. American animal life . ighter. By midwinter and towardearly spring the coat is smoky white, very nearly the color of a snowstorm in the woods, orof the mosses that hang from the trees, while the great horns look almost as if they might bedead branches of trees in the woodlands. This is Mother Natures way of giving eachanimal a chance to protect himself from his enemies. For this very same reason the little Arctic hare keeps on its coat of white all the yearround. This little fellow, who shares the wintry, frozen Northland with the caribou, burrowsa hole in a snowdrift for his home, or crawls
. American animal life . ighter. By midwinter and towardearly spring the coat is smoky white, very nearly the color of a snowstorm in the woods, orof the mosses that hang from the trees, while the great horns look almost as if they might bedead branches of trees in the woodlands. This is Mother Natures way of giving eachanimal a chance to protect himself from his enemies. For this very same reason the little Arctic hare keeps on its coat of white all the yearround. This little fellow, who shares the wintry, frozen Northland with the caribou, burrowsa hole in a snowdrift for his home, or crawls under a friendly ledge of rock which seems tobe waiting to protect the pretty, timid creature. CARIBOU AND ARCTIC HARE During the long, dim winter the Arctic hare stays close to a snowdrift. This is for pro-tection from the great Arctic owl, who is always ready to pounce upon and carry him , this little fellow can run very swiftly; and his gift from the Great Spirit was a keensense of sight, scent, and ARCTIC HARE
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