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by spock's brain on November 28th, 2009
When did we start calling them rabbits as oppossed to hares.
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Way, way back, i was taught in school that rabbits were primarily the bunies that live in the wild (there are exceptions) while domestic bunnies tend to be hares.
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I believe hares have shorter ears and maybe there were some other differences.
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We keep some hares but most are crosses. We have a pure bred California buck, but the rest are crosses.
Do rabbits&hamsters get along?
by Answerbag Staff on June 5th, 2010
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Can you pick up a bunny by their ears?
by Answerbag Staff on May 26th, 2010
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How do I tell the difference between a male& female rabbit?
by Answerbag Staff on May 4th, 2010
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Im freaking out, My rabbit is getting really skinny, its the middle of summer and hes losing patches of fur. What is wrong with him?
by Katie_M8485 on August 20th, 2011
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I have 2 lionhead male bunnys in a cage, brothers. I can't tell if they are fighting or playing they stomp their paw and charge one another
by bunnycraze on August 6th, 2011
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Rabbits and hares are very different. Rabbits are born naked, eyes closed and must stay in a nice arm nest made by their mother. They can be wild rabbits like cottontails and other breeds. And there are domestic rabbits, too, descended from European wild stock.
Hares are born fully furred and with their eyes open, able to run and move from birth. They are not born in a hole in the ground, but in a shallow depression. Usually they have very long erect years and are not as 'chunky built as rabbits. There are some domestic rabbits that are called hares, that are not hares, like the Belgian hare. It's a rabbit. And the jackrabbit is actually a hare.
by Galeanda on November 29th, 2009