It is know that European rabbits create burrows while European hares do not burrow and use the so-called 'forms' (shallow depressions with removed vegetation that serve as resting and parturition sites). However, I have had a few observation in the winter of 2022/23 and now in autumn of 2023 that have left me rather confused. … Continue reading Do European hares never burrow?
Category: Hare
Ritualistic behaviour in wild mammals
Recently I watched a video by Robert E. Fuller - 'Hare Raises Baby Lever in My Back Garden'. There was an episode in the video where the mother hare has returned to suckle the leverets and before departing, she appears to paw in order to cover them up with vegetation - only no vegetation is … Continue reading Ritualistic behaviour in wild mammals
Notes by Ieva 