Writes Simon Carnell in Hare:
Unlike rabbits with their well-known propensity to multiply to extreme pest and even plague proportions . . . hares generally regulate their population density at levels far below the carrying capacity of a given environment. . . . The apparent self-regulation of their numbers by hare populations in general has led to at least the speculation that their social behavior must be more complex than previously thought -- though 'speculation' is very much the operative word. It remains a curious fact that hares have been relatively little studied, with even their primary characteristics and behaviors remaining open to much further inquiry.
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