I do a lot of ski touring in the Uinta mountains backcountry (Utah). I see their tracks every single time I go out and I get to see a hare from time to time. Once, I photographed a snowshoe hare that was only about 8 feet away, hiding out under a pine tree. They are very interesting creatures. Quite a bit more intelligent than rabbits. Beautiful, enigmatic, and often hilarious, with their enormous feet *literally* performing like snowshoes! I mean, one time I was descending through some north facing trees in over a foot of fresh, soft snow. It was steep-ish, 30 degrees or so, I look to my right and this hare is bounding downhill parallel to me. I must have been going 10-15 mph on skis and he outpaced me easily. In 15 inches of powder snow!

This is awesome. I'm excited to share it with my 8th grade science students tomorrow!

Very cool project

Great video , I hunt snowshoe hares in BC Canada, I respect them and admire them. thank you for producing this video.

@dubistverrueckt

2 жыл бұрын

Please hunt something else. Their lives are already so short.

Very cool.

So cool! I wish I was doing this sort of work.

Snowshoes are usually thought of living in higher elevations. Do they have to have higher elevations just for the snow? Can they survive at a lower elevation?

Do hares live really such short lives of less than one year in the wild? I find this hard to believe after having watched several videos of hares and jack rabbits (Lepus) rescued as infants who then became part of their human families, and all of them were alive and well after 3, 4, 5, 8 and even 13 years of age. Furthermore, these animals are loving, curious, creative, playful and affectionate -- not because they were "tamed" but because they made friends with their human adoptive family. If these beautiful creatures with "charisma and personalities" really live less than one year in the wild, only to end up in the jaws of some nasty predator or human hunter, I think it's fine to befriend them and even adopt them then.

"Can't get attached to 'something' that won't live very long"....It's not an issue of getting attached, rather treating a being with decency and respect. The word animal comes from the latin 'anime' translated to 'has a soul.' Be a professional and treat your subjects with respect by considering them as they or he and she and not 'IT.' IT is not a piece or furniture, he or she is a wild animal who (not that) fights for survival. I'm not projecting or 'humanizing,' just recognizing a fellow being deserves respect.

@terrymoore9083

7 жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly

@dubistverrueckt

2 жыл бұрын

My sentiments, exactly

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