#rabbit biology

[roseate-felidae]

It seems that many resources on rabbits mention the domestication of the European rabbit by French monks in 600AD, supposedly as foetal rabbit were considered fish (and therefore could be eaten at lent) by Pope Gregory the Great.

This is however a myth.

It seems Rabbit were domesticated much earlier.

I spent ages tryi g to download the pdf from the research journal Cell Press. Unfortunately it is a charged service. Ironically, the journal entry is open access but Cell Press wants to charge to view?

Thankfully using the OA.mg, which provides open access reasarch journals for free, I was able to find and download from Wayback machine.

The article has been discussed on many news sites aswell.

Here is link to original article-

Here is archive.org link to the pdf-

@lepurcinus

@synapsid-taxonomy

#rabbit #bunny #rabbit biology #domestication #science #myth

[scatterbrainedbot]

the realization that a 03 leosagi child could be a dragon-bunny hybrid hit me like a derailed freight train a few days ago

i do not know her name or anything else all i know is that her fam is as surprised and awed by her as i am

also that mikey needs a refresher on how biology works

#my art #tmnt #03 tmnt #tmnt leonardo #miyamoto usagi #tmnt leosagi #katanashipping #i love these dumb sword gays sm #here have a child #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt donatello #tmnt raphael #leo lays eggs every like idk 6mo to a year or so after hitting adulthood but no one ever thought any of them would or could be fertile #but don likes to study them sometimes cos yanno #theyre all living medical and biological mysteries #so any oportunity to learn anything at all is worth examining #and just this once #genetics leaned dragon rather than turtle #and while rabbit + turtle = nothing (cos reptiles and mammals) #dragons meanwhile are enough to make all known laws of logic and biology take a quick hike #so rabbit + dragon =????? #i dont intend to actually do anything with this idea i just wanted to draw what a rabbit dragon turtle might look like #also i have no idea how she stands or walks #not that she wouldnt be able to i just have no clue what itd look like #well when shes small shes prolly like the ferrets in the idw comic #but when shes grown???? idk man #does she slither? does she float? does her arms and legs start being like reasonably proportioned?.. #who knows!! u decide!!! #shed be such a cute and clumsy toddler tho #(maaay have watched too many @/leafystreet shorts abt his baby geckos. his lil 'hi! welcome to the world!' as they hatch fucking gets me ok

[taxonomytournament]

Cryptotaxonomy Tournament Finale!

Note: these creatures do not actually exist. The following descriptions are facetious

Plesiosauria. This clade of ''extinct'' and ''pre-historic'' marine reptiles includes the Loch Ness Monster and Ogopogo, large long-necked monsters that live in lakes.

Lepus antilocapra. This rabbit species, known as the Jackalope, has antlers on its head.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #cryptozoology #cryptids #mythology #Cryptotaxonomy Tournament #Cryptotaxonomy Tournament Finale #dinosaurs #Loch Ness #Nessie #Ogopogo #rabbits #jackalope #Plesiosauria #Lepus antilocapra #0x0v0x1

[gaycrittercentral]

*Flings more maxlings at you and sprints away cackling*

I was thinking abt how rabbits keep their kits in a little straw-lined burrow, and what is the space between the couch cushions but a snug, potato chip-festooned nest?

#Maisie just forfeits and instantly goes to sleep in his hand lmao #also they like it in there it’s fine hdjdhdhs #they also have a cardboard box cradle that they’ve bitten the hell out of while teething lmao #sam and max #freelance husbands #the maxlings #my art #also don’t come at me about actual rabbit biology I didn’t research this!! I’m just having fun bc this is funny to me hfjshsjhdjdsg

[typhlonectes]

#rabbit #lagomorph #mammal #animals #nature #wildlife rehab #animal rehabilitation #animal welfare #science #wildlife biology

[riks-heights]

It’s done!

The quality is horrendous because my phone wouldn’t save it properly to I might post the good quality one eventually possibly. Tumblr will probably make it look like Garbo anyway though.

It’s a fake hiring poster for a silly space station that the main characters go to at some point.

#aliens #speculative biology #spec bio #spec evo #rabbits #birds #wyverns #swamp dogs #rik art

[ravings-of-a-mad-scientist]

Jackrabbits are not rabbits

Rabbits and hares are different genuses. It's not really accurate to call a jackrabbit a rabbit as they are hares. 

They're called that because early American settlers thought jackrabbits looked kinda like a European rabbit with a jackass's (donkey's) ears.

In reality, it was they who were the jackasses for confusing north American lagomorph nomenclature. Also for all the colonialism and Native American genocide.

Though I guess it's good they didn't name them "Ass Hares".

Anyways, to tell rabbits and hares apart, remember that bnnuy rabbits are smol cute while hares are skrunkly cute.

And then there's pikas. Pikas are ridiculously cute. =:3

#ass hares #science #science side of tumblr #biology #rabbits #bunnies #hares #pikas #jackrabbits

[dungeon-meshi-tournament]

Masterpost

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi spoilers #favourite anything from the series tournament #basilisk biology #marcille's dungeon rabbit corpse dance #marcille donato

[hordemama]

three space rabbits complete for art class! just an end of semester self expression set. so naturally. i chose little guys.

these were all done same day same class lol

#art #space rabbit #speculative biology #aliens #spec bio #traditional art

[witchofthesouls]

You know what would make the Transformers in a Who Framed Rodger Rabbit Earth even crazier?

A bot is born there but as a Toon.

No one knows how it happened but a random cartoon vehicle someone got intact Allspark energy and came to life. Pure uncanny valley feeling for both factions in my personal opinion. The toon bot can turn into vehicle but operates nowhere close to normal.

