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Rabbit behaviour Flashcards

1
Q

What is the domestic rabbits wild ancestor?

A

The European rabbit

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2
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What is the latin name for the European rabbit?

A

Oryctolagus cuniculus

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3
Q

Who brought the rabbits to Britain in the 12th century?

A

The Normans

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4
Q

What risk influences the rabbit’s natural behaviour?

A

The risk of predation

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5
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What is the rabbit’s strongest physiological sense?

A

Scent

(Olfactory)

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6
Q

Why does the rabbit have a highly efficient digestive system?

A

To allow them to spend as little time above ground as possible, to avoid the risk of predation

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7
Q

Why has the rabbit’s skeleton adapted to be so lightweight?

A

To allow for fast movement, to avoid predation

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8
Q

Rabbits are very easiled frightened.
Is it true that they can remember what frightened them?

A

Yes

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9
Q

What does a rabbit experience 1st?

A. Fight
B. Flight
C. Freeze

A

C. Freeze

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10
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What response comes after freeze?

A

Flight

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11
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When will rabbits use the final response, fight?

A

After exhibiting freeze and flight, and there is no escape route and they are cornered

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12
Q

What will rabbits do to alert the rest of their colony?

A

Use their hindlegs to thump on the ground, to alert those below there is a potential danger

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13
Q

(think basic)

Name 5 things that scare rabbits.

A
  1. Sudden movements
  2. Loud noise
  3. Sudden noise
  4. Bright lights
  5. Strong smells
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14
Q

How many entrances does a burrow system have?

A

No limited amount, all our multi-entranced

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15
Q

How many dominant buck’s share 1 territory?

A

1

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16
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What is the name used to describe a mult-entranced burrow system?

A

A warren

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17
Q

Do males live within a colony with a dominant buck + several females?

A

Yes, but they are subordinate

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18
Q

What are wild populations of rabbits split into?

A

Social groups

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19
Q

Can you get multi-sexted and/or same-sexed social groups?

A

Both!

20
Q

What routine behaviour does the dominant buck perform every day?

A

Routinely patrols his territory

21
Q

More frequently, what is required by the dominant buck, from both his female and male subordinates?

A

A submissive act

22
Q

Give an example of a subordinate act in rabbits.

A

Retreating and fleeing from dominant buck’s advances

23
Q

What will happen if a subordinate refuses to retreat from a dominant buck’s advances?

A

It will prompt an attack from the dominant buck

24
Q

Once groups have been established are new members able to join colonies?

A

No, they won’t be welcomed by either sex and dominant males will attack new males

25
Q

What happens to rabbits that are unable to become established into a colony?

A

They move to a previously unoccupied territory

26
Q

What is the name given to the rabbits that have to move into a previously unoccupied territory?

And what does it mean?

A

Non-territorial satellites

The NTS’s act as a buffer zone between the territories of dominant bucks

27
Q

If the dominant buck’s territory increases in members, and therefore space, what happens to the buck status?

A

His dominance is decreased, due to the more attention that is required to maintain his dominance

28
Q

True or False.

Does actively defend their territories.

A

False, they do not actively defend

29
Q

Do does share their home range with other females?

A

Yes

30
Q

True or False.

Does can be stronger fighters than bucks.

A

True, they fight as strongly - if not more!

31
Q

What do does mostly fight for, resource wise?

A

Nesting sites

32
Q

True or False.

Bucks are territorial, even if no does are present.

A

False, only when groups of females are present

33
Q

In larger groups of females, what will females use to fight off unwanted advances from males?

A

They will drive them away, often using aggression

34
Q

Can male and female rabbits establish pair-bonds?

A

Yes

35
Q

True or False.

Secondary bucks + does are not allowed to be associated with a bonded pair.

A

False, they are able to be loosely associated with the pair

36
Q

As well as their intrinsic social nature, what has been proven to be the main drive behind sociality in rabbits?

A

A useful tool/tatic to gain access to resources and prevent resource limitation

37
Q

(Not physiological, but behavioural)

What does the rabbit primarly rely on when escaping predators?

A

Access to cover
(hiding under things)

38
Q

How does warren construction control group sizes within the colony?

A

The suitability of the warren helps control the colonies population by amount of avaliable space for the rabbits

39
Q

What is presumed to be the reason that does spread their burrow spaces evenly, rather than in a clump?

A

It has been suggested that they do not prefer to breed in close proximity to each other

Maybe to do with preventing other does from infanticide + survival of the fittest?

Also suggesting, given the choice, they although they accept conspecific presence, they prefer to have their own space - important point to raise with clients for housing!*

40
Q

What physiological signs can subordinate meembers experience in the present of a dominant buck or doe?

A

Chronically elevated heart rate, leading to Chronic stress

41
Q

What are signs of increased fear and aggression indicators of?

A
  • Stress
  • Poor wellbeing
  • Poor husbandry
  • Pain
  • Illness
  • Disease
  • Fustration
  • Fear
42
Q

True or False.

Rabbits in pens are less likely to exhibit more species-typical behaviours such as:
* Rearing
* Stretching
* Hoping
* Running

A

False, they are more likely to!

43
Q

Name 6 signs of fear + aggression in rabbits

A
  1. Sham digging
  2. Floor chewing
  3. Bar biting
  4. Fur chewing
  5. Hair pulling
  6. Stereotypical pacing patterns

Sham = false/superficial

44
Q

What percentage of time do does spend resting in the daylight hours with other rabbits, with physical contact?

A

90%!

45
Q

What percentage of time do rabbits in pairs spend body contact with each other, during their total resting time?

A

58%

46
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A

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