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Speaker 1: Welcome to Creature Future production of I Heart Radio. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host of Many Parasites, Katie Golden. I studied psychology

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Speaker 1: and evolutionary biology, and today on the show Bunnies, Buns, Buns, Buns,

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Speaker 1: spun spun spunspun spuns, We're talking all things lago morphs,

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Speaker 1: from hairs to rabbits to domesticated bunnies. We'll learn that

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Speaker 1: rabbits don't like colorful eggs. What they do eat their

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Speaker 1: own poop. Discover this more as we answer the ansual question,

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Speaker 1: but a rabbit fly on those ears with enough thrust.

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Speaker 1: Joining me today is close friend of the pod, producer

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Speaker 1: at I Heeart radio, writer for a V Club and fulture,

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Speaker 1: producer of Fake Doctor's Real Friends, and my buddy Joel Monique. Hi,

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Speaker 1: how are you good? It's so good to have you back.

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad to be back, especially talking about the

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Speaker 1: most adorable features on God's Earth. I level bun buns

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Speaker 1: and the bunnies. Yes, yes, we got we got the bunnies.

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Speaker 1: We got so many bunnies. I got a lot of

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Speaker 1: requests to do bunny sd um follow. Your audience has

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Speaker 1: always been great, and clearly their excellence hasn't slowed down

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Speaker 1: in my absence. They have very good taste in terms

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Speaker 1: of episodes. And uh, I'll just read a couple of

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Speaker 1: the emails I got asking for bunny. So this was

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Speaker 1: from Max who got a bunny rabbit called Dr SEUs,

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Speaker 1: And uh, Max writes for such a quiet animal, they

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Speaker 1: have their own unique language of communication. Thumps, bump, bumping, feet, flicks, nudging, flopping.

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Speaker 1: There's so many ways, my bunny, this is me in

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Speaker 1: rabbit language every day. It might also be a good

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Speaker 1: place to plug that rabbits aren't the easy beginner pets

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Speaker 1: that they are often sold as in pet stores. The

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Speaker 1: shelter volunteer with is overrun with bunnies that how been abandoned.

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Speaker 1: I feel like people often think bunnies are cute but

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Speaker 1: don't realize the depth of care that they require. And

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Speaker 1: that's from Max. Thank you, Max. Yeah, that's I think

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Speaker 1: that's a really good thing to note. Bunnies require a

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Speaker 1: lot of space and exercise, and they have lots of needs.

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Speaker 1: I mean, heck, they are built for running around. Uh.

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Speaker 1: They're not just a cute little table sort of setting

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Speaker 1: that you put in a basket for Easter. It's not

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Speaker 1: a hamster. Y'all. Okay, they are not they're not. They're

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Speaker 1: not made out of chocolate, so don't even try that. Um,

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Speaker 1: do not bite your bunnies. Foot is lucky, but only

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Speaker 1: while it's attached to the bunny. Yes, yes, exactly, yes.

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Speaker 1: So I mean I think rabbits can make good pets,

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Speaker 1: but like all pets, they require a lot of care

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Speaker 1: and they are a commitment. Domesticated rabbits can live around

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Speaker 1: ten years if even if not longer. So yeah, if

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Speaker 1: you want to get a on your rabbit, do your

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Speaker 1: research first because they require lots of care, lots of attention,

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Speaker 1: and they're different from cats and dogs. They require different things,

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Speaker 1: Like you're not going to be able to well maybe

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Speaker 1: some people can get their rabbit to use a litter box,

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Speaker 1: but in general, no, they're not going to do that.

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Speaker 1: So what magician is training their rabbit use a litter box?

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Speaker 1: That seems oh man, that's like cats that use the toilet.

