black rabbits

[munster man 118]

anything to do with inbreeding lads ??

[rob284 1,682]

i theres a few near me, seen one young un black as coal with bright yellow eyes. looked like a cats eyes for a second.

[KittleRox 2,147]

anything to do with inbreeding lads ??

no mate the gene can lie dormant for generations and the odd black one appears when two rabbits carrying the black gene mate

[oneshot1986 72]

my pup is not racist he run all colours lol the only good thing is when he chases a ginger or black cat i can say he thought it was a rabbit atb oneshot

[stripes 401]

my pup is not racist he run all colours lol the only good thing is when he chases a ginger or black cat i can say he thought it was a rabbit atb oneshot

Open forum, not a smart statement

[oneshot1986 72]

my pup is not racist he run all colours lol the only good thing is when he chases a ginger or black cat i can say he thought it was a rabbit atb oneshot

Open forum, not a smart statement

i know its open read very carefully MY DOG IS NOT RACIST and when he CHASES a ginger or black cat

[stripes 401]

my pup is not racist he run all colours lol the only good thing is when he chases a ginger or black cat i can say he thought it was a rabbit atb oneshot

Open forum, not a smart statement

i know its open read very carefully MY DOG IS NOT RACIST and when he CHASES a ginger or black cat

Ok petal.

[black-spring 18]

there are a fair few around essex area, normaly only 1 or 2 out at a time,

[oneshot1986 72]

my pup is not racist he run all colours lol the only good thing is when he chases a ginger or black cat i can say he thought it was a rabbit atb oneshot

Open forum, not a smart statement

i know its open read very carefully MY DOG IS NOT RACIST and when he CHASES a ginger or black cat

Ok petal.

its ok flower

[patterdalejoel 669]

anything to do with inbreeding lads ??

all rabbits will be highly inbred and related, the romans will not of brought a lot over and there are millions here not so they will all be very inbred. and some isolated populations will never get new blood in them.

[munster man 118]

my take on it (not very scientific)was that i only ever came across black rabbits in highly populated areas,so i put it down to inbreeding.iv learned something new today

[Ideation 8,216]

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

 

Spot on.

 

If you look at a rabbits fur, it has a lot of black hairs, and also orange/ginger hairs, and white hair, obviously.

 

THe colored rabbits are a mutation, which has expressed itself in one dominant color.

 

I have had black, white, ginger, grey and blue rabbits as well as ones with patches and one half white (front half) and rear half normal.

 

You do also sometimes get escapees and inter breeding, and i've seen a kind of lion headed rabbit, and i think 'the ferreter' caught one as well.

 

Edited to add - Munster man you are right in that you see it more in higher populations, but that is because the higher the population, the higher the chance of mutation and also a high popuation indicates that it is easier to survive and so mutations are less selected against in terms of breeding etc.

Edited June 27, 2012 by Ideation

[munster man 118]

thanks for the info

[theferreter 311]

this is the one your talking about jai this was took on the lamp a few years ago wierd looking thing

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Now that is VERY different, unlike any I have ever seen for sure,

 

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