Thanks to rapid climate change, the snowshoe hare s coat, once a camouflage, may be a life-shortening disadvantage. Thinkstock/Getty/HowStuffWorks
How you re dressed can be a matter of life and death. We humans know the feeling from middle school, but new research suggests that climate change is creating dangerous conditions for the snowshoe hare
(Lepus americanus), an animal whose life depends on dressing for the occasion.
Let s just say you re invited to a pool party. The most appropriate outfit would normally be a bathing suit, right? But imagine that, by some nightmarish turn of events, you show up to the party to find, not only is the pool empty, but everybody else is fully dressed. And they re all looking at you. Not in a good way.
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