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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T16:43:13.000Z",
  "site": "https://maximumfun.org",
  "tags": [
    "hares",
    "animals",
    "rabbits",
    "wildlife",
    "Just the Zoo of Us",
    "Ellen Weatherford",
    "Christian Weatherford",
    "jackrabbits",
    "A Field Guide to Jackrabbits",
    "Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha)",
    "Jackrabbit Gets a Touchdown!",
    "Celebrating Easter, Christmas and their associated alien fauna",
    "The Shifting Baselines of the British Hare Goddess",
    "What Do Eggs Have To Do With Easter?",
    "Meet Jack",
    "MaxFun Meetup Day",
    "website",
    "BlueSky",
    "Facebook",
    "Instagram",
    "Discord!"
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  "textContent": "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:\n\n  * \"A Field Guide to Jackrabbits\" - Matthew L. Miller, The Nature Conservancy, Nov 2022\n  * “Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha)” - Brian Kraatz et al.,  _PeerJ_ , Dec 2014\n  * \"Jackrabbit Gets a Touchdown!\" - YouTube\n  * “Celebrating Easter, Christmas and their associated alien fauna” – Malene Lauritsen et al.,  _World Archaeology_ , Oct 2018\n  * “The Shifting Baselines of the British Hare Goddess” - Luke John Murphy & Carly Ameen,  _Open Archaeology_ , August 2020\n  * “What Do Eggs Have To Do With Easter?” - Encyclopedia Britannica\n  * \"Meet Jack\" - City of Douglas, Wyoming's website\n\nLinks:\n  * Check out your local MaxFun Meetup Day - Ellen will be at the Seattle meetup!\n  * For more information about us & our podcast, head over to our website!\n  * Follow Just the Zoo of Us on BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram & Discord!\n  * Follow Ellen on Instagram or BlueSky!\n\n",
  "title": "331: Jackrabbits"
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