White Bunny Rabbit Hand Puppet

Interesting facts about rabbits:

• Each time a female gives birth she will have from three to eight babies. Baby rabbits are called ‘kits’ or ‘kittens’.
• The word ‘bunny’ is a name of endearment that people have given rabbits.
• They have long ears and on average can be 4 inches long.
• A female rabbit is called a Doe.
• A male rabbit is called a Buck.
• On average, they sleep about eight hours a day.
• Rabbits have short tails.
• Rabbits only sweat on the pads of the feet and nowhere else.
• A group of rabbits is called a warren.
• Rabbits are mammals.
• A rabbit can live up to 10 years.
• A rabbit that lives in doors is normally called a house rabbit.
• They can reproduce very quickly and this can be a problem for people who live in rural areas as they can become pests.
• Rabbits will not start having babies until they are about one-year-old. On average they can have about 25 babies in the year which is amazing.
• A baby rabbit will stay with his mom for about two weeks. This is a very short period of time after which they have to fend for themselves.
• Rabbits love to eat and they will eat things like grass, vegetables, wild strawberries and even flowers during the summertime. In winter they will even eat the bark from trees.
• They love to eat around dusk.
• Did you know that more than half of the world’s population of rabbits actually live in North America.
• And island of Japan called Okunoshima is occupied by wild rabbits. Because there is no predators on this island they are free to roam the forests and the paths.
• They love to drink water and can actually drink as much water as a 20 pound dog.
• In the wild rabbits love to live in meadows, forests, grasslands, woods, deserts and wetlands.
• Some people will actually eat rabbits.
• Rabbits teeth are always growing.
• If you have a domesticated rabbit they should not be left in the wild because they will find it very difficult to survive.