Rabbits & Hares

Rabbits & Hares

Rabbits & Hares
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	8.79

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		altitude, hairless, nipping, extremely, despite, commonly, highly, stroll, flurry, multiplied, vegetation, actually, opposite, dusk, adult, furthermore
	content words:		Thomas Austin

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Other Languages
     French: Les lapins et les lièvres
     Spanish: Conejos y Liebres
     German: Kaninchen & Hasen

Rabbits & Hares

¹     If we take a stroll in a park at dusk, we can often spot a rabbit or a hare nipping off grasses, tree barks, twigs, or other vegetation. Before we have the chance to get near and take a good look at this flurry animal, its long ears already pick up the sound of our footsteps. Alerted, it quickly hops across the green field and disappears into the twilight.

²     Although we often call a rabbit a hare or a hare a rabbit, there are actually some noticeable distinctions between these two look-alike animals. The easiest way to tell a rabbit from a hare is to see its newborns. Baby rabbits are born hairless, blind, and completely helpless. Baby hares are the exact opposite - they wear furry coats, have their eyes wide open, and can hop around soon after birth.

³     In the case of distinguishing an adult rabbit from an adult hare, you may have to run after the animal to see where it lives. Rabbits dig holes and live in burrows (underground homes). Hares prefer to construct their nests above the ground. Furthermore, rabbits like to live in large groups, while hares tend to be loners. If all these guides don't work, the rule of the thumb is that hares are bigger and move faster than rabbits.

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