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Rabbit show jumping (Swedish: Kaninhoppning [1]), also known as rabbit agility [2] or rabbit hopping, [3] is an animal sport wherein domestic rabbits are led through a course by their owners, [4] modelled after horse show jumping.
The rabbits remain active all year. When spooked a rabbit will run a couple meters then hide and freeze with ears erect, if further pursued the rabbit will hop away in a semicircular path to try and trick the predator. The only behavior to reduce predation is limiting active time to dusk and dawn, and the semicircular path they hop when chased.
The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), also called the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. It has the name "snowshoe" because of the large size of its hind feet. The animal's feet prevent it from sinking into the snow when it hops and walks.
When it comes to the do's and don'ts of feeding rabbits, you'll want to be sure that they have plenty of access to hay as it makes up 85% of their diet. You may also want to check out 32 ...
@Jen B made me laugh with, "I’ve watched the rabbits do this in our backyard and then moments later they were having a little “private time” #bowchickabowwow"!
They may be super fluffy and adorable, but there are lots of things to consider before getting a rabbit. We often think of bunnies as being low-maintenance pets, but believe it or not, rabbits ...
In southeastern Illinois tall-grass prairie, eastern cottontail nests were more common in undisturbed prairie grasses than in high-mowed or hayed plots. In Iowa most nests were within 70 yd (64 m) of brush cover in herbaceous vegetation at least 4 in (10 cm) tall. Nests in hay fields were in vegetation less than 8 in (20 cm) tall.
The desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), also known as Audubon's cottontail, is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae.Unlike the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), they do not form social burrow systems, but compared with some other leporids, they are extremely tolerant of other individuals in their vicinity.