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- The unique scalloped design of this Hartland sink adds a distinctive accent to a wide variety of kitchen styles from traditional to contemporary
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- Height: 9-5/8" (measured from the bottom of the sink to the top most point of the sink)
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- Overall Length: 33" (measured from the left outer rim to the right outer rim)
- Basin Width: 16-1/4" (measured from the back inner rim to the front inner rim)
- Basin Length: 14-1/8" (measured from the left inner rim to the right inner rim)
- Basin Depth: 9" (measured from center of the basin to the rim)
- Installation Type: Top-mount
- Number of Faucet Holes: 1
- Drain Outlet Connection: 3-7/8"
- Minimum Base Cabinet Width: 35"
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Almond - Kohler K-5818-1-FT
Basalt - Kohler K-5818-1-96
Biscuit - Kohler K-5818-1-7
Black Black - Kohler K-5818-1-KA
Black n Tan - Kohler K-5818-1-FD
Cane Sugar - Kohler K-5818-1-K4
Cashmere - Kohler K-5818-1-FP
Caviar - Kohler K-5818-1-NY
Dune - Kohler K-5818-1-FE
Frost - Kohler K-5818-1-95
Ice Grey - Kohler K-5818-1-33
Mexican Sand - Kohler K-5818-1-R1*
Roussillon Red - Kohler K-5818-1-G9
Sandbar - Kohler K-5818-1-FF
Sea Salt - Kohler K-5818-1-20
Suede - Kohler K-5818-1-58
Thunder Grey - Kohler K-5818-1-0
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ADA | No |
Basin Depth (Left) | 9 |
Basin Depth (Right) | 9 |
Basin Length (Left) | 14.125 |
Basin Length (Right) | 14.125 |
Basin Rack Included | No |
Basin Split | 50/50 |
Basin Width (Left) | 16.25 |
Basin Width (Right) | 16.25 |
Basket Strainer Included | No |
Country Of Origin | USA |
Cutting Board Included | No |
Drain Connection | 3.875 |
Drain Placement | Rear |
Farmhouse | No |
Faucet Centers | 0 |
Faucet Hole Size | 1.375 |
Faucet Holes | 1 |
Faucet Included | No |
Height | 9.625 |
Installation Available | Yes |
Installation Type | Drop In |
Length | 33 |
Made in America | Yes |
Material | Cast Iron |
Number Of Basins | 2 |
Product Weight | 130 |
Sink Shape | Rectangular |
Soap Dispenser Included | No |
Theme | Traditional |
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I'm a USSA Level 300SL alpine coach. I spend hours at a time standing on the side of mountains freezing my butt off, I need a glove that is nimble yet warm in sub zero weather. These gloves are not it. The glove seems to hold up well enough as a spring ski glove. But even when a liners is added, these gloves are still cold. Maybe in Yellowknife worn under a heavy mit but not by themselves. I feel I was lead to believe these gloves are something they are not. In other words,I waisted my money.
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Disappointed! I would have given this glove 5 stars except for the fact that there is just not enough insulation and the price. I live in North Dakota and have had these gloves down to -15 with -25 windchill ... they just are not warm enough. They are awesome untill you start hitting single digits and then my hands start getting cold. Below zero and your going to want to wear something else. They will work at lower temps if you are not going to be out long however. But I work outside all day in the weather and they just dont cut it. I would compare these to 100 gram thinsulate leather gloves. And those dont cost $60+. If you are not going to use these in below zero weather ... they will ge a great glove. If your need a glove for below zero ... I would go with something else. Please fix these gloves Duluth and they will be well worth the money. They need more INSULATION!!!
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I like them but the color does not go with anything, and the tips of my fingers are still cold. I thought they would be for really cold days.
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These gloves are advertised as being appropriate for "cold weather extremes." However, my fingers freeze even when it's in the teens and 20s...definitely not "extreme" here in Minnesota.
I live in Western Massachusetts and received these in December as a birthday gift. Despite the hardcore product description, I am disappointed these gloves haven't lived to the hipe. I have used these during two recent snowstorms doing snow removal and a few times per week hiking. They are very comfortable for snow removal work. No blisters. Great grip. The leather is very supple. The downside is they ARE NOT waterproof. Mildly water resistant at best. It was snowing pretty hard during both storms and my gloves were soaked right through. It takes a solid 24hrs for them to dry out. I even took a blow dryer to them and the moisture just wouldn't go away inside & out. This moisture was from the snow and not hand sweat. Snow removal can be tough work and you'd expect your hands to sweat in winter gloves, but strangely I experienced no hand sweat.
