Home Lifestyle Cute, Interesting, Facts of a Rabbit So, you looking at me? Well, I am ignoring you. PHOTOS BY PEGGY MASON March 9, 2022 in Lifestyle Peggy Mason contributing Columnist Rabbits cute, fuzzy, fluffy and hopping mad, who doesn’t love these adorable creatures, also known as bunnies. A baby rabbit is called a kit, a female is called a doe and a male is called a buck. Rabbits are very social creatures that live in groups. They live in warrens — a series of tunnels and rooms that they dig underground. A rabbit’s teeth never stop growing! Instead, they’re gradually worn down as the rabbit chews on grasses, wildflowers and vegetables meaning they never get too long. Rabbits perform an athletic leap, known as a binky, when they’re happy — performing twists and kicks in midair! Rabbits’ eyes are on the sides of their head, meaning they can see almost all the way around them. This helps them to keep a close watch for predators while they’re going about their business! Like cats, happy rabbits purr when they’re content and relaxed. Rabbits are amazing athletes — they can jump as high as 90 centimeters in one leap! A rabbit’s best feature? Their long ears! Growing up to 10 centimeters Rabbits cute, fuzzy, fluffy and hopping mad, who doesn’t love these adorable creatures, also known as bunnies. A baby rabbit is called a kit, a female is called a doe and a in length, rabbits can turn their ears by 180 degrees, keeping a careful listen out for predators. One of the world’s best-known rabbits are the Warner Bros cartoon character, Bugs Bunny who’s often seen munching on a carrot! In fact, carrots aren’t a natural part of a rabbit’s diet and can give bunnies an upset stomach if they eat too many. Rabbits are very effective baby-makers! Mother rabbits are pregnant for between 28-31 days, giving birth to up to 14 baby rabbits called kittens in a single litter. There is over 45 million rabbits in the UK alone! Which results after a short 30-day gestation. Male rabbits can reproduce as early as 7 months of age, and females as early as 4 months. This means in one year a single female rabbit can produce as many as 800 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren! A rabbit’s life span is about 8 years, though sterilized rabbits (those who are spayed/neutered) can live up to 10-12 years. Hares are born with their eyes open, hair covering their bodies, and they can run within a few minutes of birth (much like a Guinea pig!). Rabbits, on the other hand, are born blind, naked, and remain in a fur-lined nest for the first days of their lives. Rabbits and hares are “lagomorphs”, an order that also includes the pika, a small burrowing mammal that looks like a large mouse and lives in colder climates. Lagomorphs were originally classified as rodents, but in 1912 the distinction was made between them and rodents. Jackrabbits, which belong to the genus “Lepus,” have been clocked at speeds of 45 miles per hour. Rabbits are meticulously clean animals and are easy to house break and train. Much like a dog, a pet rabbit can be taught to come to his/her name, sit in your lap, and do simple tricks. Happy rabbits practice a cute behavior known as a “binky:” they jump up in the air and twist and spin around! Rabbits are herbivores, eating a diet entirely of grasses and other plants. Because their diet contains so much cellulose, they pass two different kinds of feces to completely break down their food. While other grazers will chew and swallow their feed, then “burp” it back up (as cows chew cud), rabbits will re-ingest their feces on the first pass to get all the nutrients they need. Can you guess what other domestic animal is like rabbits? A horse! They have similar eyes, teeth, and ears (those belonging to many prey animals), as well as a similar diet and behavior. Clearly, their size is much different… A rabbit symbol is often used to show that a product was not tested on animals. This is because rabbits have traditionally been used in product safety testing. Bunnies cannot vomit, so it is super important to feed them only healthy, fresh, appropriate food. Latest Stories Conclusion of the Basketball Tourney’s March 9, 2022 Arkansas’s Support for Ukraine March 9, 2022 Protecting Rural America March 9, 2022 Arkansas House passes Revenue Stabilization Act March 9, 2022 Officers to receive $5,000 plus higher salaries March 9, 2022 Moose Lodge hosts chicken dinner March 9, 2022 You and Your Child Are Invited! March 9, 2022 Capitol Arts & Grounds Commission to Meet March 9, 2022 Welcome to Preschool March 9, 2022 Kindness month for area Churches March 9, 2022

