🐇 International Rabbit Day (Mostly the History of Rabbits) 🐇

 

International Rabbit Day

First of all,
What comes to your mind when I tell you the word 'Rabbit'? Cute, Adorable critters, right? Well, I'm happy to say that perfectly describes them. 

Second of all,

Happy International Rabbit Day!
Be sure to check out the quiz at the end of the blog to see what you already know and what you learnt from this. Also send your score in the comment section! 

The history of the introduction of rabbits to Australia is a relatively short story. At first, rabbits arrived in the first fleet at 1788, however, they were not released into the wild. After a few decades, on Christmas Day 1859, Thomas Austin released 13 wild rabbits on his farm at Barwon Park in Victoria. The reason he did this was his own enjoyment, as he was born in England where rabbit hunting was a popular sport. Nevertheless, he was oblivious to the fast breeding of rabbits, as they spread across Australia, soon being known as a 'pest' in Queensland in 1886, leading to the build of the rabbit - proof fence. The fence wasn't completed until seventeen years later, in 1903.  The fence is also known as the Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board (DDMRB) fence which stretches to 555 km long and goes from Lamington National Park in the east, to Goombi in the south-west where it connects to the wild dog barrier fence. It protects about 28,000 square km in southern Queensland.

Some fun facts:

• They can live to 12 years (and sometimes longer)
• Rabbits need company
• Their teeth never stop growing
• They don't have the ability to vomit
• Baby Rabbits are called 'kittens'
• A female is called a doe 
• A male is called a buck
  
  Link for the quiz (mentioned at the start of the blog): 
  Quiz: International Rabbit Day - Google Forms