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~About the Rabbit~

RABBITS...

~~USUALLY STAY WITHIN 600 FEET OF THEIR BURROW

~~ARE CREPUSCULAR--MOST ACTIVE AT DUSK & DAWN

~~ARE AGILE AND QUICK SPRINTERS

~~CAN TRAVEL SPEEDS OF 24 mph FOR SHORT PERIODS

~~MOMS ONLY NURSE THEIR YOUNG ABOUT 15 MINUTES, ONCE A DAY

~~CAN'T RETRIEVE/CARRY THEIR YOUNG LIKE CATS/DOGS DO

~~EARS ARE HIGHLY VASCULARIZED--SEVERAL BLOOD VESSELS CLOSE
TO THE SKIN FOR CONTROLLING THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE

~~ARE INTELLIGENT, FREINDLY, QUIET AND TRAINABLE ANIMALS

~~DO NOT DO WELL IN HIGH TEMPS ALONG WITH HIGH HUMIDITY

~~HEART RATE IS 180-300 BEATS PER MINUTE
RESPIRATORY RATE IS 30-60 BREATHS PER MINUTE
TEMPERATURE IS 101.3-104 DEGREES FARENHEIGHT
**RANGE DEPENDS ON THE ANIMAL'S ACTUAL SIZE

~~WERE FORMERLY UNDER THE RODENTIA (RODENT) GROUP, NOW
CLASSIFIED AS LAGOMORPHA. RODENTS HAVE 4 INCISOR TEETH,
RABBITS HAVE 6 INCISOR TEETH

~~AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IS 7-10 YEARS

~~ARE CREATURES OF HABIT

~~HAVE 28 TEETH, UPPER AND LOWER

~~INCISOR TEETH CAN GROW 1/2"-3/4" PER MONTH

~~CAN NOT VOMIT, OR "COUGH UP A HAIRBALL"

~~CAN GO OFF FEED DUE TO AN IMBALANCE OF ORGANISMS IN THE
CECUM

~~BABIES ARE BORN NAKED AND BLIND

~~GESTATION PERIOD IS AN AVERAGE OF 28-32 DAYS

~~HAVE A LIGHT SESITIVITY 8 TIMES GREATER THAN A HUMAN

~~ARE UNABLE TO SEE THE SMALL AREA BELOW THEIR MOUTH

~~HAVE VERY SENSITIVE WHISKERS AND LIPS

~~HAVE 3 PAIRS OF SCENT GLANDS--UNDER THE CHIN, ANAL, AND
INGUINAL GLANDS

~~IN THE WILD LIVE IN GROUPS CALLED WARRENS. DOMESTIC RABBITS
CAN BE TERRITORIAL OVER THEIR CAGE SPACE

~~ARE NOT GREGARIOUS--NOT HERD ANIMALS. THEY DO NOT NEED TO
HAVE THE COMPANY OF OTHER RABBITS/ANIMALS

~~Some Little Known Facts~~

~~DO NOT NEED BATHS. MOST DON'T EVEN LIKE TO GET WET

~RABBITS WERE FIRST DOMESTICATED BY MONKS

~RABBITS WERE THE LAST TYPE OF LIVESTOCK DOMESTICATED BY MAN

~THE COUNTRY SPAIN TRANSLATES TO "RABBIT COAST"

~ONLY 600 HEAD OF PRODUCING ANIMALS WILL PROVIDE FULL TIME
EMPLOYMENT

~THE FIRST PELLETIZED RABBIT FEED APPEARED IN 1930

~THE LARGEST SINGLE LITTER BORN TO A RABBIT WAS 26 W/ 24 LIVING

~THERE ARE MORE BREEDS OF LOP EARED RABBITS THAN ANY OTHER
TYPE KNOWN

~WORLDS LONGEST EARED RABBIT, AN AMERICAN BRED ENGLISH LOP
MEASURING AT 31.125" (FROM TIP TO TIP), AS OF 2004

~THERE ARE 45 RECOGNIZED BREEDS IN AMERICA, OVER 180 WORLD
WIDE. THERE ARE OVER 60 EXTINCT BREEDS OF RABBITS

~THE HIGHEST PRICE RECORDED PAID FOR A SINGLE RABBIT WAS $5,000
HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR A MEAT PEAN OF THREE RABBITS TO BE
EATEN WAS $15,000

~RABBIT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST NUTRITIONAL MEATS AVAILABLE

~THE GLUE USED ON POSTAGE STAMPS IS MADE FROM RABBIT

~DOMESTIC RABBITS HAVE NO COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INJURIOUS
TO MAN

~MOST FELT HATS ARE MADE FROM RABBIT FUR

~QUEEN ELIZABETH THE FIRST KEPT RABBITS

~WOOL OF THE RABBIT IS LIGHTER & WARMER THAN ANY OTHER WOOL

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