Description
Book SynopsisSpotlight: Hares is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct and detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist.
With their wild glare, swift turn of foot and secretive nature, hares are the rabbit''s mysterious and untameable cousin. Always a thrilling wildlife spot, hares have also been associated with human culture and folklore for many centuries - their associations with spring can be traced back to the druids.
Focussing on the Brown Hare and its relative the Mountain Hare, RSPB Spotlight Hares offers exciting and up-to-date information on these incredible lagomorphs, with chapters covering their biology, evolution, natural history, behaviour, including courtship rituals, and ecology. Information on some of the more charismatic species of hare found elsewhere in the world and on hares'' other relatives, the rabbits and pikas, is also provided.
Author Nancy Jennings discusses in detail Hares
Table of Contents
Meet the Hares Evolution and Adaptations Relatives Around the World The Lives of Hares Breeding Machines Growing Up Fast Eat or Be Eaten Conservation of Hares Humans and Hares Folklore and Art How to See Hares Glossary Acknowledgements Further Reading and Resources Image Credits Index
