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Added in Key Stage 2 details, edited some typos in Key Stage 1 section.
===Meaning===
[[File:ArcticHare1.PNG|right|300px|thumb|A picture of an [[arctic hare]].]]
An [[arctic hare]] is a small [[animal]] with 4 legs and a short, pointy ears.
===About AardvarksArctic Hares===
: An [[arctic hare]] has smaller ears than a [[rabbit]].
: The [[arctic hare]] can run up to 60 kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour).
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[arctic hare]].
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[arctic hare]].
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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
An [[arctic hare]] is a small burrowing [[mammal]] with 4 legs and short, pointy ears.
===About Aardvarks===
: As a [[mammal]] [[arctic hare]]s:
:*Have a [[backbone]].
:*Feed their babies with [[milk]].
: [[Arctic hare]]s are found in Arctic tundra habitat.
: The [[arctic hare]] can run up to 60 kilometers (40 miles) per hour.
:[[Artic hare]]s dig holes in the ground or snow to sleep in.
: A young hare is called a leveret.
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|[[File:ArcticHare4-Skeleton.PNG|center|300px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |An arctic hare's [[Skeletal System|skeleton]] showing its [[backbone]].
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===Lifecyle of an Arctic Hare===
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|'''Foetus'''
|'''Young'''
|'''Adult'''
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|[[File:Embryo2.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:ArcticHare5-Young.PNG|center|200px]]
|[[File:ArcticHare6.PNG|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An [[arctic hare]] starts its life inside the mother getting its food through the umbilical cord.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When an [[arctic hare]] has been born it cannot eat so it gets milk from its mother to survive. This is a young arctic hare '''leveret'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An adult [[arctic hare]] is mature and can have it's own [[offspring]].
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===Adaptations of Aardvarks===
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Thick coat of fur
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[arctic hare]] keep itself warm in its cold climate.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Short ears and short legs
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To prevent it from losing too much temperature from its legs or ears.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Snow white fur
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To camouflage them from potential predators, such as the [[arctic fox]].
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Extra body fat
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |Also to help the [[arctic hare]] keep itself warm.
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