Snowshoe hares have an interesting adoption that helps protect them against predators depending on the season their fur can be a different color during the winter snowshoe hairs are white which help them blend in the snow when the seasons change the spring and Summer's no shoes hairs turn a gray brown this color helps them camouflage with dirt and rocks the hen legs of a snowshoe hair are large and have more fur and larger toes than those of other rabbits or hairs these adaptions provide additional surface area and support for walking on snow for many years most of the rabbits that lived in the cold snowy countryside of Canada were white recently scientists have noticed that many of the white rabbits in the countryside have been replaced by gray rabbits what environmental change could have contributed to the change and the rabbits fur color over the last 150 years
Climate change could have contributed to the change in the rabbits' fur color over the last 150 years. As temperatures have risen, there is less snow cover for the majority of the year, making it more advantageous for the rabbits to have a gray-brown fur color to blend in with their surroundings. This adaptation allows them to better camouflage and protect themselves against predators in the changing environment.
