Rabbits and Hares
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
January 23, 2018 5:05pm CST
Not to split hairs, but I never really thought about the difference between the two. I remember the fable about the Tortoise and the Hare, have occasionally been accused of being as mad a March Hare, but never a rabbit.
It turns out that the jackrabbits I used to shoot at in west Texas are really hares. Hares are generally bigger, faster and have longer ears too. Rabbits congregate in groups, hares tend to be solitary, coming together only to mate.
This subject came to mind the other night when we watched a documentary about white wolves in the arctic. They eat a lot of cute little white rabbity looking things called Arctic Hares (photo). It was a great show and I will add a link.
The conflict between different packs of wolves and the effort to survive in that very bleak environment was fascinating.
Maybe everyone else knew that a hare was not a rabbit?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/white-falcon-white-wolf-full-episode/7770/
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Jan 18
Yes I did know the difference. Rabbit I would eat.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jan 18
Yes, I read that hare meat is stringy and gamey too. No one I knew in Texas ate jackrabbits.
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
26 Jan 18
@JamesHxstatic Ha - you are so witty!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jan 18
@jaboUK I try to be at least half-witty usually.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
24 Jan 18
That could be a "bad hare day" I guess.
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Jan 18
I have been watching a series of documentaries on BBC. About the planet and different areas. I tend to like the ones about the ocean best. Lovely photography. It's amazing the odd characters that live in the deep ocean.
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Jan 18
@JamesHxstatic .....Yes, I watch them quite often.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
24 Jan 18
There are some amazing nature shows on PBS if you get it.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Jan 18
I did not know that rabbits and hares were two different kinds of rabbits.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Feb 18
Yes, it is and I never really thought about it
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Feb 18
Yes, it never really occurred to me about the difference.
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jan 18
I never thought about that . . . I thought it was one in the same! I've mainly used "rabbit" as the general term for those cute furry animals with long ears . . . I never say "hare" unless I am talking about that Tortoise and the Hare story.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
26 Jan 18
I really didn't know the difference.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Jan 18
I saw some film depicting what a problem rabbits were at one time in Australia and how they had drives to deal with them.
