The Rabbit: the ultimate survivor
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The rabbit has been a major pest in the UK since the 19th century, but the ways in which it has adapted to survive cannot fail to impress.
I have spent decades learning to curtail the wild rabbit population and preventing the damage it leaves in its wake. The rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is an unequivocal pest - irrespective of what it says in the dictionary, it is an animal that is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In the fields and gardens of the UK, rabbits cause millions of pounds' worth of damage each year. But place them in a controlled environment and leave them to their own devices with a degree of management and they will help carve out a landscape for rare lichens and mosses to thrive, and for birds such as the stone curlew to nest and fledge their young.
The rabbit is a born survivor. It is hunted by every predatory species on our island, including Mother Nature herself. Recently, the estimated population of 40million has taken a massive hit following the wettest winter on record: large tracts of the mainland are now almost rabbit-free. However, this isn't just down to the wet winter, but factors such as myxomatosis, Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD) and, of course, man.
The male (buck) and female (doe) rabbits weigh between 1kg and 2kg and have the potential to eat up to 25 per cent of their body weight in greens every day.
Rabbits rely heavily on their incredible ability to breed consistently from maturity, which is reached at three months. More than 90 per cent of juvenile rabbits die before maturity; the majority within their first three weeks of life.
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We have a wild rabbit that lives in our neighborhood and he has come to trust us. His joy when he sees us brings sheer delight.
@englishwithmehrdad
Жыл бұрын
Oh really?! Wow how interesting
@HappyLife-wv5ms
Жыл бұрын
I put out sunflower seeds for the chipmunks, squirrels and birds. A rabbit family came. First Mom and 2 babies. Mom stopped coming. Mainly one baby and occasionally the other. The one baby continued coming and would sit by my sliding door if the food was not out. I would talk to him or her and bring the food out. He would just move a little way away and then come for the food when I closed the screen door. So adorable and brought me such happiness. Sadly he has not been back for a full week, so I fear the worst may have happened. So sad they do not live very long in the wild. Tough being a prey animal 😢
@bobbyviensjr8991
3 ай бұрын
Even an ant I’ve observed has emotions
they have a history of fighting and killing knights
Rabbits are the best.😃
@animallover751
2 жыл бұрын
Only in a cute way... Not for food or fur.
"All the world will chase you, Prince With A Thousand Enemies. And wherever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you!"
@StephenTone-gf9hr
4 ай бұрын
Digger listener runner prince with a swift warning
@tmadden4951
2 ай бұрын
Pray for perfect aim 🏹🐰. As all hunters should know in the next lifetime the hunter will be the hunted and the hunted will hunt
Real life Watership Down
@ericreyna3060
2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing! Still waiting on the next season!
this is a dream place a paradise
@SybilKibble
Жыл бұрын
Norwich, England. The surrounding countryside is beautiful, it's a nice city too.
@caramelbilquees
Ай бұрын
@@SybilKibbleReally I'm going to move there
those three bunnies:weeeeeeee!!!!!!!❤❤❤
natural balance for all living things including us.
do not hate rabbits - they are lovable
@animallover751
2 жыл бұрын
I always want to tell it to others but a lot of people just disagree.💔... I feed wild hares and have a wild cottontail pet... Rabbits and hares are my BFF.🐰🐰❤️❤️❤️
@user-jv9qz2bu1r
2 жыл бұрын
@@animallover751 every rabbit, hare, bunny is an angel - I have two Dutches
@brandonbrown1171
Жыл бұрын
@@user-jv9qz2bu1r Dutch bunnies are the best
@user-jv9qz2bu1r
Жыл бұрын
@@brandonbrown1171 I have two Dutches now - very much a part of the Fam.
Cutest animals ever. Make best lovable pets.
@johnsheppard1476
4 жыл бұрын
And cutest animals ever are Siberian tigers!There is nothing cute in longears!They are bitches specially designed to satisfy everyone with their meat,sometimes still alive and making the most satisfying sound in nature:swill of agony and pain of rabbit!
@bromleyben2004
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnsheppard1476 Hunt by all means, but if you feel joy in the pain of any animal or the sound of the suffering of another living creature, then you are nothing more than a dick.
@dinikhan799
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnsheppard1476 when someone stab u will u scream
@johnsheppard1476
3 жыл бұрын
@@bromleyben2004 I just know that the happiness in the life for such a majestic and gorgeous animal as Amur tiger is worth sacrificing millions of these squeaky creatures that are pest that multiplies like crazy and is worth nothing more than being an edible toy for a tiger!So obviously I will be training my future orange striped assassin aka Amur tiger starting with the rabbits and will never hesitate to bring him or her their favorite toys!
@johnsheppard1476
3 жыл бұрын
@@dinikhan799 I will be quite happy to pop a slug in the ass of the bitch who gonna try getting on my property to do so lol
There's seems to be a lutino rabbit when you mention colour mutations, not white. Very rare.
now i have 'eye of the tiger' stuck in my head
Marvellous
Too cute. Like rabbit island Japan.
Also..They breed like RABBITS
❤
Had one before them are cute
when people say rabbits are not native to britain were they once native possibly before ice age then died off (like snakes in ireland) then reintroduced? it seems strange europe would have them but not britain????
@trtr-bc3zl
4 жыл бұрын
There was never snakes in Ireland .
@Lepurcinus
2 жыл бұрын
Nope
My rabbits is making whole then if they are pregnant they go inside the whole..
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@nurlatifahmohdnor8939
9 ай бұрын
lin-tang + pu-kang = running here and there; aimlessly as if one is being chased after or away from danger
Precise Halloween Moon.MONA
I fell asleep.
wow,, never seen so much game pie filling in one field!
@catherinemowatt8954
3 жыл бұрын
Wee knob syndrome
@veganvanguard8273
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine having this tier of fragile masculinity. Comical as fuck.
@englishwithmehrdad
Жыл бұрын
Yeah this is amazing
@andrewsindler5867
Жыл бұрын
Fucking scumbag. Why would you kill the gentlest creatures on the planet just so you can disprove you have a tiny penis, a tiny brain, and a frozen heart? Can't you express yourself like a higher lifeform. Or does all of the booze and rickets affect your intellectual function?
Come DOWNUNDER
you should have got out the .17HMR and smoked a bunch of them
@oscarlorde2145
5 жыл бұрын
sniper152 shut the fuck up