The rural environment is gradually becoming better, why not see the hare instead?

I remember when I was a child in the countryside, whether in the mountains or on the plains, there were so many hares that sometimes a shovel could kill a rabbit at work. The first time I ate wild rabbit, or when I was very young, my grandfather caught when working in the field, I just remember that there was no fat, but very fragrant. Later, slowly grow up, also often and small partners with dogs to chase rabbits in the fields, the ecology of that time is really good, everywhere in the wild rabbit pheasant, I do not know since when, rural people are less and less, the hare seems to have disappeared.

The hare in the mountains runs fast, the front legs are longer and the back legs are slightly shorter, the uphill road is very flexible, running fast, downhill instead will be somewhat inferior, sometimes to the slope down, there will be better results. Now rural people have moved to live in the city, leaving few people to cultivate the fields, the surrounding weeds and vegetation in the absence of eradication, but also more and more dense, it is reasonable for wild animals to grow more suitable, why the former flocks of hares instead of becoming rare?

This has to start from the survival environment of the wild rabbit, many people have seen the domestic rabbit, but the wild rabbit and their growth environment is not quite the same, the domestic rabbit has adapted to the life of the pampered, if released into the wild, it is very difficult to survive. Because rabbits have many natural enemies, in addition to humans, many carnivores feed on them, including those flying in the sky. Due to their small size, when they encounter enemies, there is basically no other way but to run fast.

Because they have no attack power and other means to save their lives, hares are very sensitive to their surroundings, always alert, they practice their skills in addition to running is hiding. Usually choose a place with a wide field of view to build a nest, surrounded by weeds that can conceal their shape, preferably dry and low bushes, which are more favorable to them and can detect the enemy from a distance. There is a saying that "rabbits do not eat grass around the nest", the nest side of the plant it will not eat, but also to conceal themselves, afraid of the enemy to find their cave.

Not only that, water is also essential for survival, farmland, near small rivers are the preferred place for hares, generally in such places hares will be a lot, of course, its natural enemies also know that here to hunt them. In order to avoid the enemy, rabbits have developed a skill. We have all heard of the saying "the rabbit has three holes", which means that a cunning rabbit will not just make one hole. The rabbit hole ability is very strong, because they are relatively weak animals, in order to their own safety will often play several exits in a hole, to prevent being surrounded by people in their nests.

Hare like to amble around at night, generally humans do not approach, it will not move, as if they are one with the surrounding environment, only close to it within a few meters, it will quickly escape. As a herbivorous animal, it generally feeds on seedlings and fruits and vegetables in the fields first, but if not, it will also eat weeds, wild vegetables and grass roots. But the hare's favorite or radish, sweet potatoes, greens, often go to the vegetable fields to steal food, a large number of times can cause considerable harm to farmland and vegetable fields.

Many unused land in rural areas are now no longer growing crops, the hare's recipes are gradually decreasing, there are no more wheat fields and cornfields where they can hide, and the shortage of growth environment and food has led to the gradual disappearance of many hares. As if the biological chain is disconnected, although humans used to hunt and kill hares, the surrounding environment was more suitable for them, so as long as humans do not kill them excessively, they will not have too much impact on them. Now humans gradually do not provide them with food and shelter, for them, but is the end of the line.

This is also the reason why there are fewer and fewer hares in the countryside now. Without enough food, hares will not reproduce, but will gradually migrate to find a more suitable habitat for themselves. Unknowingly, the formerly common pheasants, hedgehogs and other animals, as if they are gradually out of our field of vision. Many people in the countryside are moving into the city one after another, and much of the land has been returned to forest, although the environment is getting better and better, but the animals that rely on crops to survive are getting fewer and fewer.