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Speaker 1: That's the next level dog or next level animal training. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think I don't know, like how reliable the litter

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Speaker 1: And this is from Jessica, who writes, I think it's

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Speaker 1: about time you gave some lagomorph love and cleared up

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Speaker 1: the nasty rumor that rabbits are rodents, even though I

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Speaker 1: love plus pikas. So yes, let's talk about rabbits, let's

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Speaker 1: talk about lago morphs, and let's talk about pikas. So

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Speaker 1: even know what a pika is, it's what a pikachu says,

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Speaker 1: Pika pika. Oh my god, now I'm kidding U. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: what is a bunny? You know? It seems like a

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Speaker 1: simple enough question, but it's got pretty long answer. So rabbits,

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Speaker 1: hairs and jack rabbits are all lago morphs, which are

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Speaker 1: a distinct order of animals, separate from rodents. So no,

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Speaker 1: they are not rodents. Are they cousins of transmorphers, of

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Speaker 1: of animals or of animals? Listening all all of the

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Speaker 1: morphing abilitied animals do laga morphs? Chair characteristics? Mighty morphine

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Speaker 1: rabbit rangers show ten thousand lot all the cuteness of bunnies.

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Speaker 1: A bunny forming like a mega bunny that shoots missiles. Yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: So picas are actually the other members of Laga morpha.

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Speaker 1: So they are found in rocky mountainous regions in North

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Speaker 1: in the furs like longer. I can't see a tail

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Speaker 1: Other animals are really gonna need to bring their game.

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Speaker 1: Oh when they carry little foods in their mouth, a

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Speaker 1: little flowers, yeah, it's so cute. They like to use

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Speaker 1: the natural next question is are they domesticated? Could you

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Speaker 1: deny it. Oh my gosh. There's a book called American

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Speaker 1: Pike as Little Cheap Hairs of the West, Dr John.

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Speaker 1: And if there's a picture book of just these like

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Speaker 1: hole forever. So that is those are indeed part of

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Speaker 1: the Lagomorpha order. And in terms of what we think

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Speaker 1: difference between rabbits versus hairs and jack rabbits is really interesting.

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Speaker 1: they have different behaviors, so they're more solitary. Rabbits will

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Speaker 1: social life of rabbits can be really extravagant. So larger

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Speaker 1: twenty individuals with multiple entrances. You've ever read Bunny Apartment Complex, Yes, exactly,

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Speaker 1: if you've ever read Watership Down. First of all, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: watch Watership Down. Okay, it'll traiti you. Absolutely. This new one,

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Speaker 1: Very sad about the bunnies though, and all the horrible

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Speaker 1: it's for the exact it's the exact mechanism that you guessed, Joel,

420
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,439
Speaker 1: which is that they have a large surface area a

421
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 1: lot of these branching veins, and it helps cool down

422
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:26,440
Speaker 1: their blood. Meanwhile, rabbits and colder regions have to rely

423
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 1: on smaller ears so because they don't want to lose

424
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,440
Speaker 1: body heat. Even if a bigger ear might be able

425
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: to hear better, they have to optimize for the smallest

426
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: ear possible to still hear predators while not losing too

427
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: much body heat. And yeah, they're hearing is excellent. They

428
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 1: can hear a much wider range of sounds than humans. Uh,

429
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 1: they can hear many more high frequency sounds. Than we can.

430
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 1: So while we can actually hear some lower frequency sounds

431
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: that that rabbits can't hear, uh, they're still picking up

432
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,639
Speaker 1: a greater total of frequencies than us because they have

433
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: so many more high frequency sounds that they can hear,

434
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 1: and they have a three hundred and sixty degree range

435
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,919
Speaker 1: of vision due to the position of their eyes on

436
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: either side of their head, So you can typically tell

437
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: a prey species from a predator species just based on

438
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: the location of their eyes. So if an animal has

439
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: eyes on the side of its head, uh, that is

440
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: usually a sign that they are prey species because they

441
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: are optimized for a wide angle view to detect any

442
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 1: threat coming towards them, whereas front facing eyes can help

443
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: you see with greater precision and depth perception, but with

444
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: a narrower field of view, which is helpful when you

445
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: are hunting, but less helpful when you're trying to avoid

446
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 1: being snuck up upon by predators. And so a rabbit's

447
00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: main strategy for escaping predation is running away speed. Sometimes

448
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: they'll freeze if they don't think they've been detected yet,

449
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: so that they can just kind of, you know, like

450
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: the kids in Jurassic Park. Just try to stay still.

