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Snowshoe Hare
This snowshoe hare stood out like a sore thumb on a mountainside in north Idaho. Each winter, the snowshoe hare's fur turns white as a defensive mechanism to camouflage itself in the snow. This is a great defensive strategy...when there is snow on the ground. For the time in winter before snow does settle in and take up its residence on the forest floors, these snow-white fur balls are at a great disadvantage to predators like the bobcat and lynx.
The snowshoe hare, also called the varying hare, or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. It has the name "snowshoe" because of the large size of its hind feet and the marks its tail leaves. The animal's feet prevent it from sinking into the snow when it hops and walks. Its feet also have fur on the soles to protect it from freezing temperatures.
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