Courtesy of The Nature Conservancy
Originally published on April 12, 2021 1:00 pm
Peter Lancaster has always had a love for rabbits. But when he first saw a pygmy rabbit – perhaps what would become the most influential animal throughout his life – he didn’t know what it was.
One spring break as a kid, Lancaster went camping with a few friends a little ways from his home in East Wenatchee.
Out in the sage, they saw this little creature.
“We looked at it, and we all said … Pika?” Lancaster recalls.
But 12-year-old Lancaster decided they hadn’t quite identified the cute animal with rounded ears. It hopped off into a burrow.
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