Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Ask a bunny: Leaps and bounds!


"How fast can bunnies run/jump?"


Way faster than even the fastest hominz! We're actually faster than polar bearz and roadrunnerz.  Zoom zoom!

There's lots of different kindz and sizes of bunnyz so some of us are faster than others.  Harez and jackrabbitz are the most fast, sometimes up to 80 kilometers an hour!  

I can run about 10 meters in a one second.  That would be more than 35 kilometers in an hour!  But I would never actually run for that long, I'd get really tired. And thirsty. And probably lost. Levi is better at directions than me.

What makes us really good at running is how zig zaggy we can be without loosing speed! That helps us win at tag even if the other animalz are faster than us.

Beelzebub, Bunnyographer
It depends: 
-Are there treats involved?
-Does someone want to clip my toenails?
-Are we supposed to go to the vet?
Then I can easily outrun the humans!  Sometimes they catch me off guard though.  Or use corners to their advantage. Or I'll hide from them in a box - and they'll just pick up the box because they're so much bigger than me.

We are very good at jumping!  In some places there are even competitions for rabbit jumping.  It's sort of like the ones with horses, but the hurdles are lower. 

Our back legs are strong so rabbits can jump very far in just one hop!  The farthest rabbit jump that people have seen is three meters in a single bound.  Pretty impressive when you think about how short we are!

Leviathan, Bunnyologist

PS: Let's say maybe you had this tortoise friend right?  And maybe that tortoise was getting teased for not being so good at sports. You might not always try your hardest during a friendly race, you know what I mean?

If you have a rabbit related question feel free email the bunnies directly at bunny.questions@gmail.com!

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Ask a Bunny: What-ivores?


"Are rabbits rodents?"


Nope!

Lots of the mammals that can't fly are rodents, but bunnyz and hominz aren't. Rabbits are a very special kind of critter that scientist call Lagomorpha. Which probably means we're related to wearwolfs (I'm just guessing on that part).
Chinchillas are totally rodents though, and clearly not as great as bunnies.

Beelzebub, Bunnyographer
We used to be.

We didn't change, science changed - 'cause that's how learning works. Some humans used to think Pluto was a planet - ha! Anyway...

Rabbits have different teeth than rodents, mostly on account of being herbivores.  (Okay so there was that one time I swallowed a bug by accident.)

The point, is most rodents like to eat meat and bunnies don't.

Leviathan, Bunnyologist

If you have a rabbit related question feel free email the bunnies directly at bunny.questions@gmail.com!

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Bunny personalities

Aside from everything generally wonderful about bunnies, each little fluff is independently fantastic!  One of the best things about having multiple bunnies is seeing their adorable differences. How they eat, which toys they prefer, even how they respond to noises can be unique.

Breakfast at our house is a good example.

Beelzebub gets so excited he will dart back and forth jumping up the side of his playpen.  A few times he's actually climbed up its wall - all four paws in the mesh!  (He hasn't mannaged to get out just yet - I'm still waiting for that day.)  He dives into his breakfast dish, often knocking pellets out with his front feet.

On the other hand, Levithan is casual about breakfast.  We have our little routine where he gets exactly two pets and then takes his papaya* out of my hand. He hops off into a tunnel to eat, and usually doesn't bother looking at his food bowl until later.

Left: Beelzebub's uneaten pellets all over the tray. He even tracked some hay in there.
Right: Leviathan methodologically ate from one section at a time. 


*Not a necessary part of a rabbit diet.  Levi's fur is long and rabbits lick themselves clean like cats.  The enzymes in papaya help for him avoid possible tummy trouble.

Ask a Bunny: Vegetarian AND vegan!


"I'm think about adopting a shelter animal.  But I feel weird saving a cat or dog, only to feed other animals to it.  Are rabbits vegetarian?"


What? No! Of course not - we're sweet fluffy little aminalz! 

Beelzebub, Bunnyographer 
AND TOTALLY AN AMINAL!

PS: Our vet says it's not great to feed cats and dogs a vegetarian diet.
We sure are! 

We eat many kinds of vegetables and fruits that you can share with us!  We need to mostly eat hay though - and none of the humans I know ever want to share that for some reason.  

Leviathan, Bunnyologist

Gets subtext better than his brother.

If you have a rabbit related question feel free email the bunnies directly at bunny.questions@gmail.com!