331: Jackrabbits

Follow Ellen down the jackrabbit hole. We discuss facial tilt, satellite dish ears, evolutionary ghosts of predators past, touchdown dances, jackalopes, Easter, and so much more. Works Cited:

• "A Field Guide to Jackrabbits" - Matthew L. Miller, The Nature Conservancy, Nov 2022
• “Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha)” - Brian Kraatz et al., PeerJ , Dec 2014
• "Jackrabbit Gets a Touchdown!" - YouTube
• “Celebrating Easter, Christmas and their associated alien fauna” – Malene Lauritsen et al., World Archaeology , Oct 2018
• “The Shifting Baselines of the British Hare Goddess” - Luke John Murphy & Carly Ameen, Open Archaeology , August 2020
• “What Do Eggs Have To Do With Easter?” - Encyclopedia Britannica
• "Meet Jack" - City of Douglas, Wyoming's website

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