Instead, here are five fun facts about snowshoe hares, with help from Lyndsay MacWilliams of Island Nature Trust and biologist Kate MacQuarrie. Hares' hind feet are large and act like snowshoes, preventing them from sinking in the snow. Snowshoe hares live only about a year or two in the wild. "I also have read that squirrels will actually predate the snowshoe hares' young," she said. The Island Nature Trust recently posted a picture of a snowshoe hare to its Instagram page.

Source: CBC News January 02, 2021 13:00 UTC