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Characteristics
Habitat
Food
Enemies
Babies
Inuit Uses
Interesting Facts
Where I Got My
Information
By Grace
Characteristics
The arctic hare wieghs12 pounds , 18 to inches long ,
and their tail is about 2 inches long. Arctic hares have very
big, powerful hind legs and have huge feet which they use to
leap on the snow.They can hop up to 30 miles an hour they are
fast.The arctic hare has shot ears with black tips. Arctic hares
are white in the winter and brown in the summer. The arctic
hare can be interesting.
Habitat
The arctic hare lives in the tundra of the northern parts of
Canada. They live on the rocky sloes of upper land tundra. Arctic
hares sleep in the bushes on the rocky slopes.They might live in
dens at the coldest part of the winter. Only if they have to. The
arctic hare lives farther north then any other hare in the whole
wide world.
Food
Arctic hares eat herbs, plants, mosses,lichens, buds,
berries, seaweed, twigs, and meat from hunters
traps.There usual diet is willow, leaves, shoots, bark, roots,
grass, flowers, and berries. If the arctic hare is really thirsty it
will eat snow. The arctic hare is mostly a plant-eater, but when
all the twigs and leaves are gone they eat they eat meat from
hunters traps.
Enemies
Adult hares have very few enemies besides the arctic
wolf and arctic fox. Young hares enemies are the arctic wolf,
arctic fox, snowy owls, and gyrfalcons. The arctic fox is the
main enemy of the arctic fox. When alarmed the arctic hare
rises on to there hind legs to look for danger then bound off
at top speed.
Babies
A baby hare is a gray or brown and are called leveret.
They weigh about 2 to 4 ounces. Born in late May, June, or
July. It depends on where they live. Mothers stay with their
babies for 2 to 3 days , on the forth day she goes now and then.
The babies lie still in the snow and almost look like the
surrounding around them. By September they are the size of an
adult.
Inuit Uses
The Inuit people kill the arctic hare for meat.
They also kill it for the fur. Inuit people enjoy eating the
meat of an arctic hare. The arctic hares fur is great for
clothing. The arctic hare is an important source for the
Inuit people.
Interesting Facts
Arctic hares are always on guard. While some hares
sleep the others stand on guard. Hares survive by huddling
together. They might huddle behind a snow drift under a bush.
In a very bad snow storm they might huddle behind a rock.
Where I Got My Information
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www.library.thinkquest.org/3500/arctic_hare.html
www.ucls.uchicago. Projects/199697/Hillocks96/arctic_hare.html
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www.home.merlin.mb.ca/~wwood/arctic/arctichare.htm
www.kativik.ca/ulluriaq/Nunavik/inuitlife/wildlife/ArcticHare.html
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