black rabbits

[adam123 21]

where d othey come from ? my area has quite a few now if you go out youd see about 10-15 a night, would any of you's eat them coz i wouldnt incase its a domestic haha cheers.

[Sjt657 191]

Racist ...... Lol yeah I would eat it no probs !!!!

[patterdalejoel 669]

id rather eat a domestic that a wild one, like eating wilderbeest and prime steak

[adam123 21]

im a bit wary of eating them incase theres the chance of it being a domestic thats escape lol i dont even bother killing them now tbh

[chartpolski 24,595]

Melanism, like it's opposite, albinoism, occurs naturaly in most mammals. It's to do with skin pigmentation. With rabbits it occurs naturaly, and when people introduce tame breeds into the wild population. There's a colony very near me, where there is "normal" coloured and black, white, ginger and parti coloured rabbits; because of people releasing pet rabbits into a nature reserve.

 

Cheers.

Edited June 27, 2012 by chartpolski

[graham4877 1,181]

Melanism, like it's opposite, albinoism, occurs naturaly in most mammals. It's to do with skin pigmentation. With rabbits it occurs naturaly, and when people introduce tame breeds into the wild population. There's a colony very near me, where there is "normal" coloured and black, white, ginger and parti coloured rabbits; because of people releasing pet rabbits into a nature reserve.

 

Cheers.

I have the same next to me chart,

[patterdalejoel 669]

they are a mutation, "agouti" is the officail name for normal brown rabbit fur colour, which is made up of hairs of various colours inc black. then a mutation occurs where one comes all black. all black ist to do with pet rabbits as they are completly black, but i think parti colours and other colours are to do with domestic rabbits

[patterdalejoel 669]

Melanism, like it's opposite, albinoism, occurs naturaly in most mammals. It's to do with skin pigmentation. With rabbits it occurs naturaly, and when people introduce tame breeds into the wild population. There's a colony very near me, where there is "normal" coloured and black, white, ginger and parti coloured rabbits; because of people releasing pet rabbits into a nature reserve.

 

Cheers.

do these descendants from domestics vary from "proper wild rabbits" ie slower on the run?

[chartpolski 24,595]

Melanism, like it's opposite, albinoism, occurs naturaly in most mammals. It's to do with skin pigmentation. With rabbits it occurs naturaly, and when people introduce tame breeds into the wild population. There's a colony very near me, where there is "normal" coloured and black, white, ginger and parti coloured rabbits; because of people releasing pet rabbits into a nature reserve.

 

Cheers.

do these descendants from domestics vary from "proper wild rabbits" ie slower on the run?

 

The ones I've ran seem to run just as fast as "normal" rabbits, but perhaps they are the ones that get their speed from the "wild" side of the breeding, and the ones that throw to the "domestic" side, speed wise, don't make it to maturity due to predators ?

 

Cheers.

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Nope, they are just as fast lol

 

I shot a few on a caravan park recentely, and got abuse on here for it ! hahahah unlucky they said!! lol. well it was for the rabbit

 

[graham4877 1,181]

my last bitch ran a ginger and white one and it could bloody run as fast if not faster, on the plus side mixy is not taking them out on that spot!

[moonlighter 1,164]

There fur feels different, more like a pet rabbit I'd say. There are getting more common every year.

[Rake aboot 4,936]

The fur is VERY different, feels nothing like the agouti

[kps1979 1,308]

where i walk my dogs on the sand dunes theres black rabbits and rabbits the same colour as the sand, very strange!

[KittleRox 2,147]

just to make this clear, domesticated black rabbits originated from wild rabbits, in other words, a domesticated black rabbit doesn,t have to be introduced into a wild population for black rabbits to appearr, they occur NATURALY