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Is 550 feet per minute as fast as a Hare?

It's about one-tenth as fast as a Hare
The speed of a Hare is about 4,000 feet per minute.
(for European Brown Hare, a.k.a. Brown Hare, a.k.a. Lepus europaeus, a.k.a. Brown Hare)
The European Hare can run at speeds of up to 4,000 feet per minute. While speed is a factor in their escapes, hares evade their chief predators — wolves, foxes, and golden eagles — by fleeing in a zigzag pattern.
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