It's an anecdote, which I presented very bady :-(
I was actually looking for evidence that white bunny tails signalled to foxes - but people mostly seem to think they signal danger to other rabbits.
Update - abstract of "Do Brown Hares Signal to Foxes?":
"Of a total of 32 sedentary brown hares (Lepus europaeus) approached across open ground by foxes (Vulpes vulpes), 31 reacted when the fox was 50 m or less from them by adopting a bipedal stance directly facing the fox. Of five sedentary hares approached by foxes from nearby cover, none stood, t...
Sweet, there's another Bloggingheads episode with Eliezer.
Bloggingheads: Robert Wright and Eliezer Yudkowsky: Science Saturday: Purposes and Futures