# Which is the loveliest rabbit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856 "2017-11-06T04:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/21 "2017-11-06T19:37:39Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > What is it with people in pet threads suggesting the pets be killed and eaten? I used to have parrots, and inevitably someone would suggest killing and eating the parrots, for crying out loud. IKR? Even though I specifically asked them not to in the OP. ☹ Mods? > [@kopek](#): > > Belgian hares. I’ve owned/raised a few rabbits and to me they were always the loveliest and best of the breeds. I’ve never met one in person, but I love their look. Did you find them harder to keep than regular rabbits? > [@teela brown](#): > > What are those little ones with short black ears and black eyes? They’re adorable. I only see them at county fairs. Like [this](https://rabbitnerd.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/2/4/12243957/8049130_orig.jpg)? I think that’s called pointed, like Siamese cats, and can be found in lots of breeds. The one pictured with short ears is a Netherland dwarf. The white ones with black rings around their eyes (no dark ears though) are called [Hotots](http://tricksterhares.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1347.jpg), the H is silent. Too much eyeliner! I also remembered the [castor rex](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PW27YmWDN9I/VurFm_RaijI/AAAAAAAABK0/8Q2GWs1ftV4KHvRoR3486pVyQ1ypnaQKA/s1600/2280403_orig.jpg), bred to resemble beaver fur. (Castor is the genus beavers belong to). Lovely mahogany red. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/22 "2017-11-06T19:44:25Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > I’m voting for a [black otter rex](https://i.imgur.com/b1LD6lf.jpg). SO PRETTY. I think rabbits are adorable. I didn’t know they could be so pretty! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/23 "2017-11-06T21:29:02Z")
Netherland Dwarfs! That’s it. I didn’t know they came in various colors. Here’s a [brown one](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/26/a8/0c/26a80c31e7e2141647c0cf256a9e8141.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/24 "2017-11-06T21:34:06Z")
Am I the only one looking at these pictures and thinking “Bigwig”, “Blackberry”, “Fiver”, and so on? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/25 "2017-11-06T22:59:30Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Not to be confused with [Blue Bunny.](https://www.bluebunny.com/flavors/all) Nor with [Bunny Bleu](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088297/). ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/26 "2017-11-07T00:46:20Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > [Slow-cooked and stewed](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1660637/slowcooked-rabbit-stew). 🙂 > [@G0sp3l](#): > > No love for Leporidae [glennus closeia](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=V8t8UPLN&id=37B4B19003577802E5A5688AF3B63875473B783D&thid=OIP.V8t8UPLNhIedtsVFUvP7qgEsDh&q=fatal+attraction+rabbit+in+pot&simid=608004540213824143&selectedIndex=1&ajaxhist=0)? There are obviously a lot of attempts at humor in this thread, which is standard protocol around these parts. But it’s a bit of a dick move to post that (particularly with the link) in a thread of this nature. No warning issued, but please give a little more thought and courtesy next time. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/27 "2017-11-07T01:47:15Z")
The rabbit of Ostara, or Eostre aka [The Easter Bunny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hare) Locally, I find [Lepus californicus deserticola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_jackrabbit) nice. I’m weird, I know. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/28 "2017-11-07T01:50:05Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Am I the only one looking at these pictures and thinking “Bigwig”, “Blackberry”, “Fiver”, and so on? not anymore, you’re not, now that you’ve mentioned them. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/29 "2017-11-07T02:28:46Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > The rabbit of Ostara, or Eostre aka [The Easter Bunny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hare) > > There’s a movie (not very good) on Netflix, as we speak, called, “Holidays.” An anthology film, it has an interesting, and twisted, take on the EB. > > Locally, I find [Lepus californicus deserticola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_jackrabbit) nice. > > Look at the ears on that beastie! I’ll bet he can pick up HBO! > > I’m weird, I know. Sez who? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/30 "2017-11-07T06:32:54Z")
