After it had run around for a while, I would put the leveret back into its nest, where it would sit for hours without moving, with just the tip of its nose showing through the dried grass. I was amazed that tucking it into the box was all that was necessary for it to stay in position indefinitely. Even though the side was open, it never left; each time I would return and find it huddled motionless in the hay. I later understood that it was mirroring the behaviour of leverets in the wild, which do not leave their nests in daylight hours for the first weeks of their existence.
