crouching low. The form may be against a hedge, in short grass, scrub or a ploughed furrow. When lying in its form with ears laid flat, a hare is well-camouflaged.