Rabbits are very wonderful animals. They’re both good as farm animals and as pets. Below are 27 wonderful facts about rabbits.

1. Rabbits need fiber (hay and grass) for proper functioning of their digestive system. They will die without it.
2. Rabbits are prolific animals. In the wild, they can give birth up to eight times per year. Each litter will have 4-12 kits. Gestation period last for only 30 days! This means that if a rabbit gets pregnant, she will give birth after just 30 days!
3. A rabbit’s teeth grow continuously throughout its life. That’s why they need hays to wear it down. They should also be given tough, fibrous tree branches, leaves and twigs to help wear down the teeth. Safe chewables for rabbits include orange or lemon trees, apple trees, willow, rose canes (remove thorns), maple, ash and pine trees. Wooden chew blocks can help wear down the front teeth but not the back teeth.
4. A female rabbit is called a doe, a male rabbit is called a buck and a young rabbit a kit (or kitten). A group of rabbits is called a herd.
5. More than half of the world’s rabbits live in North America.
6. Rabbits pass two types of feces – hard droppings and soft black viscous pellets. The soft pellets are rich in nutrients and the rabbit eat them. This behavior is known as coprophagy.
7. Rabbits can bite when frightened or when defending something.
8. Rabbits are mostly active at night.
9. Rabbits sleep with their eyes open so that sudden movement will awake them.
10. Rabbits have a lifespan of around 10 years.
11. Rabbits are herbivores (plant eaters).
12. Rabbits are born with their eyes closed and without fur. Their eyes open after 2 weeks.
13. Rabbits have an excellent sense of smell, hearing and vision. They have nearly 360° panoramic vision and this allow them to detect predators from all directions. They can see everything behind them and only have a small blind-spot in front of their nose.
14. Rabbits can jump up to one meter high and three meters long because of their powerful hind limbs. They can reach speeds of up to 30 to 40 mph.
15. Rabbits are said to ‘binky’ when they run, jump into the air, twist their body and flick their feet. This is an expression of joy.
16. Rabbits don’t like staying alone. They are companion animals and like to groom each other.
17. Rabbits lookout for each other. They will stand on their hind legs to check for predators. If there is any, they will alert others by thumping their hind legs.
18. Darius is the world’s largest rabbit. It weighs about 50 pounds (22.7kg) and is 4 feet, 3 inches tall. The owner is Annette Edwards from the UK. It has been reported that Darius thinks he is a dog. Darius is currently insured for around $1.6 million and has his own personal caretaker.
19. The average lifespan of domesticated rabbit is about 5 to 8 years. The World’s oldest rabbit on record lived for 16 years.
20. In the UK the rabbit is the third most popular pet option.
21. A rabbit symbol is often used to show that a product was not tested on animals.
22. Rabbits cannot vomit, so it is very important that you feed them appropriately.
23. Rabbits’ noses twitch 20 to 120 times per minute (faster when excited or stressed and slower when relaxed or sleeping).
24. Rabbits shed hair when you hold them and they are stressed. This is enables them to wriggle free from a predator’s grip.
25. “Rabbit” was the original name for baby rabbits (kits) while adult rabbits were called coneys
26. Rabbits were first domesticated in the 5th Century by monks in France
27. The Romans farmed wild rabbits and this was called cuniculture.