Interesting things about rabbits

[~BunBuns~]

So, any interesting things you guys know about rabbits? They can be facts or myths!!

-April & Bunbuns

 

[~Bracon~]

Sounds stupid 2most people here but I didnt no pregnancy only lasts 4 weeks

 

[~BunBuns~]

i never knew that.. i thought it was a month and a half.:biggrin2:arty::bunnybutt::bunny19:bunny18

 

[Rusty]

i didnt know that either

 

[~BunBuns~]

Does anyone have any other interesting facts?

 

[~BunBuns~]

i Just found some info.. the site site not-so-important facts about rabbits.

• The world record for the rabbit high jump is 1 meter.
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• highiest jump was 3 m That's over 9 feet!
• The largest litter of baby rabbits is 24. It has happened twice. Once in 1978 and again in 1999.
• The longest ears are 31.125 inches long. They belong to an American rabbit, Nipper's Geronimo.
• The longest-lived rabbit was nearly 19 years old when he died.
• Biggest bunny: 115 lbs.!
• A rabbit has 18 toenails: 4 on each of the back feet, and 5 on each of the front.
• The smallest wild rabbit breed in North American is the Pygmy or Little Idaho rabbit, which weighs slightly less than one pound.
• There are over 150 different rabbit coat colors, but only 5 eye colors (brown, blue-grey, blue, marbled, and pink).
• President Lincoln allowed his sons to keep many pets in the White House, including pet rabbits.
• Rabbits are most active at dawn and dusk.
• Rabbits are lagomorphs, not rodents. They are related to hares and pikas.
• Rabbits can see behind them without turning their heads.
• Rabbits are not indigenous to Australia.
• Rabbits were released on deserted islands to give shipwrecked sailors a food source until they could be rescued.

 

[Aliena]

I always found it interesting that rabbits have two uterine horns rather than one uterus like we have. And they can give birth to the babies in one horn but then if something goes wrong or it'sa stressful situation they can stop the labour and give birth to the babies in the other horn later. That's what I've been told anyway.

 

[Mikoli]

~BunBuns~ wrote:

• highiest jump was 3 m That's over 9 feet!

Actually, the widest jump was 3 m. The highest jump was, as you stated before, just under one meter high (99.5cm). The widest jump record was broken on 12th June 1999, and is held by a rabbit called Yabo, who is owned by Maria B. Jensen. The highest jump record was broken on 28th of June 1997, and is held by a rabbit called Tosen, owned by Tine Hygom. Both were broken at a cattle show in Denmark.

Well, there you go, a few facts.

 

[Phinnsmommy]

I thought it was cool that rabbits can't throw-up :dude:

 

[Aliena]

I thought that was cool too until I saw my rabbit throw up... now I'm inclined to disagree with that statement.

 

[ThatsMySimi]

(everyone probably already konws this but...) I think its pretty neat that Rabbits have sent glands or something under thier chin, and they "chin" in order to smeel it or to mark it, or thats what I read on the internet anyways!

This is a cool thread, as long as people arent going to get teased or lectured because they didnt have thier facts right.

 

[Flashy]

Aliena wrote:

I thought that was cool too until I saw my rabbit throw up... now I'm inclined to disagree with that statement.

As far as I'm aware, they don't have a gag reflex, so its not vomit as we get it, but I believe that they can 'ooze' as someone on here put it before. It's also possible they could cough something up form their throat.

I always found it interesting that rabbits have two uterine horns rather than one uterus like we have. And they can give birth to the babies in one horn but then if something goes wrong or it'sa stressful situation they can stop the labour and give birth to the babies in the other horn later. That's what I've been told anyway.

I find this one interesting too. Explains why Sandy had some one day and some another.

This is a cool thread, as long as people arent going to get teased or lectured because they didnt have thier facts right.

It is a good thread. I doubt anyone on here would tease someone about their facts, but people might get corrected, and as long as it's done in the right way, there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[bluebird]

Netherland dwarfs come in more than 30 colors.bluebird

 

[rabb1tmad]

Rabbits are good swimmers

And some routine ones that we all know

Their teeth grow continuously

Rabbits 'recycle' their food

Rabbits thump both back legs at the same time

 

[gentle giants]

Here's one I find kinda horrifying. Not only does pregnancy only last four weeks, but they are most willing to breed for seventy-two hours after kindling (giving birth) and are capable of having a litter every four weeks! That is an incredible amount of babies! *shivers*

 

[CheyAutRanch]

rabb1tmad wrote:

Rabbits thump both back legs at the same time

My bun did that for the first time last month or so, and I had NO CLUE until Isaw him, I really thought they thumped like Thumper on Bambi! hehe

Jessi

 

[rabb1tmad]

Ah, little Thumper! I know rabbits thump with both legs -the noise my two make in the middle of the night it has to be with both!

 

[ellissian]

I never knew they were only pregnant 4 weeks, I always thought it was 6.

 

[gentle giants]

ellissian wrote:

I never knew they were only pregnant 4 weeks, I always thought it was 6.

Nope-28 to 32 days, usually about day 31 in my experience. Which is a big reason there are so many bunnies in shelters, and why it is so easy for there to be accidental litters, they only take a matter of seconds to "do the deed"!