451
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: Rabbits who are social and live in warrens will often

452
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 1: warn each other of danger, so they will use their

453
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: big back legs to thump the ground, which sends out Yeah,

454
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: thumper exactly sends out a powerful vibration and resonant sound

455
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 1: that will warn the other bunnies that they gotta get

456
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: back in the warren and hide. But if all else fails,

457
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 1: they will fight back. They are not pacifists. So yes,

458
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: this is what I've been waiting for. How do rabbits

459
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: enter the arena music? What is their weapon of choice? They? Well,

460
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 1: they fill a sock full of bricks. Now. They have uh,

461
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: powerful back legs that, while they are mainly for running away,

462
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: they can deliver quite a kick. And they do have claws.

463
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: So being able to do a really powerful kick and

464
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 1: having long clause means they can actually do some good damage.

465
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 1: They can they can mess up a predator if you

466
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,400
Speaker 1: have a cat. Uh sometimes a rabbit can really hurt

467
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: a cat with these claws. So they also have long,

468
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 1: powerful teeth which typically are used to tear through tough vegetation,

469
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: but they will also eagerly use these in a fight

470
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: for their lives. So they will do whatever they can

471
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 1: to avoid becoming dinner. Uh. And yeah, I mean that

472
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: they are not as cute as they are. They're certainly

473
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: not help helpless prey animals, and they are tasty, So

474
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: it's good that they have some defenses because otherwise that's

475
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: how you end up stew well. As bugs Bunny knows, yeah,

476
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 1: you think you're taking a hot bath, but then they

477
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 1: start adding in carrots and you're like, wait a minute,

478
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 1: I'm the soup that always freaked me out as a

479
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: kid when bugs Bunny was in a boiling pot. And

480
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 1: he's like, oh, what smells so good? Oh yeah, it's

481
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:09,400
Speaker 1: me my boiling flesh. Oh no, I'm a cannibal. Whoops.

482
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 1: Despite all of their amazing adaptations, most wild rabbits have

483
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: a fast and tough life, living on average only about

484
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: a year in the wild. Yeah. This is due to

485
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: predation and rough conditions. They can live longer, but yeah,

486
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 1: on average. Uh, there is a pretty high mortality rate.

487
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: Domesticated rabbits, on the other hand, can live to be

488
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: around ten years, with the oldest domesticated European rabbit living

489
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: eighteen years. Whoa. Okay, we have to pause and say

490
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: our humans people of doing one good thing for animals. Amazing.

491
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 1: I mean, it is incredible to me that like, by

492
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: being domesticated, they live longer, some mazing healthier, happier lives.

493
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah, I mean they not at all rabbit

494
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: should enter domestication, right, But it's interesting because I think

495
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: it's it's not necessarily just genetics. I think it's because

496
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 1: they are cared for, so being in captivity and having

497
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 1: the risks of predation and the their environments such that

498
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: they have access to food like that definitely increases their lifespans.

499
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: So that's good news for people who have a rabbit

500
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: as a pet, bad news for people who impulsively bought

501
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: a rabbit as a pet. Now you have, uh, something

502
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: that can live up to eighteen years, so again, research

503
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: research pets before you get them. Also that that means

504
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: so the rabbit can smoke, right, No, no, no wait,

505
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: no no no, no that's not right. Yeah, it's not

506
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: drinking either. No no you can't. No no, you don't

507
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: want a rabbit with cerrosis. That's just sad, right, But

508
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: the rabbits could sign up for the military, they can

509
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: write at eighteen years old, they can vote, so you know,

510
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: goodtriotic bunny eggs. Actly, yeah, probably only get one election

511
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: in though it's a rap make their boat. So now

512
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about some incredible bunny species and breeds.

513
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 1: We are just they. I love bunnies. They're so cute.

514
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: They're so interesting too. So this is a rabbit that

515
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: we've actually talked about on the show before, but I

516
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 1: cannot do a rabbit episode without mentioning. This is the

517
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: Mommy rabbit. It is the most ancient species of rabbit

518
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: in the world. It is endangered and found only on

519
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: two small Japanese islands, ami amani Oshima and toku Noshima.

