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19 interesting facts about rabbits


Rabbits can be a cute indoor pet, but they also live in the wild, if you have one as a pet, read these twenty great facts about rabbits.

Rabbits are of the lagomorphs type, not rodents.

A male rabbit is called a buck, while a female is called a doe.

Rabbits teeth are very strong and constantly growing.

There are currently 45 known breeds of rabbits.

A rabbit can easily live up to 10 years, if cared for properly.

Rabbits can make sounds that are very cat-like.

Rabbits cannot vomit!

To aid in digestion, they need hay to help prevent hair clumps in the stomach.

A mother rabbit feeds her baby for only about five minutes a day.

Rabbit manure is widely used as fertilizer in gardens.

Rabbit meat is not red but white.

Rabbits are susceptible to heatstroke and prefer to live in cool places.

With their eyes set apart, they could easily see behind them.

A rabbit just sweats from the pads on its paws!

Night Droppings or Cecotropes are eaten by the rabbits there.

When a rabbit is having fun, they will dance and wriggle and be named "binky".

In total, a rabbit has only 28 teeth to eat.

Rabbits begin to breed as children, when they are three to four months old!

Rabbits can literally "fear to death" if approached by a predator when they are completely unaware.