Every month, visitors to our museum choose an exhibit that made the biggest impression on them. The exhibit they chose for January was the Arctic Hare.

The Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) is a species of hare that has adapted to the Arctic environment. It lives in the tundra of Greenland, in northern Canada, and in Alaska.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the mountain hare, but is now classified as a separate species.

In the far north, it remains white year-round. Further south, its fur turns a blue-gray color in the summer, but its tail remains white. This is due to the activation of a temperature-sensitive gene that affects skin pigment expression.

It feeds mainly on woody plants, flowers, fruits, leaves, as well as meat baits used by hunters as traps. It has a strong sense of smell and sometimes digs in the snow to find food.

The female gives birth twice a year, producing 3-4 young each time.

Credits: Wikipedia

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