IKR? Even though I specifically asked them not to in the OP. Mods?
I’ve never met one in person, but I love their look. Did you find them harder to keep than regular rabbits?
Like this? 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, the H is silent. Too much eyeliner!
I also remembered the castor rex, bred to resemble beaver fur. (Castor is the genus beavers belong to). Lovely mahogany red.
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.
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.
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.
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