Rabbits: Rabbit or Hare?
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Find out the difference between rabbits and hares.
Rabbit or hare? These mammals are both in the order Lagomorpha, but they have very different characteristics. What separates them? And what rabbit isn’t a rabbit at all?
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Rabbits: Rabbit or Hare?
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Rabbit or hare? These mammals are both in the order Lagomorpha, but they have very different characteristics. What separates them? And what rabbit isn’t a rabbit at all?
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Science Trek is a place where parents, kids, and educators can watch short, educational videos on a variety of science topics. Every Monday Science Trek releases a new video that introduces children to math, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career potentials in a fun, informative way.[MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: Rabbits and hares look a lot alike, but they are actually very different.
Hares typically have longer ears than rabbits.
And they have black tips on the ends of their ears.
Rabbit ears are shorter and some domesticated breeds like the Holland Lop-Eared bunny have ears that droop.
Wild hares and rabbits avoid predators in different ways.
Rabbits live in underground holes called burrows.
When a predator threatens, rabbits run underground.
Hares live in nests above ground.
They try to outrun predators, so hares developed longer legs and bigger feet than rabbits.
Rabbit babies are called kits and they're helpless when they are born.
They have to live in their underground home for more than two weeks before they're ready for the outside.
Hare babies are called leverets and they're born ready to run.
Wild rabbits live in groups.
Hares tend to live as a pair or on their own.
And one rabbit isn't a rabbit at all.
The jackrabbit is actually a hare.
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