Recently a customer of mine sent me a photograph of leverets suckling when they were almost the same size as the doe. Usually leverets are weaned after about four weeks. It is very rare to spot this intimacy between a hare and her leveret since they tend to visit their young once a day, usually after dusk. Click here to read more of my story in the Malton Gazette & Herald this month.
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Showing posts with label hares; leverets; weaning; rare sight. Show all posts
Friday, August 14, 2009
Hare Weaning
Recently a customer of mine sent me a photograph of leverets suckling when they were almost the same size as the doe. Usually leverets are weaned after about four weeks. It is very rare to spot this intimacy between a hare and her leveret since they tend to visit their young once a day, usually after dusk. Click here to read more of my story in the Malton Gazette & Herald this month.
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