Rabbits VS Hares: The Differences!

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[LennonTheBunny]

Do you prefer rabbits or hares? Comment below!

[Blue-wvle]

Someone said that the way to tell the difference between a rabbit and a hare is that a hare looks like they are constantly plagued with knowledge of a bad future.

[MrBashem]

Hares built for survival, while rabbits adopted cuteness to survive.

[MrRobot-]

The diference is this:
Rabbits: Hello friend, you will eat this lettuce?
Hares: The trees are quiet because the rocks are listening.

[dreamersdisease]

A hare has stared into the abyss for too long and a rabbit's eyes are still innocent

[TracyD]

I have wild rabbits by my apartment. My Dutch rabbit goes by the patio door and he and the wild rabbits always look at each other for a decent amount of time. I think it's absolutely adorable.

[sloanNYC]

Hares always strike me as looking like a wild animal meant for survival and bunnies more like domesticated... fascinating how different they are.

[Nmethyltransferase]

Rabbits look normal. They look exactly how you expect a rabbit to look. Hares look like they've seen too much.

[bookwyrm]

One is a small cute fluffy animal, the other is a wizard who suffered a mishap.

[jmccoomber]

To me, the most significant difference between rabbits and hares is the fact that hares are born ready to run, with fully developed brains, their eyes open, covered in fur and with teeth and claws. These babies are pretty much ready to take care of themselves as soon as they're dry, while rabbits are much more similar to rats, mice and other den-dwelling rodents whose kits are completely helpless for close to two weeks. Helpless babies are very often born to social animals who live in families or tribes, where there are two dedicated parents and/or multiple related adults around to help their mothers care for them. All the research I've seen indicates hares tend to be territorial loners and almost never live in groups in the wild, so fully developed kits help assure the survival of the species.

Longer gestational periods - especially in small animals - tend to produce babies born ready to run, which often indicates their mother is on her own with no familial support system, so bears 100% of the responsibility of caring for her offspring. Of course there are exceptions, including many small cat species, which are loners and seldom live in groups in the wild yet still produce litters of extremely dependent kittens who have no defense mechanisms other than staying hidden for several weeks. It's believed small cats do not live in groups, but the undeveloped state of newborn kittens has always made me wonder if small feline species might live in groups of related breeding females in the wild and help one another care for and protect their babies, especially since this mothering style has been seen in feral domestic cat groups; perhaps we just haven't documented this behavior in the wild yet.

[Yourbluetoothdeviceispairing]

Male Hare: "Hey, I like you. How about we make this official?"

Female Hare: "Aight, put 'em up"🤺

[otterspotter]

My favorite rabbit moment happened a couple years ago. I was outside, indulging in a bad habit, when I saw a hawk descend right on a rabbit before my eyes. The rabbit wasn't killed though, it did the most amazing backflip and kicked the hawk in the face. I know he/she kicked it because the hawk's head jilted backwards. It was the most ninja move I have ever seen an animal make. It did a backflip and kicked a hawk in the face. I can't tell you just how amazed I was to see it. It was awesome. I wish I caught it on video to prove it.

[flexibleknot]

There is a huge hare population where I live, and there is always 1+ hares on my lawn.
They seem to leave my flowers and plants alone, and while they munch on the grass, they do no damage at all.
I love sitting on my porch in the evenings and watching them come around.
BTW, they sleep during the day and are active in the evenings.

[josakeller]

Y’all I rescued a Craigslist bunny from Arizona… I’m like 90% sure she’s at least half jackrabbit 💀💀

[shiloh]

I work at an SPCA in my area and we recently had a young girl bring in a wild baby hare thinking it was a domestic rabbit. She had it for a few days and was planning on keeping it with her rabbit! She brought it in because it was covered in ticks and she didn’t want it around her other pets. I’ve been bringing the hare back and forth to work with me as none of the other workers are familiar with rabbits or hares and it’s not quite old enough to be weaned. We are now trying to figure out a way to successfully release it. Thank you for making this video! This information is definitely needed to prevent people from interfering with wildlife!

[LassieFarm]

If your pet hare runs away, is that HARE LOSS ? 🐇

[ROMANTIKILLER]

I have learnt something new today.
I must admit that I had always thought of hares just as a wild feral type of rabbit, but I see that they are very different animals instead.

[Thao-nathos]

As someone once said:
Bunnies are cute puffballs, Hares are wilderness prohpets that went insane with the knowledge of the universe whispered in their ears by the gods

[nozrep]

i lived in West Texas where the jack rabbits are abundant. Got a dog. A hunting/tracker dog even. A Texas Blue Lacy. He loved to try to chase the jack rabbits. Finally one day he sorta like, seemed to come to a learning or a realization, in a doggie way, that was never gonna catch and eat one. hahaha. So instead, he would give initial chase thereafter, and then quickly give up and sit and watch them run circles around him. 😅 Best dog I ever had.

[heart_for_you]

You have helped me improve my rabbit care, so thank you! Also, lennon is so cute!