Snowshoe hares are named for their proportionally massive hind feet, which allow them to travel at high rates of speed atop the snowpack in winter - an excellent ability to have if you're a prime meal item for a wide array of felines (bobcats, cougars), canines (foxes, coyotes, wolves), mustelids (martens, mink, weasels), and raptors (owls, hawks, eagles). But the flashiest part of the hare's game is its twice-yearly transformation from brown to white as winter approaches, and from white to brow

These snowshoe hares were captured on a Snapshot Wisconsin camera last March in Iron County. We don’t often get snowshoe hare photos in the dayt | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources