Craig+the+Spring+Hare!

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Please visit my friend Tammy's page! My cousin was captured by a human. The man made a website for him, feel free to visit it! Please don't vistit this mean rhinos page, he tryed to trample me when I went out of my burrow during the day


 * Gender: Male
 * Species: Spring Hare
 * Age: 7.... But we can live up to 20 years old
 * Length: 36.7 cm
 * Tail Length: 41 cm
 * Weight: 2.97kg.... Many adults are up to 3.5kg
 * Colour: Reddish Brown, Tip of tail Black
 * Offspring: 5 females and 6 males..... A female can have up to 4 babies a year, 1 per litter
 * Favorite food: Grass, and many small insects and bugs. Yum! I also enjoy corn, wheat, carrots, and potatoes.
 * Relationship Status: At the moment I have 3 girlfriends!! I have some kids with other spring hares too.
 * Endanged Status: In 1996 Spring hares were endangered, after a 20% decrease in population, mostly due to hunting. Since around 2001 to 2003 they have started to regain the populations.
 * Speical Talent: I can fully close my ears, so when I am digging a hole no dirt gets in them. It makes things so much easier.
 * Location: Congo

Now for my favorite part of my blog!! This part is were I tell you my my favorite things: Digging, taking my kids on their first outing, eating to stay alive, visiting my auntie. YAY!

Interesting Facts!
 * 1) Spring Hares are the only species in their family, they are as small as a rabbit, but look like a kangaroo!
 * 2) Their ears can grow up to 9cm in length!
 * 3) Spring hares can travel nearly 20 kilometers during the night, trying to find food and water, especially during droughts.
 * 4) One group of people may catch up to 200 spring hares a year, and eat most of them (Brain, eyes and stomach contencts)

Diary Entry.... :) A few days ago: Dear diary, I didn't sleep well the other night (not actually last night, because I am nocturnal), one of my friends told me a horror story, it was sooooo scary!! :( When I woke up I was abit tired, but I'm okay. OMG, I just have to tell you this: I was talking to a bug today (just before I ate her and her family), and she told me that I was a mean hare!! Can you believe that, Im not a hare, I'm not even related to a hare, I've never met a hare. I'm clearly a spiring hare! I AM NOT A HARE! I feel extremely strongly about this, I don't think I'll ever talk to those dumb bugs again! So enough with that, I'll tell you about the rest of the day (even though it was so boring!). All I did, was rade some potato crops from a human, but only for short time, because I was quite full. That's basically all for that day!.... I told you... Boring! Yesterday: Dear diary, yesterday was so fun! I got to look after my sisters baby spring hare, wile she went out to find food. I know what your thinking, Mr.Dairy, why would a grown man like me want to look after his sisters baby, after I have had so many kids. I don't know, I just do, maybe it was because the day before was boring. Probs. I also went out and ate some grass, wile I was eating grass, I was talking to a friendly spring hare about why we are not endangered any more. He thinks it is because there are a few less tribes than there used to be, but I don't know about that. Maybe it is because we sleep in a different section of our holes every night, I know I've been trying to. And I never come out during the day time, for fear of those big cats, and domestic animals. The end (of that day) ;) Today: Dear diary, I found out today that I'm a rodent, how cool is that!! I never knew I was, it is such an honour. I love rodents, they are my inspiration! I would go on, and on about how we are not extinct any more, but I have writen so much all ready about these subjects that I dont want to bore you. Anyway I'm off to be now.

About My Species! I am a Springhare, its just in my name. Sadly we are quite easy for humans to catch, because we stay in our burrows in day time. Humans kill thousunds of us every year for our fur coats, to eat us, and because we eat their crops. Some of our other predators are big cats, like leopards. Quite few years ago, we became endangered, since then less bushmen have killed us, but many still do. Today we are classified as LC (Least Consern), but I still fear for my kind.

Are they all Spring hares? A young or baby spring hare is called a 'leveret'. The females are called 'doe or jill' and males 'buck or jack'. A spring hare group is called a 'band or down'.... Thats a lot of different names to remember!

Countries That Spring hares live in: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Spring hare habitats: Arable Land, Artificial / Terrestrial, Dry savanna, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland and Subtropical / Tropical Dry Scrubland.

Spring Hares go hunting for food during the night, but in the day time they live in borrows. Their homes can be 80cm below ground level, and have multiple sections. They sleep in a different section every night! Resources: http://webecoist.com/2008/08/24/strangest-endangered-species-and-animals/ http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Africa/springhare.html http://www.africanfauna.com/springhare.php http://wn.com/Springhare http://ladywildlife.com/animals/springhare.html http://www.answers.com/topic/springhare-1 http://www.eyesonafrica.net/updates/2011/upd_feb11-2.htm http://ladywildlife.com/animals/springhare.html http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Rodentia/Pedetidae/Pedetes/Pedetes-capensis.html