True or False:
The Eastern Cottontail hibernates in the winter.
What is FALSE
Both the Eastern Cottontail and the Showshoe Hare DO NOT hibernate during the winter
100
What will a Eastern Cottontail do when it feels it is in danger?
What is freezes, hunkers down, and flattens its ears.
100
What kind of forests do you find snowshoe hares?
What is coniferous (pine forests).
100
TRUE OR FALSE:
The Snowshoe Hare is a very social animal.
What is FALSE:
The snowshoe hare lives a very solitary life, it hangs out by itself, except to mate.
100
Both Rabbits and Hare do the act of "Coprophagy" ... what are they doing and why do they do it?
What is the act of reingesting fecal pellets. Coprophagy enables rabbits and hares to gain more nourishment since the pellets pass through the digestive system the second time.
** Hint to remember: "Call a COP... that's gross"!!!!
200
Baby rabbits only get visited by mom at ________ and ________. This is why people often think the nest is abandoned.
What is dawn and dusk.
200
What does the Eastern Cottontail do to break its scent trail when it is being chased by a predator?
What is JUMP SIDEWAYS
200
What special feature does the hind feet of the snowshoe hare gets during winter months and what is it used for???
What is grow extra fur, so it can walk above the deep snow during winter months.
200
Sometimes populations of Snowshoe Hares go up or down every 10 years.... why?
What is ???? The reason isn't exactly known, but thought to be tied to the number of Canada Lynx or Goshawks.
200
Although the incisors (front teeth) grow continuously, it is not a rodent. Instead it's in the order ___________.
What is Lagomorpha.
300
The Eastern Cottontail has up to ____ babies a year! The reason they have so many is because most of them will get _________.
What is up to 30-35 a year, most will get eaten.
POOR BABIES!!! :-(
300
What is "cooling"?
What is cooling itself by stretching out its body in a shaded area.
300
In what direction will the snowshoe hare run when it's being chased.
What is IN CIRCLES.
***** This is different than the Eastern Cottontail, which will zig-zag or jump sideways.
300
How fast can a Snowshoe Hare RUN.... how high can it JUMP?
What is RUN = 30 mph, JUMP = up to 14 feet.
300
When looking at a picture, you can tell a Eastern Cottontail and a Snowshoe Hare apart by whether or not they have this on their ears.
What is a black edge on their ears, ONLY the Snowshoe Hare has a black edge on their ears.
400
TRUE OR FALSE:
The Eastern Cottontail will turn white in the winter.
What is FALSE:
The Eastern Cottontail DOES NOT turn white in the winter, it is brown with a rusty red nape in the winter.
400
What does a female use to line its burrow and camouflage it?
What is The Eastern Cottontail female will make a small burrow and line it with: ** HER SOFT CHEST FUR *** SOFT PLANT MATERIAL .... then she will camouflage it with dry grass and leaves.
400
How does the snowshoe hare bathe in the summer?
What is ... it will take dust baths.
400
The Snowshoe Hare molts when the seasons change, what triggers it to do this?
What is by changes in sunlight.
400
If you see a brown rabbit (or hare) in your backyard this summer, it most likely is _____________.
What is Eastern Cottontail. If you look at the distribution map, the Eastern Cottontail is found in Lower Michigan, the Snowshoe hare is not.
500
What time of the year are Eastern Cottontail rabbits most active?
What is during winter and early spring, when males fight to breed with females.
500
What does the Eastern Cottontail eat in spring/summer... what does it switch to eating in the winter?
What is spring/summer = green plants, grass and dandilions..... winter = sapplings, twigs and bark
500
TRUE OR FALSE:
A snowshoe hare eats carrion (dead animals)
What is TRUE:
Although it is rare, it has occasionally be known to eat carrion.
500
TRUE OR FALSE:
The Snowshoe Hare has less babies per year than the Eastern Cottontail.
What is TRUE:
The Eastern Cottontail = up to 30-35 per year, the Snowshoe Hare = Up to 16 per year.
*** That's almost double!
500
Both the Eastern Cottontail and the Snowshoe Hare has brown pea-shaped scat. How can you tell which made it?
What is the Snowshoe Hare's scat is flat on one side, it also is slightly larger than the Cottontail's scat.
Hint: Scat is flat in the snow!