520
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: So they are black, and they look like kind of

521
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: like an almost rabbit like if you imagine, like what

522
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: would a prehistoric rabbit look like? I think is kind

523
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: of fit the bill. They have shorter ears and less

524
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: pronounced hind legs, but they're definitely starting to get that

525
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,879
Speaker 1: classic rabbit shape. It looks like a miniature kangaroo. I'm

526
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: not gonna lie. It was like it's got like a

527
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: very very round body like. Yes, the legs and back

528
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 1: are larger, little hands. Oh my god, it does look

529
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,439
Speaker 1: more supial like, and I think What's interesting about that

530
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: is that marsupials diverged from other mammals really early on,

531
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 1: and so this being a really ancient species of rabbit,

532
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: it has that kind of marsupial look which it shares

533
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: with other really old species of animals. And yeah, that

534
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: that is a really interesting observation. It's nifty looking. So

535
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 1: now let's talk about the biggest bunny in the world.

536
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 1: The biggest bunny. Who's the biggest bunny? So the largest

537
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 1: rabbit in the world is actually a domesticated species. It

538
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: is the Flemish giant rabbit. Oh my god, I want

539
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: to snuggle it. I want to boot that snoop. I

540
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: want to boot the snoot. It's a big snoot to boot.

541
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: So it is a breed of domesticated European rabbit and

542
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 1: they weigh around fifteen pounds, which is almost seven kilograms,

543
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: but record holders can weigh over twenty pounds or tens.

544
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 1: The longest rabbit ever recorded is a Flemish rabbit and

545
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 1: it reaches over four ft long or one point three

546
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 1: meters from the tip of their little boopable snoot to

547
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: the back of their legs. Is a big bunny? Is

548
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: that big bunny you oh my god. But also the

549
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: fairy is luxurious, like if you seem like mink or

550
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: like a chinchilla before it's giving me those vibes, be

551
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: oh god, I bet it's so just great to pay.

552
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 1: Oh my god. They're also very apparently quite docile in

553
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: terms of pet rabbits, so they tolerate being held pretty well.

554
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 1: If you can lift the ding thing. Look at that chunkster.

555
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: Oh okay. So obviously more research is required, but I

556
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: am definitely looking into the fumage giant rabbit. What a

557
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: baby if you have the budget for a billion carras well.

558
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,399
Speaker 1: Now let's talk about the smallest buns in the world.

559
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:32,240
Speaker 1: Wat baby buns. So this smallest bunny in the world

560
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 1: is a wild species called the pygmy rabbit found in

561
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:41,360
Speaker 1: North America. On average, they weigh just under a pound,

562
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: so dred grams. They have a maximum body length under

563
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: a foot around twenties four centameters. And when I'm talking

564
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,399
Speaker 1: about body length, I mean like if you stretch out

565
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,760
Speaker 1: the bunny like you hold hold the bunny under the belling,

566
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,240
Speaker 1: you know, eat the bunnies all kind of like stretched

567
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,760
Speaker 1: out um from like the tip of their nose to

568
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: to their butt area. That's how long they get. But

569
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 1: if they're once, when they're in that kind of classic

570
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: like little bunny sitting position, you can just if you

571
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: hold out both your hands and cut them, you could

572
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: PLoP that rabbit right in there like a little scooba

573
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: ice cream you. The smallest domesticated rabbit is the another

574
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: Land dwarf rabbit, and it's just hair bigger than the

575
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:33,240
Speaker 1: pygmy rabbit. Pun intended. I'm I'm a mean person. Um.

576
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: It is a teeny tiny little thing with short ears

577
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:41,720
Speaker 1: and round bodies. They could not survive in the wild. No.

578
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,800
Speaker 1: Just looking at it, I'm like, you need humans to

579
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: help you because otherwise death. Oh. Like the it's the

580
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 1: pug of like the rabbit world. It is this little, tiny,

581
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: squishy baby. My heart is melting looking at although the

582
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: I'm not it's all white with like a red and

583
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: yellow eye. I'm not gonna lie. That one looks kind

584
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,240
Speaker 1: of demonic. But then there's this other one that's really

585
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: fluffy grained cheek ease, Oh my god, yeah, they're both.

