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
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