Writes artist Martin Ridley:
There are many different strategies which animals adopt to cope with danger. The powerful legs of hares give a clue as to theirs.
Most animals hide away in cover for protection but hares rely on seeing any danger coming. With eyes placed high on their heads, hares have exceptional all round vision and, if a predator approaches, their speed will prevail and carry them to safety.
Brown hares are predominantly active during the hours of darkness, during the day they rest up in a shallow scrape in the ground called a form. Surprisingly the hare sits right out in the open and is only partly concealed.
Image: Benjamin.
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