586
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: Those are both the Netherland dwarf rabbits. Just one is

587
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,880
Speaker 1: a all white coat and the other one is a

588
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: longer haired gray coat and yeah, very cute. I wanna

589
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 1: wanna kiss kiss his little nose. Uh. And so they

590
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:30,480
Speaker 1: have very short, petite ears, but the biggest ears get

591
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 1: quite big. So oh my god, oh my god. So

592
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: the domesticated species called or domesticated breed called the English

593
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: lop has the biggest ears, and a record holder has

594
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: ears over thirty or seventy nine centimeters long. So I

595
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: feel like if you put this rabbit and like a cartoonish,

596
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 1: you know, sling, and then like try to launch it,

597
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: I think you'd get a bit of air. Okay, you

598
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: know that song? Do your ears saying low? Do they broke?

599
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,399
Speaker 1: Can you tie him in a boat? This? He can

600
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 1: tie his in a boat? Okay. They must trip over

601
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: them and they trag on the floor. What did we

602
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: do this to them? Did we breathe them? Because I

603
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:23,400
Speaker 1: thought it was adorable? We are monsters, were also this.

604
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: This is how I feel about pure bred dogs as well.

605
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: It's like a cute, but we're also monsters. They're horrible.

606
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: But oh my god, you can't even see one of

607
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: these bunnies for all of their ears and see a

608
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: little nose and then just its ears draped around it.

609
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 1: That's the record holder. I'm sure the care that you

610
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: have to do for those ears is just intense. Yeah,

611
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: you know. And it's not like you can tie them.

612
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 1: It's not like you have long hair, like I'll just

613
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: tie these back for the day because that's got to

614
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: be painful. And they're a little joint things. Oh no,

615
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: but in a a towel. Time up in a towel. Now, yeah,

616
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 1: you got you got a rich luxury people brand of bunny.

617
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: They have like a servant for their bunnies ear specifically,

618
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 1: a special caretaker deals with this ling. The bunny butler,

619
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 1: the bun butler. The longest fur is, of course, anga rabbits.

620
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: They are ridiculous poofball. The record holder is a bunny,

621
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,320
Speaker 1: an Ingora rabbit who has for over a foot long

622
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 1: or thirty six centimeters long. Just looks like a star

623
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: Trek triple. This thing, yes it does. It looks exactly

624
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: like a star Trek triple. I want to blue dry

625
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: its hair. I want to put it in a Pantine

626
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 1: pro v commercial to get out, bounce it around like,

627
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:57,879
Speaker 1: oh my god, It's face just becomes subsumed by the fur,

628
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: like I can't even see the bunny face barely because

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Speaker 1: it's just getting It's just it's just all fluff. And

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Speaker 1: I actually got this really lovely listener email about Angora

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Speaker 1: bunnies that I would like to share with you from

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Speaker 1: someone who owns Angora bunnies. Um so this is from Kayla,

633
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Speaker 1: who writes to me, I got to share some bunny

634
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Speaker 1: facts with you. This is my two year old satin

635
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 1: and gore rabbit. She is my emotional support animal and

636
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: has superpowers in her wool. When I first got her,

637
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: I consumed so many bun facts that I thought you

638
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 1: might enjoy. I've included pictures of her post sharing and

639
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 1: just loafing around buns love loafing and Joel. I have

640
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: show shared with you the picture of this incredible bun

641
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:52,399
Speaker 1: with the incredible buns. Like the little bunny tushy just

642
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: a poof. I really like it's a little fishy. It's

643
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 1: so big. I it has them is a perfect name

644
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: because it's like in uh brunette redhead sort of vibes

645
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Speaker 1: going on gorgeous, your very gorgeous. Yes, you have a

646
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Speaker 1: beautiful bunny. You have a beautiful bun. And I don't

647
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: mean that in a weird way. But Kayla wrote a

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Speaker 1: bunch of bunny facts that I do want to share

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Speaker 1: with you guys because I think these are really fascinating.

650
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,400
Speaker 1: So Kayla writes, rabbit wool is the strongest and warmest

651
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Speaker 1: wool available. It is arguably the softest and a little

652
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:36,720
Speaker 1: goes a long way in keeping you warm. Amazing, and

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Speaker 1: oh with Ngora like they don't. This is my note.

