black rabbits

[hiho 5]

seen a few myself just lately. i wonder why this is then?

 

its the governments immigration policies

sshhhhh Scuba1 might be reading this

[redneckwarior 0]

i have some land just of the a5 which i share with my cousin and there is as many black rabbits as normal ones. it is not far from brown hills near cannock. it was weird at first lampin em.

[fox hunter 53]

i have 3 farms in a row and there is nothing but black rabbits on it there is more black ones than grey ones and you get the odd coloured lad ive never seen them as plentlyful as i have this year to me they all taste the same

[punydan 0]

I heard black rabbits were introduced from the continent some where. I also heard that they have a greater resistance to mixy. I don't know how true both these statements are

[panda 0]

Only ever seen 1.

[SEAN3513 7]

not sure?...dont think so...........that dosn't explain why there are black squirrels though????

 

cheers

 

sean

[ferret kid 5]

Here's a pic.

[SEAN3513 7]

also...........wild rabbits and domestic rabbits are different species.....dont know if they can breed ????

[ferret kid 5]

also...........wild rabbits and domestic rabbits are different species.....dont know if they can breed ????

 

Probz not mate

but a while back i seen 2 pet rabbits in a field and one was black and white and the other was brown and white .And like about 6 months later wee seen lots off brown bunnys running about with black and white bunnys lol.

[shotgun 0]

I remember ferreting a few years back up the pentland hills an every second rabbit that bolted was jet black,mind the keeper saying never mind the colour just shoot the bloody things,a can go out most nights an see black ones not many other colors only seen one ginger one,

[rabid dog 0]

hi guys

seen 3 the other night in a gate way did not run away thill i got with in 8 foot of them,

 

now im off to find the farmer who owns the feild and ask permission to shoot his land and get me some pc bunnys

[Freddy Watts 1]

I will try and not go into too much detail here as that would involve repeting a large chunk of my degree and having just finished my exams I don't realy want to do thet right now.

 

The black would be simply caused but different genes. These differences would have originally been caused by some form of mutation which could have been caused by many things and not just inbreeding. Its known as Melanism, the same thing that occurs in big cats, (i.e panthers) but can also happen in many other species (including squirrels). Melanism has also been linked to increased immune system functioning which gives greater disease resistance. This could partly account for the increase in numbers. It would be interesting to know the type, particularly the colour of the terrain where the rabbits are for those of you who have lots of them.

 

Oh and as far as I know domesticated rabbits and european rabbits have not been classified as separate species so they could theoreticaly breed successfully.

 

ATB

 

Freddy

[SEAN3513 7]

hey freddy.....thanks for that mate.......much appreciated

 

what are you studying ?????....if you dont mind me asking.

 

would i be right in thinking it is a similar( i use that word loosely) to albinoism???

 

cheers mate

 

sean

[rabbit tourmentor 29]

come on boys its peoples pet ones being let go they then go on and breed more of them ive seen it happen where a matey let aload off hence different colours like tow coloured ones etc

[Freddy Watts 1]

come on boys its peoples pet ones being let go they then go on and breed more of them ive seen it happen where a matey let aload off hence different colours like tow coloured ones etc

 

And people wonder why arguements start. My point was that although this could be a reason it is not necessarily the main reason. How do you think black rabbits came about in the first place?

 

In answer to your questions sean I am studying Biology and yes it is the related to albinism in fact it is the complete opposite. To briefly get technical to explain it. Albinism is caused by a lack of a Melanin (a pigment) wheras Melanism is caused by an increase in this pigment. So it is all related to gene mutations at the end of the day.

 

Hope that helps

 

Freddy