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Facts about rabbits!

PrincessPinky

Mama Doe
Found this very interesting...

I new most of them anyway, but the one below in bold made me LOL!!!! now i know why i can never catch them :lol:

- Eyes located on the side of their heads give them a very broad field of vision

- Large, independently moving ears can make up to 12 per cent of a rabbit’s body surface and enable them to hear really well.

- A well-developed sense of smell alerts rabbits to the presence of predators

- Muscular hindlegs are used to stand up on while the rabbit scans for predators and are also thumped to alert other rabbits to danger

- Rabbits have long, powerful hindlegs that allow them to achieve speeds of up to 50 miles per hour for short bursts.

- If chased they use quick, irregular movements to help them confuse and out-manoeuvre predators. Now i know why i can never catch the little pests!!!

- A rabbit’s main mode of communicating is via scent. They deposit faeces, squirt urine and chin mark to communicate with other rabbits.

- Rabbits also use different body postures and vocalisations to communicate. However, their vocalisations are very quiet to avoid detection by predators.

- Group living is beneficial for wild rabbit survival.

- Rabbits are territorial animals and form complicated social structures.

- Wild rabbits live in large groups within warrens, which are divided into small family units of two to eight individuals, with a common group being a male and female pair
 
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