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00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 1: I'm saying this, like with Ingora's sweaters and stuff. They

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00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,280
Speaker 1: they share the rabbit like they do with um sheep.

656
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: So it's not it's not rabbit skin, it's just the

657
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,799
Speaker 1: wool that makes me feel better. Yes, the best. And

658
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 1: then Kayla writes, the best way to share a bun

659
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Speaker 1: is not to trim, which I did, gosh it was hard,

660
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Speaker 1: but to brush and pluck during one of their four

661
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Speaker 1: sheddings per year. Plucking does not hurt the bun when

662
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 1: the fur is already detached. It just helps them get

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Speaker 1: that wool off of their new coat. So that's interesting.

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Speaker 1: So you're just kind of brushing them out and you're

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00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: getting wool by petting them. I love that. It's it's

666
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:24,640
Speaker 1: like soothing for you helps the bunduct afterwards love that trifecta.

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00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 1: I think that's the truth. That's also the case for

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00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,280
Speaker 1: the case for yaks. Maybe I think with like a

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Speaker 1: yak hair uh or some I think might be thinking

670
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: of some other big hooved, fuzzy animal, But I think

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00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: with yak hair, you you have to collect it by

672
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 1: just brushing them. You don't share them or anything. You

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00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: go um or like they leave clumps behind because they're shedding,

674
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: and you go and collect the clumps. Uh. Yeah, I

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00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 1: guess these angora rabbits do shed quite well, which I

676
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 1: guess if you're gonna own one, you better be prepared. Listen,

677
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: you're just buster ready. I've got special pet vacuums, a

678
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: literal godsend. They just get all of it up and

679
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 1: they're not going to die on you, which is what

680
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: you need. I really wish. I man, it just sounds

681
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: very therapy to be like, I'm just gonna brush my

682
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 1: animal for a little bit and a sweater, right, and

683
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:19,799
Speaker 1: then we'll just spin that wool up and make a

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Speaker 1: little sweater, and my life is peaceful and everything that

685
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 1: I own gives back to me in other ways. I

686
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: just want to go to a bunny farm now. I

687
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: live on a self sustaining farm. Everything breeds new things,

688
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 1: go on a bun farm and then make little sweaters

689
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: and then put the sweaters on other bunnies. Yes, so

690
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:47,800
Speaker 1: Kayla also continues, some angoras can spend their shedding wool

691
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Speaker 1: right off of them. There's YouTube videos showing off this

692
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: cool technique. What bunnies even enjoys settling down or napping

693
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: while being plucked or spun because you're doing them a

694
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 1: huge favor. So I imagine when she said, say, like

695
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Speaker 1: talks about plucking your you're very gently like pulling on

696
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 1: the first of the loose stuff comes out, and so

697
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: they can like spin it right off the rabbit, and

698
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 1: they're jill about it because it's like you're, oh, man,

699
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 1: I know it's been so long in pandemic, but once

700
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 1: once we all get our vaccines and get out of here,

701
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: like going to the hair salon and having them walk

702
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: brush your hair and wash your hair, I miss it.

703
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:30,760
Speaker 1: I love it, uh it I have. I've been really

704
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 1: really good about my quarantine, like I can't mess around

705
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,759
Speaker 1: and a lot of different blots in my body. But

706
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: the way I miss my salon and my stylist was

707
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 1: emailing her and I was like, so, talk to me

708
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 1: again about procedure. How are you doing hair? How can

709
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 1: I be there and get this color correct? Because you know,

710
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 1: a year and a half is that my color is

711
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,360
Speaker 1: now on my ends. Everything else is my natural color.

712
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 1: I have to re emerge into society. I can't wait.

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00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: These bunnies, I'm envious. Kayle also writes that angoras must

714
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:07,399
Speaker 1: be brush regardless of care style, otherwise the buns can

715
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: get wool blocks in their tummies. Oh no, bunnies can't

716
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: vomit or process these blockages. They can enter g I

717
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:19,799
Speaker 1: stasis and this is apparently lethal. So yeah, you got.

718
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 1: If you get angora, you gotta brush your bun. You

719
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 1: gotta brush your bun. Make sure you take care of

720
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:30,760
Speaker 1: your rabbits, your little bunnies. But I really, oh man,

721
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 1: oh man, do I wish I had to like just

722
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: brush your bunny as this is part of its care.