My sister had had two ridiculously fluffy lionhead bunnies. So fluffy im gonna die! ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/31 "2017-11-07T06:34:03Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > Locally, I find [Lepus californicus deserticola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_jackrabbit) nice. For big ears, a little further afield (AZ and MX) we find the [antelope jackrabbit](https://www.gschneiderphoto.com/gallery3/var/albums/wildlife/Antelope-Jackrabbit/antelope-jackrabbit-ears-raised-listening-dusk_4845.jpg?m=1447813567). Wild lapines are slightly out of my purview, though! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/32 "2017-11-07T15:34:29Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > What is it with people in pet threads suggesting the pets be killed and eaten? Our mileage varies? I come from a farm family where most things you would consider pets, or at least cute, we considered possible/probable entrees. The difference between say a pet rabbit and a food rabbit on a farm is we usually didn’t name the ones being raised for meat. Not 100% accurate but it gives you the sense of where some of us are coming from. Especially with rabbits since the main reasons for the development of a lot of the breeds are meat and/or hides. People who tie fishing flies get the same way over chickens. There is a line though as I see a Mod has pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/33 "2017-11-07T15:55:00Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > My sister had had two ridiculously fluffy lionhead bunnies. So fluffy im gonna die! [How do I clean milk and Rice Krispies off my keyboard?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWwNlKn8xE) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/34 "2017-11-07T17:56:56Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Netherland Dwarfs! That’s it. I didn’t know they came in various colors. Here’s a [brown one](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/26/a8/0c/26a80c31e7e2141647c0cf256a9e8141.jpg). And then my head exploded ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/35 "2017-11-07T18:29:27Z")
Wild rabbit anecdote: Decades ago, in central Virginia, I came out of a college computer lab waaay too long after dark, on a cold late fall night. A full moon cast its light across the frosted grass. As I stretched, movement caught my eye. It was hard to distinguish exactly what was moving against the gleaming lawn, especially with the glare of fluorescent tubes still lingering in my retinas. I held still and stared, letting my eyes adjust, taking in the whole lawn. And then suddenly I was able to resolve what I was seeing. A pair of adult rabbits were playing with their litter of bunnies! Silvery bunnies hopping over each other and darting about on a field of silvery grass! They seemed completely unconcerned about my presence. I held still and watched until the chill compelled me to seek warmth. This was a moment I will always remember. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/36 "2017-11-07T18:43:25Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Wild rabbit anecdote: > > Decades ago, in central Virginia, I came out of a college computer lab waaay too long after dark, on a cold late fall night. > > A full moon cast its light across the frosted grass. As I stretched, movement caught my eye. > > It was hard to distinguish exactly what was moving against the gleaming lawn, especially with the glare of fluorescent tubes still lingering in my retinas. I held still and stared, letting my eyes adjust, taking in the whole lawn. > > And then suddenly I was able to resolve what I was seeing. A pair of adult rabbits were playing with their litter of bunnies! Silvery bunnies hopping over each other and darting about on a field of silvery grass! They seemed completely unconcerned about my presence. > > I held still and watched until the chill compelled me to seek warmth. This was a moment I will always remember. Phew! I thought maybe you had come face to face with the dreaded [were rabbit](http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/wallaceandgromit/images/c/c0/Were-rabbit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080114194049). What beautiful sight. We used to have wild bunnies around here but god forbid there be one square foot of land left undeveloped ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/37 "2017-11-07T20:05:58Z")
[Baby snowshoe hares](http://www.animalspot.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Baby-Snowshoe-Hare.gif) are pretty lovely. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/38 "2017-11-07T21:45:17Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > [Baby snowshoe hares](http://www.animalspot.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Baby-Snowshoe-Hare.gif) are pretty lovely. Um, you know those are [toys](https://www.kathyskreations.com/stuffed%20animals%20exhibits/stuffed%20animals%20taiga/stuffed%20animals%20snowshoe%20hare.html), right? I took [this photo](https://imgur.com/a/PsNag) of a young snowshoe hare a few summers ago at Isle Royale NP. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/39 "2017-11-07T22:52:30Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Jessica? +2, at least ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-loveliest-rabbit/800856/40 "2017-11-08T00:26:01Z")
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