Mother nature is wise! No matter what tricks all life on the planet resorts to to continue life. Some creatures, for protection with their color, merge with the surrounding world as much as possible, while others are painted very brightly, which as a result bears its own benefit to survival.
Common myth about hares
It is often possible to hear such an opinion that the hare after the birth of the offspring feeds him and immediately leaves for good. This opinion is very common. In addition, science knows that hares and rabbits are especially fertile, the hare re-hatches within a couple of weeks after giving birth and brings viable cubs several times in one season.
Given these facts, the expression "breed like rabbits" has a rather negative connotation, reflecting condemnation for not caring for their offspring. Meanwhile, with the opinion that the hare is another cuckoo mother, it is worth arguing, since it does not quite correspond to reality.
Take care when leaving
Yes Yes. This is exactly how paradoxical the slogan of mother-hares might sound. Indeed, in fact, rabbits are immediately born sighted, with erect ears, and only one thing distinguishes them from an adult: they do not emit any odors that would allow predators to determine their location. The only place where sweat glands that emit a pungent odor are located is the soles of the feet, but in the absence of the mother, the crumbs sit practically motionless, tucking their paws under them, which makes it impossible to track them down even for the sharp scent of the fox.
Having fed the hares with very fat milk, which will be digested for about 3 - 4 days, the mother instinctively leaves the hares so as not to draw attention to them with her smell, and also feed herself. After a specified time, she returns, not forgetting to thoroughly confuse the tracks.
Another point is that on return, finding offspring for the mother presents the same difficulties as for enemies. Perhaps this is why nature provides for another feature: if a hare stumbles upon other people's cubs, she will certainly feed them as her own, and some other mother at this time, probably, takes care of her hares.
And after one or two weeks, newborns will try the grass, start feeding on their own and scatter in different directions into adulthood. And the mother will soon bring new ones, since the number of hare lovers in nature leaves no choice.