For hiking, it takes almost 30mins for my fingers to go from feeling raw / cold to feeling comfortable. It's like my gloves rely on my hand warming up before beginning to keep my hand warm. If I briskly flex my hands, things warm up faster. Once my fingers become warm, they stay warm and I experience no hand sweat. It's a nice neutral warmth. I've worn these gloves in temps in the 30s to the low 20s. The dexterity with these gloves is below what I expected. Basically comparable to a ski glove. To manipulate the clip on a dog leash, handle car keys from my coat pocket, operate a flashlight push button, tie my boot laces, driving and pushing control buttons - the gloves have to come off. These gloves are not meant for doing detailed work requiring dexterity. Bulky tasks they're fine.
They styling is nice. I like the yellow & black with the thicker leather padding along my palm areas. The nylon material on the backside of the gloves is nice. The extended cuff at the wrist is nice. Overall durability is good I guess. After a month of use doing things I've mentioned I only have one thin surface cut on one finger tip. I'm skeptical with the leather being so soft on the finger tips how the wear would be if the fingertips were coming in frequent abrasive contact with a surface such as picking up sticks, rocks or logs.
I hope my pair is just defective and not the norm. My pair has its pros and cons. I think my mix-matched review reinforces the ups and downs. I would have liked to give more stars, but the lack of being waterproof, taking so long to keep my fingers warm while hiking and the lack of dexterity to manipulate smaller objects forces me to give just two stars.
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These gloves are high-quality leather that I know will last forever. My dad and brother both work outside during the winter months and they love these gloves. They are rugged and warm.
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Sitting on my ice cold AC tractor seat, along with simple leather gloves while plowing snow in sub freezing weather made me very uncomfortable in both areas. The yellowtail gloves solved the hand issue, and believe it or not, the firehose cargo pants are a step beyond, when compared to a pair of jeans when on that cold tractor seat. Also, according to my wife, the hydraluc fluid comes off the firehose pants a lot easier. .
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William Fichtner Lands Iconic Role In Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesLadies and gentlemen, we may have found our new Shredder. While nothing has been confirmed at this point, Deadline is reporting that famed character actor William Fichtner has signed on to the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in "a lead [role] with iconic stature in the Turtles mythology." And we think it could be the movie's big baddie....by Eric Eisenberg | published: 2013-05-09 20:20:11comments
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Alan Ritchson Says Everything You Know About It Is WrongHis enthusiasm is evident, and heartening. Despite his self-deprecating humor about how un-ninja he is, Ritchson is clearly thrilled for the opportunity to play one of his childhood heroes. However, he doesn't actually speak to any of the rumors flying around about Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles directly......by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-04-16 07:48:40comments
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Say Wha? Will Arnett Joins Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesWill Arnett is joining the cast of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which sort of needs to be said just like that in order for it to sink it properly. ...by Nick Venable | published: 2013-04-02 20:41:42comments
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot Casts Leonardo, Michelangelo And DonatelloLast week casting for the first of the titular turtles of the Michael Bay-produced Ninja Turtles was announced along with news that this reboot of the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise would employ motion capture techniques similar to those used in Avatar......by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-03-25 12:36:56comments
Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Finds Its RaphaelMichael Bay and the movie's helmer Jonathan Liebesman snagged Alan Ritchson to play the sai-wielding Raphael. You might be wondering what that means in the context of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' movie. Will he be a full-bodied puppeteer? Will he lend his voice? It's sort of both. ...by Kristy Puchko | published: 2013-03-22 11:50:34comments
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New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Gets A Release Date, World War Z Moved To 2013Those eagerly anticipating the new reimagining of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may find themselves craving pizza come Christmas 2013. Paramount has set the date for the turtles return to the big screen. There are also updates for the release dates of World War Z and One Shot. ...by Kelly West | published: 2012-03-13 21:23:37comments
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Iron Man Writers Take Over TMNTThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been a staple in my life since I was born. From the cartoon to the live action movies (even the third one), Ive always loved the ninjas...by Will LeBlanc | published: 2010-08-20 06:30:01comments
Platinum Dunes Taking Over The Ninja Turtles FranchiseThe last attempt to revive the turtles was 2007's CGI animated TMNT, which by all accounts was a decent take on the characters but failed to give the franchise the relevance it had in its early 90s heyday...by Katey Rich | published: 2010-05-27 19:12:02comments
Fullfill Your Dreams: Become A Ninja TurtleSo apparently all of those Karate classes youve been taking down at the local community center may actually pay off. No, theyre not going to get you a girlfriend or a sweet Lamborghini or respect from your peers...by Tim Gomez | published: 2009-07-14 01:16:56comments
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- California drivers' focus near schools has significant room for improvement according to an annual observational study conducted this week across the state. Students monitoring nearly 70 intersections at high schools in 24 California counties for one hour Tuesday recorded more than 7,000 cases of distracted driving.
