"E" is for ears and this jackrabbit sure has BIG EARS! They have these large ears to help get rid of the heat that builds up in their bodies. Since right now our desert temperatures are over 108 degrees every day, they certainly need those big ears! This fellow greeted me at the Living Desert Reserve early one morning as I was up there taking a walk. ABC Wednesday for August 18, 2010.
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Great shot for the letter E and interesting. I didn't realize the purpose served by the rabbits big ears.
I love the desert and the music, wow...Felt like I was there with you on a magickal vacation :) Thank you.
Quite the apt description.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
He certainly has a good-size air-conditioner! In those temps, you would have to walk very early in the morning I think.
I would say that is a nice set of ears.
What a delightful photo, Desert Sand! I am surprised that his ears are not even bigger in that heat. I would have to be all ears to survive!
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Helen Mac
ABC team
When I was in Phoenix recently there were always dozens of jackrabbits nibbling on the landscape throughout the resort. Quite a sight. I never knew their long ears were for cooling off!
Now, how have I not known this fact before?! Thank you!
(and he has cute ears)
Would you look at those ears... Oh my goodness...."All the better to hear you with, my dear"....
Cute post.
Count me in -- another person who didn't know why jackrabbits have such big ears. We have wild rabbits here in southeastern Alberta but they are smaller, with smaller ears. They have to survive our cold winters as well as our hot summers. From -31 to 95 Fahrenheit or, as we say here, -35 to +35 Celsius. Without irrigation, the prairie here would be desert. There are small cacti growing near the paths where my husband and dog walk every day.
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