The occurrence of snow in the Seattle Tacoma area is extremely variable and usually melts before accumulating to measurable depths. There are winters on record with only a trace of snow but at the other extreme, over 21 inches has fallen in a 24 hour period.
The rabbit's sense of smell is far more developed than that of the human. Moveable folds inside the rabbit's nose assist in the detection of scent. The sense of smell in a rabbit is present at birth, allowing a newborn to find his mother's teat. Rabbits shift their noses up and down when trying to identify a scent; this is called nose blinking..
Temperature is a factor; decay speeds up as temperatures increase. Also, the damper the site, the longer the odor will last. If a rat dies near a steam pipe, the body wonât dry and the smell can be horrible for weeks. The odor from a dead mouse may last only a day or two. In fact, there may be no noticeable odor from a single dead mouse but several dead mice in the same area could smell for a few days.