Snowshoe hares are becoming easy prey to the attackers as they struggle to keep up with the presently ongoing climate change.

Snowshoe hares are popular for their color change. Twice in a year they undergo a change in their fur color to defend themselves from the predators. They turn brown in the spring, and white in the fall. But, experts have noticed that the snowshoe hares are presently facing difficulty in maintaining this crucial characteristic of them.

They explain that the camouflage snowshoe hares are the small rabbits that shift their color with the change in the climate. But, with the sudden changes in the climate change, the rhythm of these hares is getting disturbed.

With warmer weather continuing for longer, they are more often shifting their color, thereby defeating the purpose of their natural defense. And so they are standing out like a sore thumb to would-be attackers.

Above are the facts mentioned in a report submitted by Mr. Alex Kumar, a graduate student at the University of Montana. Since long, he has been studying the "mismatch" phenomenon.

"If the hares are consistently molting at the same time, year after year, and the snowfall comes later and melts earlier, there's going to be more and more times when hares are mismatches", he told NPR.