Bunnies may look like fluffy eared rodents, but they are not. They have their own zoological order called Lagomorpha, which comprises hares, rabbits and a Guinea pig-like family of mammals called pikas. Now, scientists have found what appears to be the oldest remains of an ancestor of today's rabbits and hares.... |
26 February 2008
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We have known that the largest rabbit breed is the German Gray Giant: over 23 lb (more than 10 kg). But the rabbit called Humphrey has topped the official world's record. Humphrey is a French lop-eared rabbit 42 in (105 cm) long that weighs 12.7 kg (28.22 lb). This means 1.4 kg (3lb) more than the world record h... |
19 February 2008
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As if rabbits reproducing like mad (from one female you can get 60 rabbits with all her descendants) weren't enough, China has now succeeded in producing the world's first cloned rabbit by employing a technology that takes cells from a fetus. "The female rabbit, which weighed 60 grams at birth in February, ... |
27 July 2007
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1. Few people know that the name "Spain" comes from the Latin "Hispania", a denomination originated in the Phoenician language spoken in Carthage and meaning "the Land of the Rabbits". Indeed, rabbits originated in the Iberian Peninsula (nowadays Spain and Portugal), Balearic Islands and northwestern Africa (Moroccos... |
13 July 2007
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This is the most mysterious bunny worldwide! An unusual rabbit species inhabits only the Barisan Mountains in western Sumatra, one of the large islands of Indonesia.It is the only rabbit in the region, also called Sumatran Striped Rabbit or the Sumatra Short-eared Rabbit. Indeed, it is stripped and short eared and it... |
10 April 2007
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