@blueveinedthrobber,
I did not find a hare,
but I did encounter a tortoise with c.14 inch shell
and a long neck like a snake. He was perched on
doubleyellow lines
on a 4 lane hi way in Upstate, NY a few years ago; precarious position.
I parked my car, picked him up by the rear of his shell
(as he snapped at me) and escorted him to the wet irrigation ditch
on the side of the road, in a farmer's field.
David