pygmy rabbits??! xxx

Meet the World's Smallest Rabbit

Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits are the world's smallest and among the rarest. Native only to a single area of Washington State, this once isolated population of Pygmy rabbits usually weighs less than a pound in adulthood and was declared extinct in the wild in the '90s, after the remaining 14 bunnies were scooped up and taken into the equivalent of bunny protective custody.

This year the Oregon Zoo welcomed 26 of the little guys, bringing this year's total to 73 baby bunnies (kits) among participating breeding facilities. Color is added to the ears in the pictures below so zoo staff can tell the kits apart.

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Unlike most rabbits, the Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit did not breed prodigously in captivity, partially due to inbreeding within the tiny wild population. As a result they were cross bred with Idaho Pygmy Rabbits and subsequent breeding efforts have been more successful.

Pygmy rabbits are the only North American rabbits that dig burrows and live in a sagebrush habitat. In the wild, pygmy rabbits eat sagebrush almost exclusively in the winter; during summer, they eat a more varied diet. They may have two to four litters of about two to six kits during the spring and summer breeding seasons. Population decline is widely attributed to predation and habitat loss caused by agricultural development and wildfires.

Alls I can say here is..... Aaaaahhhhhh bless...... Sooooo cute and dainty!!

xoxox

they are lovely arent they?! xxx

Beautiful - utterly stunning.

are these come as pets yet then?? or just a zoo animal in captivity....if you know what i mean??

cuuuuuute xx

they are endangered i think tayer... but going extinct on their own, a bit like pandas... imagine having a pygmy bunneh! xxx

i like the coloured ear...haha could do that to mine...lol

buster used to do thaat when he went through his punk stage xxx

I liked the ear too . beautiful wee things .x

i coloured my maltese dog with pink felt tip pen once...it looked cool, untill she followed me out the back date down the street where i was meeting the boys,....and they all took the mick....

lol your a nutter Tayer x

they even tease me about it now... poor bubbles...x

You are so funny Tayer!!!
My mum told me that when she was young, they had an Old English Sheepdog, her and her brother thought he couldn't see with all that fur over his eyes....they cut his fringe!!!!

Lmao tayer that is so funny! You always make me laugh xxx

my mum wasnt too happy...

That is such a sweet thing to do tayer although if you did it to harry I'd be cross xxx

When I was little, we had and Old English Sheepdog called Trogg, she was lovely. We had to cupt her fringe for her too as she just couldn't see. Sometimes I used to stick a bobble in it to keep it out of her eyes! In the summer, we used to get her clipped and she was like a complete brand new dog who used to bounce round like a spring lamb!

xoxox

they look like puppies again after a good cut...