Watership Down the warren and can recruit other does to join in the escape. Hazel and Bigwig devise a plan to rescue Hyzenthlay's group and bring them to Watership Down, after which the Efrafan escapees start their new life of freedom. Shortly thereafter, however, the Owsla of Efrafa, led by Woundwort himself arrives to attack the newly formed warren at Watership Down. Through Bigwig's bravery and loyalty, and Hazel's ingenuity, the Watership Down rabbits seal the fate of the Efrafan general by unleashing the Nuthanger Farm watchdog. As the Efrafans flee in terror, Woundwort, despite being greatly wounded in his battle with
The Colours of Animals in evolution. She writes that Poulton's position was highly influential, stating that later "Darwinian experts on coloration" followed his views, citing Frank Evers Beddard's 1892 "Animal Coloration" as evidence. In his Introduction to Hugh Bamford Cott's 1940 book "Adaptive Coloration in Animals", Julian Huxley praised Cott's work as "a worthy successor to Sir Edward Poulton's "The Colours of Animals"... The one was a pioneer study, the other is in many respects the last word on the subject"". The Colours of Animals The Colours of Animals is a zoology book written in 1890 by Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856–1943). It was