mooster 1 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I was out ferreting today in a very mature hedgerow. The hedge was riddled with rabbit holes joining up for yard after yard. Whilst waiting for a bolting bunny I started to wonder- why do rabbits actually keep digging more and more tunnels? And has anyone ever seen them throwing out the soil like moles do? The only rabbits I have ever seen have been either eating grass or running away!! It's not as if they are digging for food, as we all know rabbit "diggings" are not real attempts at tunnels, just eating roots etc. All those warrens joined up must be very labour intensive,but why bother? If I was a rabbit I would just have an entrance,a couple of secret exits (essential it seems) and somewhere to sleep. Has anyone ever seen a nature programme showing rabbits actually digging underground? Any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leanne 0 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Damn rabbits!! Ruin perfectly good horse fields!! And if you fill the holes with stones and sand they just dig that out and carry on. Ferrets and dogs are essential with horses... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I was out ferreting today in a very mature hedgerow.The hedge was riddled with rabbit holes joining up for yard after yard. Whilst waiting for a bolting bunny I started to wonder- why do rabbits actually keep digging more and more tunnels? And has anyone ever seen them throwing out the soil like moles do? The only rabbits I have ever seen have been either eating grass or running away!! It's not as if they are digging for food, as we all know rabbit "diggings" are not real attempts at tunnels, just eating roots etc. All those warrens joined up must be very labour intensive,but why bother? If I was a rabbit I would just have an entrance,a couple of secret exits (essential it seems) and somewhere to sleep. Has anyone ever seen a nature programme showing rabbits actually digging underground? Any ideas? If you were a rabbit Mooster mate, your ancesters going back 1000's of years, would have had to put up with all sorts weasles, stoats, polecats etc. coming into their burys to try to eat them! If your rabbit forefathers hadn't of figured out that more exits = more chance of staying uneaten, there's a very good chance that you wouldn't be alive today! To be honest mate, the wild rabbit hasn't really been studied by scientists a hell of a lot. One of the only serious scientific field studies of rabbits, was carried out here in pembrokeshire, at a place called Orielton, at a place called The Orielton field studies centre. imaginitive name I know! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mooster 1 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 "More than once" you say Will .Been married 25 years and must be going wrong somewhere! Some honeymoon though!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mooster 1 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Maltenby,yes I suppose that makes sense,the more tunnells the more chance of escape/survival. Funnily enough we had our honeymoon in Pembrookshire at Freshwater east!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bigredbusa Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 why do you have sex with you partener more then once that bullshi#=ing cow , she told me it was normal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Malt 379 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Maltenby,yes I suppose that makes sense,the more tunnells the more chance of escape/survival.Funnily enough we had our honeymoon in Pembrookshire at Freshwater east!! Funny thing, Orielton is only a stones throw away from Fresh East! Did you stay in one of the chalets across the road from the beach? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest little_lloyd Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Is amazes me the life of rabbits I would love to be a working ferret for the day just to see what life in the hedges was like,, Maybe i will come back as a working ferret or a Rabbit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mooster 1 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yep,one of the chalets on the cliffs overlooking the bay....bootifull! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mooster 1 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 L.Lloyd,surely someone could fit one of those little pin hole cameras to a ferret collar. Why not write to David Atenborough?....you could have a part in the film. Fame at last! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest little_lloyd Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 hope you come back as a rabbit so we can ferret you loyd Good Luck This rabbit would make and brake you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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