Mahatma Hare - The Spiritual Rabbit

Title

Mahatma Hare - The Spiritual Rabbit

Artist

Michele Avanti

Medium

Painting - Painting

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From my Animals In Hats series, this is the official portrait of "Mahatma Hare." by Michele Avanti

Born in a humble rabbit hole surrounded by family, Harry Hare enjoyed love, friendship and good food, but he felt there must be more to life. So at the tender age of two he wandered off into the forest to find answers to the deep questions of why we are here.

After a while Harry became sleepy. He curled up under a big Eucalyptus tree and fell into a deep sleep. It was no ordinary sleep. Harry the hare slept for twelve years. Many great spiritual beings visited Harry and taught him the secrets of the universe. A great light shone from him as he slept and the animals of the forest knew they must take care of him. So they did. They warmed him in winter and covered him during the rain. Lions, tigers and bears looked after the little rabbit. On the twelfth day of the twelfth year, Harry woke. His eyes shone purple and green and the love that poured from his little being filled the forest. All the animals came to see him. They bowed and called him Mahatma Hare.
Copyright, 2014, Michele Avanti
Both story & painting are under copyright by the artist, Michele Avanti, and cannot be reproduced in any form without her written permission.

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Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified into the same family as rabbits and are of similar size, form, and diet as rabbits. They are generally herbivorous, long-eared, and fast runners, and typically live solitarily or in pairs. Hare species are native to Africa, Eurasia, North America, and the Japanese archipelago.
Four species with "hare" in their common names are not considered true hares: the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), and three species known as red rock hares (Pronolagus spp.). Meanwhile, jackrabbits are hares rather than rabbits.
A hare less than one year old is called a leveret. The collective noun for a group of hares is a "drove".

Hares are swift animals: The European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) can run up to 56 km/h (35 mph).[1][2] The five species of jackrabbit found in central and western North America are able to run at 64 km/h (40 mph), and can leap up to 3m (ten feet) at a time.[3]
Normally a shy animal, the European brown hare changes its behavior in spring, when hares can be seen in daytime chasing one another; this appears to be competition between males to attain dominance (and hence more access to breeding females). During this spring frenzy, hares can be seen "boxing"; one hare striking another with its paws (probably the origin of the term "mad as a March hare"). For a long time, this had been thought to be intermale competition, but closer observation has revealed it is usually a female hitting a male to prevent copulation.

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