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Thinking WAY back in my science class, there are rabbits and hares. Rabbits are altricial, I hope I spelled that correctly. Hares are precocial. Altricial amimals are born helpless and immobile. Humans, rabbits, birds, cats, dogs ect all require "nest" time, requiring parental care. Precocial animals are born with their eyes open and mobile, though this process may require a few hours. Precocial animals are born not in a nest but mearly dropped on the ground. Some precocial animals are deer, horses, cows, ect. Jackrabbits are not rabbits but instead are hares, they were misnamed. It has been 40 plus years since I learned the above so a few "facts" may require correcting.
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