Student participants in this educational Roadwatch-funded by The Allstate Foundation and administered by the California Friday Night Live Partnership (CFNLP)-observed a lack of driving focus ranging from talking and texting on the cellphone to eating and drinking, personal grooming, and smoking. These four distracted driving habits topped the list as most prevalent.
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In 2011, the first year of this Roadwatch, more than 6,700 instances of distractions were recorded at 62 sites near California schools. In 2012, more than 7,000 distractions were recorded at 67 sites.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving accounted for one of every 10 U.S. traffic fatalities in 2010. In 2009, CHP reported 116 traffic fatalities caused by distracted driving in California.
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A Charl Schwartzel double, a Richard Finch fight back and a couple of ISM firsts made for a wonderful weekend in South Africa.
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- We present a RQMD calculation of antiproton yields and their momentum distribution in Ne + NaF collisions at 2 GeV/u. The antiprotons can be produced below threshold due to multi-step excitations for which meson-baryon interactions play a considerable role. In this system the annihilation probability for an initially produced antiproton is predicted to be about 65%.
- Heavy ions and X-rays in brain tumor treatment : a comparison of their biological effects on tissue slice cultures (2009)
- Background: In this interdisciplinary project, the biological effects of heavy ions are compared to those of X-rays using tissue slice culture preparations from rodents and humans. Advantages of this biological model are the conservation of an organotypic environment and the independency from genetic immortalization strategies used to generate cell lines. Its open access allows easy treatment and observation via live-imaging microscopy. Materials and methods: Rat brains and human brain tumor tissue are cut into 300 micro m thick tissue slices. These slices are cultivated using a membrane-based culture system and kept in an incubator at 37°C until treatment. The slices are treated with X-rays at the radiation facility of the University Hospital in Frankfurt at doses of up to 40 Gy. The heavy ion irradiations were performed at the UNILAC facility at GSI with different ions of 11.4 A MeV and fluences ranging from 0.5–10 x 106 particles/cm². Using 3D-confocal microscopy, cell-death and immune cell activation of the irradiated slices are analyzed. Planning of the irradiation experiments is done with simulation programs developed at GSI and FIAS. Results: After receiving a single application of either X-rays or heavy ions, slices were kept in culture for up to 9d post irradiation. DNA damage was visualized using gamma H2AXstaining. Here, a dose-dependent increase and time-dependent decrease could clearly be observed for the X-ray irradiation. Slices irradiated with heavy ions showed less gamma H2AX-positive cells distributed evenly throughout the slice, even though particles were calculated to penetrate only 90–100 micro m into the slice. Conclusions: Single irradiations of brain tissue, even at high doses of 40 Gy, will result neither in tissue damage visible on a macroscopic level nor necrosis. This is in line with the view that the brain is highly radio-resistant. However, DNA damage can be detected very well in tissue slices using gamma H2AX-immuno staining. Thus, slice cultures are an excellent tool to study radiation-induced damage and repair mechanisms in living tissues.
- Collapse of flow: probing the order of the phase transition (2007)
- We discuss the present collective flow signals for the phase transition to the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and the collective flow as a barometer for the equation of state (EoS). We emphasize the importance of the flow excitation function from 1 to 50A GeV: here the hydrodynamicmodel has predicted the collapse of the v1-flow at ~ 10A GeV and of the v2-flow at ~ 40A GeV. In the latter case, this has recently been observed by the NA49 collaboration. Since hadronic rescattering models predict much larger flow than observed at this energy, we interpret this observation as potential evidence for a first order phase transition at high baryon density pB.