Headlights easily shift into cartoony eyes, a large mouth disguised as a front bumper, and use their tires/wheels like hands n feet. Even their Spark acts fucking weird! Ratchet would faint if cartoony eyes and a mouth suddenly popped up on a Toon Bot's spark chamber just to sass him.

Toon Spark: This better be for medical reasons Doc cause patient/doctor relationships are a big no-no.

A Toon Bot would honestly freak out the TFP iterations the most. Especially Buckethead

May I raise the stakes?

What if real-life Toons (and Earth lifeforms in general) existed because of a synchronization effect between Earth/Gaea (born from comatose Unicron) and a Primal Artifact/Allspark from Primus?

And I say this because of Benny the cab.

Benny would be very much their weird space in Uncanny Valley because you already described a lot of the things that would freak out the Cybertronians.

While Cybertronians aren't strangers to transformation sequences, they are very much rooted having at least two modes: alt-mode and root-mode.

Monoformers have much stigma against them as they, either willingly, by medical complications, or natural means, challenge the foundation of their society.

To make it even more unsettling, I propose that mechanical Toons exude spark energy but have no spark.

Sparks are a fundamental organ in Cybertronian biology. It can be physically manipulated and scientifically studied. Toons don't have that real-life and tangile certainty of a soul.

They're more aligned with Earth lifeforms. Yes, we have hearts. But we have heart transplants.

Cybertronians don't have an equivalent of that. There's a process to save a spark by removing it (and the brain module) to a new frame, but there's nothing to be done should both be guttered and destroyed.

Just imagine cyborg Toon with all the bells and whistles got crushed in a skirmish because some mech thought it was a newfound thingmabob, just for the pieces to wail out for help or flirt with Ratchet/Hoist/First Aid and the mech is having an internal mental breakdown.

"Gosh, doc, I wouldn't have taken ya to be a philosopher. Tee-hee." Que a disembodied hand twirling a stray coil from the damaged cavity. It sparks, and smoke forms little heart-shaped puffs.

Ratchet/Hoist/First Aid are holding an equally disembodied helm that inexplicably gained eyelashes to flutter optics: What the merciless Pits is going here!

"I'm more of an art Toon. Tell me, have ya heard about Remedios Varo?"

#ask #transformers #transformers g1 #g1 #who framed roger rabbit #benny the cab #ratchet #hoist #first aid #cybertronian biology #cybertronian culture #maccadam #my thoughts #my writing #alien biology that freaks out the aliens with Uncanny Valley-ness that's been blended with surreal fae/supernatural entities

[roseate-felidae]

Did you know Rabbits (and other lagomorphs) have an extra set of teeth!

Rabbits have a pair of tiny incisors behind their top incisors.

These are called peg teeth or secondary maxillary teeth.

When the mouth is closed, the lower incisors slot between the upper incisors and the peg teeth. The teeth rub against each other, keeping both upper and lower incisors chisel-sharp.

Pictures below.

From having peg teeth to being the only mammals to have cranial kinesis. Bunny noses and having no paw pads (have hard hair on bottom of feet).

Rabbits (and lagomorpha) are just super weird.

Link to my post on bunny cranial kinesis below.

@lepurcinus

@synapsid-taxonomy

#rabbit #bunny #bunblr #peg teeth #rabbit peg teeth #rabbit teeth #teeth #animal skull #rabbit skull #skull #tw: skull #tw: bones #science #mammal biology #rabbit biology

[mossfroot]

European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

#cottagecore #dirtcore #goblincore #nature #nature photography #biology #ecology #wildlife #wildlife photography #macro photography #rabbits #rabbit #bunny #cute

[mindblowingscience]

This discovery, made by Professor Suetsugu Kenji and graduate student Mr. Hashiwaki Hiromu of Kobe University's Graduate School of Science, sheds light on the previously unknown ecological role of the world's only dark-furred wild rabbit.

Despite being the flagship species of the Ryukyu Archipelago, little is known about the ecology of the Amami rabbit because it is a rare, nocturnal animal that inhabits dense forests on two subtropical islands. The findings of the study will be published on January 23, 2023, in the journal Ecology.

Seed dispersal is an essential process for the evolution and ecology of terrestrial plants, making discoveries of uncommon seed dispersal agents particularly interesting.

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#science #stem #nature #biology #ecology #endangered species #amami rabbit #animals

[taxonomytournament]

Cryptotaxonomy Tournament: Lagomorpha

Note: these creatures do not actually exist. The following descriptions are facetious

Lepus antilocapra. This rabbit species, known as the Jackalope, has antlers on its head.

Tetrao lepus pseudo-hybridus rarissimus L. This rabbit species, known as the Skvader, has the wings and tail of a grouse.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #cryptozoology #cryptids #mythology #rabbits #jackalope #skvader #Lepus antilocapra #Tetrao lepus pseudo-hybridus rarissimus L #0x1v0x6 #Cryptotaxonomy Tournament #Cryptotaxonomy Tournament Round 1

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

Yesterday we did the first homeworld and apparently some of you wanted to join but the link didn’t work so I’ll put it here with my very shaped roster of inhabitants: https://discord.gg/d44mXDg4

And now my roster of creachurs

(Snail not mine)

#speculative biology #speculative evolution #spec evo #budgie #budgerigar #bird #parrot #blue budgie #geen #green budgie #cricket #crested gecko #isopod #iPod #cherry shrimp #shrimp #crustaceans #rabbit #bnnuy #bunny #dwarf rabbit #bun bun #the most shaped creachurs of all time #forg #frog #banded bullfrog #chubby frog

[jackie-alligator]

skulls of some mammals native to my area. oil paint 4x4. bobcat, squirrel, woodchuck, rabbit, opossum

#art #painting #oil painting #bobcat #squirrel #woodchuck #groundhog #rabbit #bunny #opossum #possum #animal art #biology art #nature art