So, you looking at me? Well, I am ignoring you. PHOTOS BY PEGGY MASON

Rabbits cute, fuzzy, fluffy and hopping mad, who doesn’t love these adorable creatures, also known as bunnies. A baby rabbit is called a kit, a female is called a doe and a male is called a buck.

Rabbits are very social creatures that live in groups. They live in warrens — a series of tunnels and rooms that they dig underground. A rabbit’s teeth never stop growing! Instead, they’re gradually worn down as the rabbit chews on grasses, wildflowers and vegetables meaning they never get too long.

Rabbits perform an athletic leap, known as a binky, when they’re happy — performing twists and kicks in midair! Rabbits’ eyes are on the sides of their head, meaning they can see almost all the way around them. This helps them to keep a close watch for predators while they’re going about their business! Like cats, happy rabbits purr when they’re content and relaxed.

Rabbits are amazing athletes — they can jump as high as 90 centimeters in one leap! A rabbit’s best feature? Their long ears! Growing up to 10 centimeters

Rabbits cute, fuzzy, fluffy and hopping mad, who doesn’t love these adorable creatures, also known as bunnies. A baby rabbit is called a kit, a female is called a doe and a in length, rabbits can turn their ears by 180 degrees, keeping a careful listen out for predators.

One of the world’s best-known rabbits are the Warner Bros cartoon character, Bugs Bunny who’s often seen munching on a carrot! In fact, carrots aren’t a natural part of a rabbit’s diet and can give bunnies an upset stomach if they eat too many.

Rabbits are very effective baby-makers! Mother rabbits are pregnant for between 28-31 days, giving birth to up to 14 baby rabbits called kittens in a single litter. There is over 45 million rabbits in the UK alone! Which results after a short 30-day gestation.

Male rabbits can reproduce as early as 7 months of age, and females as early as 4 months. This means in one year a single female rabbit can produce as many as 800 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren!

A rabbit’s life span is about 8 years, though sterilized rabbits (those who are spayed/neutered) can live up to 10-12 years. Hares are born with their eyes open, hair covering their bodies, and they can run within a few minutes of birth (much like a Guinea pig!).

Rabbits, on the other hand, are born blind, naked, and remain in a fur-lined nest for the first days of their lives. Rabbits and hares are “lagomorphs”, an order that also includes the pika, a small burrowing mammal that looks like a large mouse and lives in colder climates.

Lagomorphs were originally classified as rodents, but in 1912 the distinction was made between them and rodents. Jackrabbits, which belong to the genus “Lepus,” have been clocked at speeds of 45 miles per hour.

Rabbits are meticulously clean animals and are easy to house break and train. Much like a dog, a pet rabbit can be taught to come to his/her name, sit in your lap, and do simple tricks.

Happy rabbits practice a cute behavior known as a “binky:” they jump up in the air and twist and spin around!

Rabbits are herbivores, eating a diet entirely of grasses and other plants. Because their diet contains so much cellulose, they pass two different kinds of feces to completely break down their food. While other grazers will chew and swallow their feed, then “burp” it back up (as cows chew cud), rabbits will re-ingest their feces on the first pass to get all the nutrients they need.

Can you guess what other domestic animal is like rabbits? A horse! They have similar eyes, teeth, and ears (those belonging to many prey animals), as well as a similar diet and behavior. Clearly, their size is much different…

A rabbit symbol is often used to show that a product was not tested on animals. This is because rabbits have traditionally been used in product safety testing. Bunnies cannot vomit, so it is super important to feed them only healthy, fresh, appropriate food.

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