- Longitudinal fluid-dynamics for ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions (2006)
- We develop a 1+1 dimensional hydrodynamical model for central heavy-ion collisions at ultrarelativistic energies. Deviations from Bjorken's scaling are taken into account by implementing finite-size profiles for the initial energy density. The calculated rapidity distributions of pions, kaons and antiprotons in central Au+Au collisions at the c.m. energy 200 AGeV are compared with experimental data of the BRAHMS Collaboration. The sensitivity of the results to the choice of the equation of state, the parameters of initial state and the freeze-out conditions is investigated. The best fit of experimental data is obtained for a soft equation of state and Gaussian-like initial profiles of the energy density.
- Signatures for black hole production from hadronic observables at the Large Hadron Collider (2006)
- The concept of Large Extra Dimensions (LED) provides a way of solving the Hierarchy Problem which concerns the weakness of gravity compared with the strong and electro-weak forces. A consequence of LED is that miniature Black Holes (mini-BHs) may be produced at the Large Hadron Collider in p+p collisions. The present work uses the CHARYBDIS mini-BH generator code to simulate the hadronic signal which might be expected in a mid-rapidity particle tracking detector from the decay of these exotic objects if indeed they are produced. An estimate is also given for Pb+Pb collisions.
- Nuclear equation of state from the nonlinear relativistic mean field theory (1988)
- The properties of symmetric nuclear matter are investigated in the nonlinear relativistic mean field theory of nuclear matter. We consider the constraints imposed by four nuclear ground state properties on the coupling constants and on the equation of state at zero and at finite temperature. We find that the compression constant K(ρ0) as well as the temperature is irrelevant for the stiffness of the equation of state for m*(ρ0)≤0.7. The main point is that the relativistic mean field theory exhibits acausal and unphysical behavior for compressibilities below K(ρ0)=200 MeV. Every set of coupling constants with a negative quartic coupling constant c is unstable against small quantum fluctuations.
- Separation of strangeness from antistrangeness in the phase transition from quark to hadron matter: Possible formation of strange quark matter in heavy-ion collisions (1987)
- We present a mechanism for the separation of strangeness from antistrangeness in the deconfinement transition. For a net strangeness of zero in the total system, the population of s quarks is greatly enriched in the quark-gluon plasma, while the s¯ quarks drift into the hadronic phase. This separation could result in ''strangelet'' formation, i.e., metastable blobs of strange-quark matter, which could serve as a unique signature for quark-gluon plasma formation in heavy-ion collisions. PACS: 25.70.Np, 12.38.Mh
- K/pi ratios in relativistic nuclear collisions : a signature for the quark-gluon plasma? (1989)
- Collisions of Si(14.5A GeV+Au are investigated in the relativistic-quantum-molecular-dynamics approach. The calculated pseudorapidity distributions for central collisions compare well with recent experimental data, indicating a large degree of nuclear stopping and thermalization. Nevertheless, nonequilibrium effects play an important role in such complex multihadron reactions: They lead to a strong enhancement of the total kaon production cross sections, in good agreement with the experimental data, without requiring the formation of a deconfined quark-gluon plasma.
- Possibility of detecting density isomers in high-density nuclear mach shock waves (1976)
- Up to now no experimentally feasible method for detecting abnormal nuclear states has been known. We propose to observe them in high-energy heavy-ion collisions through the disappearance of, or irregularities in, high-density nuclear Mach shock phenomena.
- Comment on "Exactly central heavy-ion collisions by nuclear hydrodynamics" (1981)
- Problems arising in viscous nuclear fluid dynamical models of high-energy heavy-ion collisions are discussed. The importance of an accurate treatment of the transport properties of the hot and dense nuclear matter is pointed out.


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Wild Winter
A new book describes how Maine's flora and fauna adapt to our changing seasons. Here's the story of how three creatures — barred
By Mary Holland
Excerpted from Naturally Curious: A Photographic Field Guide and Month-by-Month Journey through the Fields, Woods, and Marshes of New England, Trafalagar Square Books, N. Pomfret, Vermont; 496 pages, $39.95.
