Eastern Cottontail Rabbit(美東棉鼠灰兔)

Written by(作者): Cassie(卡西)

Translate by(譯者): Nicole(云婷)

Have you ever felt something soft and fluffy like a rabbit I have?

你曾經感覺過一種像我的兔子一樣柔軟和毛茸茸的東西嗎？

Eastern cottontail rabbits are herbivorous which means they eat plants and vegetables only. They eat blackberries, woody plants vegetables, clover and wild grasses. The cottontail rabbits fur is soft and fluffy.

白尾灰兔是草食性的，這意味著它們只吃草和蔬菜。它們會吃黑莓、林木植物的果實、苜蓿和野草。白尾灰兔的毛是柔軟和毛茸茸的。

One of the adaptations it has to help it survive in its habitat is to dig holes in the ground and line it with grass and fur from the females belly .

它們其中一種適應生活的習性是它們會在地面上挖洞並且以草和雌兔腹部的毛來做分界。

The cottontail rabbit is hunted and eaten by foxes, bobcats, hawks, owls and large snakes. They escape from their enemies because they are very fast animals.

狐狸、山貓、老鷹、貓頭鷹和大型蛇類都會獵殺白尾灰兔。但白尾灰兔能逃脫都是因為它們動作很迅速。

The eastern cottontail rabbit is found from the coast of the Carolinas to the mountains. They live in overgrown fields, brushy forest edges and anywhere there is a lot of plants and vegetables. They can also be found close to people as long an they have somewhere to escape to.

白尾灰兔在卡羅來納州的沿海到山區間被發現。它們住在茂密的原野、灌木林的周圍還有任何有林木和蔬菜的地方。只要有地方逃脫，它們也會在靠近人類居住的地方被發現。

The temperature of this habitat is both warm and cold, depending on the time of year.

它們棲息地的氣溫可溫暖也可寒冷，全依一年的季節而定。

Some other facts about the eastern cottontail rabbit is that they do not migrate. They stay in the same area year round.

一些事實顯示白尾灰兔不會遷徙。它們整年都待在相同的區域裡。

The cottontail rabbits are blind at birth and their eyes stay closed until they are about one week old.

白尾灰兔剛出生的時候眼睛是看不見的，直到一週後眼睛才會睜開。