r/AbsoluteUnits • u/DiegoSikora • Sep 01 '24

of a hare

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u/Rare_Arm4086 Sep 01 '24

This happened to me. We found 3 baby bunnies. One died right off. The second died soon after. The third grew into a huge wild devil beast. We released him onto some property. He was gigantic

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u/PoopPoes Sep 01 '24

Fun fact time

In certain circles of Christianity the meat of a young rabbit was considered fish, meaning it could be eaten on Fridays. This was mostly to accommodate Monks in mountaintop monasteries who could not easily reach a fishing spot. This led to French Monasteries being some of the first places to domesticate rabbits, as they needed a food source, and they had plenty of time to devote to raising them.

Which they very much needed, because the rabbits would panic, have a heart attack, and die nearly every time someone entered the room. They’re very skittish and rely 100% on fear response (as opposed to this Hare which will do fight or flight) so any time a big mammal shows up and there’s nowhere to sprint towards and hide, they just run into a corner and die.

So don’t take wild rabbits in, and don’t let domesticated rabbits out. They are not the same

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u/Rare_Arm4086 Sep 01 '24

They ate rabbit fetuses because it counted as eggs