Barred Owl
The belly feathers on some barred owls are pink. This coloration may be due to eating many crayfish.
The larger great horned owl is one of the biggest predatory threats to the barred owl.
Because the barred owl's range has extended north and westward it is now breeding and competing with the less aggressive, endangered spotted owl in the western United States.
The plumage of male and female barred owls is similar; as in all owls, the female is larger in size than the male.
Although considered non-migratory, when prey is scarce, barred owls may leave their territory to seek food elsewhere.
Young barred owls are able to climb trees using their beaks and talons.
Red Fox
As the forests were cleared in eastern North America, the red fox population increased in abundance and range.
In summer red foxes tend to be more active at night; in winter, when they feed heavily on voles, they become more diurnal.
Red foxes can hear the low-frequency noises of small mammals, such as their digging, gnawing, and scurrying through leaves, even through two feet of snow.
A fox tends to mark skulls and bones, the more durable parts of prey, with scat, not urine.
The red fox scatters its caches, remembering where these secret food reserves are and usually eats them within hours or days.
Red foxes are the only North American Canid species to have a white-tipped tail.
Snowshoe Hare
Young hares spend the day hiding in separate spots, congregating once a day to nurse from their mother for five to ten minutes.
Snowshoe hares and cottontail rabbits rarely dig and generally do not use the burrows of other animals.
Snowshoe hare and cottontail rabbit tracks are very similar but they can easily be told from one another by measuring the width of the hind foot. Depending on the geographic area, if it is less than one-and-one-half inches wide, it's likely to be a New England or Eastern cottontail rabbit; if it is greater than one-and-one-half inches wide, it is most likely a snowshoe hare.
Barred Owl
Raucous Courtship You wake in the middle of the night to maniacal laughter outside your window. Raucous caterwauling, one voice on top of the other, breaks the silence of the woods. After listening to this jumble of cackles, hoots, caws, and gurgles, you know it can be none other than a pair of barred owls in the passionate throes of courtship.
Barred owls can be heard every month of the year in New England but are most vocal during the months of February and March when they engage in courtship behavior prior to mating and laying eggs.
As part of this ritual, the male and female often perform a dueling duet, asking each other, "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?" It is relatively easy to distinguish the lower-pitched male from the higher-pitched female when they call back and forth in this manner. The barred owl has a broad repertoire of calls in addition to the caterwauling and "Who cooks for you?" standard. Single hoots as well as a series of ascending hoots are also given by both males and females. There is a resurgence of vocalizations in late summer and fall, but it pales in comparison to the intense conversations that take place this time of year.
Bringing Death by Night If it weren't for these calls, it would be very easy to overlook the presence of barred owls in our mature woods, for their nocturnal habits and sound-muffling feathers make them very hard to detect.
The only audible hint of their presence, other than their calls, is the cacophony of sound when other birds—such as ravens, crows, blue jays, and songbirds—gather to harass or "mob" an owl while it perches on a limb. Making a terrible racket and repeatedly diving at the owl, these birds recognize that although birds of prey may be a threat to an individual bird, there is safety in numbers.
At this time of year, if the barred owl isn't courting it is usually hunting for prey. The peak of its nocturnal hunting activity occurs just after sunset. Using its acute vision and hearing, the barred owl locates and consumes small mammals, such as mice, voles, squirrels, and rabbits, which comprise up to 75 percent of its diet. Birds up to the size of a grouse, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates make up the rest, depending on the season. In addition, predators such as owls are known to occasionally eat other smaller predators. As improbable as it may seem, a dead barred owl was found in New England with the remains of a long-eared owl inside its stomach, and inside the long-eared owl's stomach were the remains of a screech owl.
Barred owls usually hunt by surveying the forest floor for signs of life while perched on a branch. When prey is spotted, the owl drops down and captures it on the ground with its sharp nails (talons). Barred owls have also been known to perch on a limb over open water and dive down to capture fish. Other hunting techniques that have been observed include wading into shallow water to capture crayfish and running on the ground to chase an amphibian.
A Great Big Bite Regardless of where or how they find food, barred owls swallow small prey whole, head-first. Between eight and twelve hours after a meal the owl regurgitates the indigestible parts of the prey it has eaten in the form of an odorless, compact "pellet." The larger the bird, the larger the pellet—barred owl pellets are approximately three inches in length and one inch in diameter. Within the pellet, fur is packed around most of the sharp objects, such as bones, nails and teeth, so as to facilitate their passage through the owl's esophagus or gullet while the pellet is being coughed up. By examining a pellet's contents you can determine the nature of the owl's diet, often right down to the species of rodent it last ate.