723
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 1: This isn't even fushun. Yeah no, this is a medical procedure.

724
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: I'm a doctor, I'm a bunny doctor, and I'm brushing

725
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,359
Speaker 1: this bunny. You don't even know. He could face life

726
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 1: threatening things if I do not brush him. This bunny

727
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: needs twenty c ss of brushes stack. Hayle also writes

728
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 1: that bunnies purr when content are happy. They softly grind

729
00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:00,399
Speaker 1: their teeth, making a little purring noise. Very cute. They

730
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: also honk, but they that's usually during courtship. Wow, horny

731
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 1: honk and bunnies uh, grinding their little teeth together when

732
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 1: they're when they're purring. Amazing. I thought we had reached

733
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 1: peak cuteness, and then I learned the bunnies pur and

734
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Speaker 1: now I live in a new age. It's a new day. Yeah,

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00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,240
Speaker 1: and so Kyles says, those were some fun, fun facts.

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Speaker 1: They're really cool to learn about. I hope you enjoy

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Speaker 1: my baby Ember. She has a red coat, so she's

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00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 1: extra special since that's a rare coloration. Thank you, Kaylea

739
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:33,760
Speaker 1: so much for your email. I also agree having red

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00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: hair is very special and great. I am Kayla, thank you.

741
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: Thank you really improved my life with these facts. Imber

742
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:50,359
Speaker 1: is a diva. She's beautiful. She is gorgeous. I love

743
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: the man, but though glorious a little puffy bunny. But well,

744
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:01,759
Speaker 1: I think we've done it. I think we have explored

745
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 1: the world of bunnies, just in time for the bunny season.

746
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Speaker 1: Um and yeah, did you enjoy a trip down Cottontail Lane?

747
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 1: Or wait what here comes Peter Cottontail? Yeah for the

748
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 1: rabbit hippy easters on its way? Do do eaten all

749
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: his poopy poops? I wasn't prepared? I did. I did

750
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: have a lot of fun. Um. I love rabbits. My

751
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 1: favorite book coming up was Peter Cottontail. I read it

752
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: a lot. Beatrice knew what she was doing with her

753
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 1: cute littleted a legend. She was aware, she was a legendary. Amazing,

754
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:51,440
Speaker 1: her illustrations amazing, so pretty. I'm going to try to

755
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,919
Speaker 1: resist adopting a bunny as I think my pi. Would

756
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:59,319
Speaker 1: you know, think food? No't what that would be the

757
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 1: worst thing ever. Oh no, now I'm sad again. Well,

758
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining me today. Where can

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Speaker 1: the people find you? Oh man, thank you for having

760
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:16,320
Speaker 1: me back, Katie. I missed doing the show and learning

761
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,960
Speaker 1: all of the adorable animal facts. Um, my name is

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Speaker 1: Joel Monique. You can find me all over the internet

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Speaker 1: at Joel Monique. That's j O E l o E

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Speaker 1: fake Doctor's real friends were still in down production a bit.

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Speaker 1: There's the guys head back to work. We're still having

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun recapping every episode of Scrubs ever. Um,

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Speaker 1: Yes and undertaking. And I have a new podcast coming

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Speaker 1: out in May. It is a Star Wars podcast. It's

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Speaker 1: called The Black Side. It's being Donald talking Star Wars

771
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Speaker 1: once a week where we break down a classic movie.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we're look at some of the TV shows, reading

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Speaker 1: some of the comics of the books, like interviews with

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Speaker 1: the authors. It's a good time. Un check us out

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Speaker 1: on Maybe they're bunnies in Star Wars. You know, I

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Speaker 1: can't tell you that right now. Listen, there are very

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Speaker 1: cute animals in Star Wars. And after this, uh, a

778
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Speaker 1: little interview here, I'll give you some inside Star War school.

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Speaker 1: The other day, I'm getting juicy inside details that you

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Speaker 1: guys can't hear. Back at everyone, Sorry, I don't mean that.

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Speaker 1: I love you guys. Thank you so much for listening. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You can find the podcast on the internet at Creature

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