Arctic Hares Research Paper

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Arctic hares have unusual habits that help protect them from cold environment and predators. Sometimes they huddle in large groups, hundreds of them, keeping their bodies close together for warmth and it’s harder to attack if together. If a hungry wolf or arctic fox happens to surprise the group, the hares scatter into different directions and confuse their predators with their speed and numbers so they have a greater chance of surviving/getting away. At rest, arctic hares appear smaller than they actually are. They sit on their legs and flatten their ears to conserve their body heat. Unlike hares that live in warmer regions the Arctic Hare has relatively short ears; which have developed that way to limit its body's exposure to the cold.
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