If you're lucky, you may catch a glimpse of a barred owl gliding silently and gracefully among the branches of your woodland trees. However, these owls are definitely heard more often than they are seen. Being quite territorial and thought to mate for life (which can be as long as eighteen years in the wild), barred owls tend to remain in the same area for a long time. Step outside in the middle of a February night, or sleep with your windows open—and know that what sounds like a bunch of raucous monkeys is more likely just two infatuated feathered friends.
Red Fox
A Catlike Canine If your nose has been telling you for the past month or so that your woods are riddled with skunks, you may be in for a pleasant surprise. During January and February, when red foxes are breeding, their urine (particularly the males') develops a very strong musky odor that greatly resembles skunk spray. For various purposes, all manner of vegetation as well as rocks, logs, and other prominent spots are marked.
The strength of the odor of a fox's urine during these months is indicative of the important role urine plays in red fox courtship. Information as detailed as the marker's sex, age, dominance status, and breeding status is conveyed via scent posts scattered throughout the fox's territory as well as along its borders. It's no wonder a skunk-like odor pervades the winter woods of New England in February.
Like Dog, Like Cat As we all realize from observing domestic dogs and cats, members of both the dog family, Canidae (dogs, foxes, coyotes, wolves), as well as members of the cat family, Felidae (domestic cats, bobcats, Canadian lynx, eastern mountain lions), mark with urine (as do other mammals). There are other behaviors, however, that the dog and cat family usually don't share. The hunting strategies of the dog family generally include endurance and distance running, whereas cats are built for stealth and bursts of speed. Canids approach prey openly, outpace it during a long chase, and finally pull it down, while felines stalk a prey closely and make surprise attacks.
Anyone who has had the good fortune to witness a red fox stalking and then pouncing on its prey can testify as to the similarity between its hunting traits and those of members of the cat family. In addition, the red fox possesses many of the physical adaptations that enable cats to hunt in this fashion: a good sense of balance so it can remain motionless for periods of time; retractable claws for capturing prey (red fox nails are semi-retractable, unlike coyotes and wolves, which don't retract at all); sharp dagger-like canines for dispatching prey; a vertical-slit pupil and green reflective layer in the eye, enhancing both night and day vision; and long, stiff whiskers whose sensitivity may be of assistance during nocturnal hunting.
Directed by Diet Although it is thought that cats and dogs evolved from a common ancestral group, they have diverged into two quite separate families. The red fox has the prerequisite morphological characteristics (elongated skull, smooth tongue, four well-developed toes, semi-rigid elongated legs, forty-two teeth) as well as behavioral traits (caching food, scavenging behavior, well-developed pair bond, and use of burrows for dens) that are typical of Canidae. There are, however, traits that the red fox, as well as other fox species, share with the cat family, often making them seem more catlike than doglike. The $64,000 question is "Why?" The answer may lie in the fox diet.
A red fox can maintain itself on about a pound of meat a day in the winter. During the summer and early fall much of its diet consists of fruit and berries, supplemented with insects and small rodents. For the remainder of the year a fox's diet is almost exclusively small mammals, with the occasional bird. Small rodents can very quickly escape down tunnels or under logs, or when alerted, can remain motionless, making detection very difficult. Great cunning and stealth is needed in order to surprise and catch them. Perhaps the answer to why the red fox possesses qualities that make it a "catlike canine" is very simple and straightforward: In order to capture similar prey, foxes and cats have evolved similar features and behaviors.
Snowshoe Hare
Tracking the Highly Hunted If your objective in life is to see a snowshoe hare, there are several steps you could take to maximize your chances of success. The first would be to determine when the hare population last peaked. Snowshoe hares undergo cyclic population fluctuations, with peaks every ten to eleven years. Once you identify when the next peak year is most likely to occur, consider where and what time of day or night to look.
