Cool cotton tails

A book about cotton-tail

rabbits
By Alexis Horowitz
 Body traits
Do you know any body traits of this rabbit? Well, I could tell
you some. These little rabbits can weigh in at 2-3
pounds. Wow! And even though these rabbits are small
they are active all year round and they are nocturnal.
They can also run 18 miles per hour. Cotton-tails hide in
tall grass. These rabbits Rabbits make a loud shill
scream if caught Rabbits color are reddish-brownish.
They have long ears and a tail that looks like cotton (I
guess that’s why there called cotton- tail rabbits)
Cotton-tails have large black feet and white bellies. They
can also smell and twitch there noses. These rabbits
have sensitive whiskers, so be careful!!
 Diet

Rabbits eat grass and green plants and in

winter they eat bark, twigs, shrubs and
young trees. Hawks, Owls, Coyotes,
Foxes, and Bob Cats eat them, so watch
out!
 Habitat
Cotton-tails live in North America in open
fields or in deserts. Cotton-tails dig holes
for homes, that gives them protection.
 Other cool facts
These rabbits give birth to 3-8 young at a
time but only 1-5 young survive there first
year.
Average cotton-tails live to 4-6 months and
there not threatened.