After doing some research out of boredom i wanna chare With you my new earned bunny knowledge.
Starting of with, every Single american will disagree with the bunnys im proposing, because shockingly, you dont import bunnys for your Zoos, but catch the local one.
I have no data for america, but there are only rabbits from eurasia in the collections of the EAZA, so no snowshoe hare and Not even a jackrabbit in this list, but feel free to add reasoning for them on your own.
The first and only universal one is the domestic bunny. While its wildform is held in zoos they are considerd a pest around the world and their tamed and more colorful counterpart are more common overall.
If i had to propose one breed in particular i would choose the rexrabbit, an old breed from france with a short, velvet like fur thats common all around the world or the lop rabbit, a very common breed with cute floppy ears.
For european wild hares there are 2 good options.
My preferd choice would be the mountain hare, also known as the blue or alpine hare.
These rabbits can mostly flex with their huge range over pretty much all the tundras, taigas, mountain ranges and bogs of the palearctic.
Most prominently is their population in the alps, with their whoule species commonly being aasociated with just that one subpopulation a far from the rest of their range.
They would add some well needed alpine and tundra representation, while having both the beautiful changing coat of the snowshoe hare and the sociability of bunnys, something most hares lack as solidary creatures.
Last but Not least we have the european hare. One of the largest of the hares, these guys are also among the Most impressive.
While being of a shy and nocturnal natur, these guys can hold their own against most predators that a bunny could only dream of besting.
While the default strategies of a bunny are hiding in its burrow and strenght in numbers, hares dont have any of that, being solidary creatures and not burrowing. Instead they chose to master the art of running away, reaching up to 70 km/h, jumping up to 2 meters high, being excelent swimmers and having great stamina to boot. If the hare notices a predator before they are in striking distance, the hare will most likly get away.
This even extends to birds of prey, which the hares actually fend of by jumping around and Boxing them in the face.
Only eagles are powerfull enough to reliably break through the defence of a prepared hare, and thouse guys hunt deer and goat in their sparetime.
Absolute peak performance in an adorable rabbit shape
Starting of with, every Single american will disagree with the bunnys im proposing, because shockingly, you dont import bunnys for your Zoos, but catch the local one.
I have no data for america, but there are only rabbits from eurasia in the collections of the EAZA, so no snowshoe hare and Not even a jackrabbit in this list, but feel free to add reasoning for them on your own.
The first and only universal one is the domestic bunny. While its wildform is held in zoos they are considerd a pest around the world and their tamed and more colorful counterpart are more common overall.
If i had to propose one breed in particular i would choose the rexrabbit, an old breed from france with a short, velvet like fur thats common all around the world or the lop rabbit, a very common breed with cute floppy ears.
For european wild hares there are 2 good options.
My preferd choice would be the mountain hare, also known as the blue or alpine hare.
These rabbits can mostly flex with their huge range over pretty much all the tundras, taigas, mountain ranges and bogs of the palearctic.
Most prominently is their population in the alps, with their whoule species commonly being aasociated with just that one subpopulation a far from the rest of their range.
They would add some well needed alpine and tundra representation, while having both the beautiful changing coat of the snowshoe hare and the sociability of bunnys, something most hares lack as solidary creatures.
Last but Not least we have the european hare. One of the largest of the hares, these guys are also among the Most impressive.
While being of a shy and nocturnal natur, these guys can hold their own against most predators that a bunny could only dream of besting.
While the default strategies of a bunny are hiding in its burrow and strenght in numbers, hares dont have any of that, being solidary creatures and not burrowing. Instead they chose to master the art of running away, reaching up to 70 km/h, jumping up to 2 meters high, being excelent swimmers and having great stamina to boot. If the hare notices a predator before they are in striking distance, the hare will most likly get away.
This even extends to birds of prey, which the hares actually fend of by jumping around and Boxing them in the face.
Only eagles are powerfull enough to reliably break through the defence of a prepared hare, and thouse guys hunt deer and goat in their sparetime.
Absolute peak performance in an adorable rabbit shape
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