[HN Gopher] What energized this Arctic hare to keep going and go...
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       What energized this Arctic hare to keep going and going and going?
        
       Author : CapitalistCartr
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2022-02-03 12:46 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | mathieubordere wrote:
       | Is the study of these animals really more important than their
       | welfare? I can imagine this equipment ->
       | https://img.atlasobscura.com/UC6CwEZZ85Acxf1_v1AK52TfEYf_ZWd...
       | has a non-negligible impact on the animal's life.
        
         | s1artibartfast wrote:
         | I doubt this will make you feel better but perhaps it will
         | provide context. This scientific team tagged 28 hares.
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         | In most parts of Alaska, they have no bag limit on arctic hare,
         | which are an abundant and renewable resource. This means it is
         | legal for a hunter to go out and shoot 28 hares in a day.
        
         | hbarka wrote:
         | That tracking device looks to be about 50% as large as the
         | hare's head. How are these designs governed and moreover what
         | are the ethical standards?
        
         | bitxbitxbitcoin wrote:
         | Without proper studying, there is no way to properly gauge
         | their "welfare." So yes, the welfare of the Artic hare as a
         | whole is more important than the inconvenience that a collar
         | and ear tags provide to individual members of the species.
        
         | sandworm101 wrote:
         | These are rabbits. They live very harsh life. They don't live
         | long. They can, they are biologically capable of living many
         | years, but they are prey for nearly everything. They also breed
         | like rabbits. If they didn't all get mostly eaten every year we
         | would be knee-deep in them very quickly. Tracking tech might
         | harm a few of these animals and possibly shorten their already
         | short lives, but the insights learned by this may protect their
         | population for many decades.
         | 
         | As a practical matter, I imagine that white collar is less
         | dangerous than the coloured tags which totally defeat their
         | winter camo. (This is Canada, so colour is the correct
         | spelling!) They would probably rather the collar than those
         | tags be so easily seen by predators.
        
       | spywaregorilla wrote:
       | My rabbits move maybe 50m per day.
        
       | lenkite wrote:
       | Researchers failed in their duty to protect the life of their
       | fluffy research subject.
        
       | hirundo wrote:
       | I live in a rural area in New Mexico where jackrabbits are thick
       | on the ground. I once counted 27 on the road at night in four
       | miles. A couple of weeks ago I drove from home and three
       | jackrabbits scampered away ahead of me. The road there is narrow
       | along a hillside, steep up on one side and steep down on the
       | other, so the hares prefer to stick to the road, and just kept
       | running in front of the car. I was going maybe 30mph, knowing
       | they can get out of the way, not trying to avoid them. One hare
       | gave up and went down the side after maybe a hundred yards. The
       | next one lasted a few hundred yards more. The last jackrabbit
       | must have been having fun, it just kept running in front of the
       | car, around corners, up hills and down, for maybe three miles. I
       | don't think I slowed to less than 25 mph at any point. Finally it
       | dodged off to the side.
       | 
       | Now I know why despite the jackrabbit population, the local
       | coyotes are skinny. I don't know if these southern hares migrate
       | as much as the northern ones. Given their greater food supplies,
       | I doubt it. But I don't much doubt that they could keep pace with
       | their northern cousins at need.
        
         | bitxbitxbitcoin wrote:
         | Black tailed jackrabbits, right? I read that they usually live
         | in the same few square miles and don't migrate.
        
       | tiku wrote:
       | Duracell
        
         | hbarka wrote:
         | Ok this got a genuine chuckle
        
           | alexvoda wrote:
           | The joke already was in the title. Both Duracell and
           | Energizer claim the bunny as a mascot. Some areas were
           | exposed more to Duracell advertising others to Energizer ads.
        
             | retzkek wrote:
             | Wow, thanks for leading me down that interesting rabbit
             | hole. Being born in the US in the 80s I only knew of the
             | Energizer Bunny. The Duracell bunny was actually first for
             | a single campaign in 1973, then parodied by Energizer
             | fifteen years later. They settled a trademark dispute after
             | that with Energizer having exclusive rights to use a bunny
             | in the US and Canada, with Duracell elsewhere.
             | 
             | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duracell_Bunny
        
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