Head for dense woods, for snowshoe hares are a forest species, and rarely stray far from wooded areas. Search between dusk and dawn, for this is when they are most active. Planning the hunt for winter is advantageous as their packed trails are far more obvious in the snow than on the bare ground. Lastly, notice where you see collections of their small, round droppings during the day. Unlike deer, who drop all their pellets at once, snowshoe hares drop them one at a time, so when you come upon a cluster of several pellets, you know the hare has spent a considerable amount of time in that spot—most likely because it found something edible, such as raspberry or blackberry canes—and it might well return.
Fine Dining The pressure for snowshoe hares to adapt has been high, for not only is every predator of any significant size, including bobcats, fishers, Canadian lynx, foxes, coyotes, and great horned owls, wise enough to look for them in the right places at the right time, but hares are at the top of most predators' "fine dining" list.
Being able to avoid detection by the sharp eyes of a goshawk, outrun a fisher, or simply multiply so fast that predation rates can't keep up with productivity rates, have all proven to be effective survival techniques.
The Varying Hare's Varying Hair Most are aware that the color of the fur of a snowshoe hare varies with the season—this is why for many years they were called "varying hares." Brown summer hairs are shed and replaced by white (only at the tips) hairs over a period of seventy to nienty days beginning in October and ending in December. The reverse process takes place in the spring, turning the hare brown by the time snow has usually disappeared. Not only does the white coat camouflage the hare in the snow, but it also provides 27 percent more insulation than the brown hair. Because white is actually the absence of pigment, the cells in white hairs (as opposed to brown) are filled with air, not pigment, and thus provide additional thermal insulation.
Go Fast Speed and agility traveling over snow have a tremendous effect on the life span of a snowshoe hare. Not only are its hind feet large and covered with dense fur, especially in the winter, but the toes can be spread as wide as four-and-one-half inches to further increase the surface area, allowing the hare to remain on top of the snow instead of wallowing in it as many of their smaller-footed predators do. In addition, due partially to the fusion of bones in their long hind legs that gives them greater thrust, hares are able to bound up to twelve feet in a single leap, and they've been clocked running thirty-one miles-per-hour on ice.
Make Many Even if these adaptations were to fail them, snowshoe hares have numbers on their side. Most hares reproduce at one year of age, and females breed again soon after they give birth to their litter of one to six young. (An extra advantage that hares have over many other prey animals, such as cottontail rabbits, mice, and voles, is that their young are precocial —born fully furred, with eyes open, able to walk, and even hop.)
Gestation is a mere thirty-seven days, allowing three or four litters per summer. Given an average of three young per litter, and three litters per year, one pair of hares, in two years, produces an average of ninety-nine offspring (their young, plus their young's offspring). Although scientists estimate that only 15 percent of hares live long enough to reproduce (due mainly to predation), this is more than enough to maintain the species.
Snowshoe hares engage in unusual behavior during courtship. A game that resembles leapfrog takes place, with one hare jumping up in the air while the other dashes under it, and then the roles are reversed. This continues for several minutes, with the airborne hare urinating on the hare directly beneath it. This behavior may have several functions. According to scientists, it is felt that the female can detect pheromones in her mate's urine that informs her of his reproductive efficiency—a handy thing to know if you want to pass on your genes. In cottontail rabbits the "jump" is thought to help soothe the female, who is initially aggressive to a courting male. They jump each other until she calms enough for him to approach. It's very possible that this is true for snowshoe hares, as well.
Waste Not Waste There are also more subtle behaviors, which at first glance might not seem particularly advantageous but actually are, such as the hare's habit of reingesting its feces. This behavior is referred to as coprophagy, and it guarantees that the hare extracts as much nutrition as possible from the food it has eaten.
One way to better break down cellulose is to lengthen the digestive tract to allow greater absorption of nutrition, and this can be done behaviorally as well as physiologically. Eating one's own scat effectively doubles the length of the digestive tract.
The first time around, the hare's soft, jelly-like pellets are eaten directly from the anus (which is why we rarely find them). It is the recycled pellets that we commonly come across on top of the snow. This practice also allows hares to eat quantities of food rapidly while exposed to the threat of predation, and then to retire to relative safety beneath a protective conifer branch or the middle of a thicket to re-ingest the food.
Most behaviors, regardless of how odd or insignificant they may appear to us, usually play a vital part in the survival of the species exhibiting them—especially a species that is sought after by many predators. From cradle to courtship, the snowshoe hare exemplifies this.


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