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About This Quiz
Rabbits and hares can wear many different hats. Some animals may be pets or pests. Some animals may be used for laboratory experiments or as an entrée. Take this quiz to learn more about the rabbit and the hare.
Man has many uses for rabbits. What is one?
racing animals
perform scientific experiments on
Rabbits are used to perform scientific experiments on.
service animals
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Why are rabbits considered pests?
devastate a garden
devastate a crop
both answers
Rabbits can devastate a garden or crop.
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What does the Easter Bunny symbolize?
rebirth of nature
each spring
both answers
The Easter Bunny symbolizes the rebirth of nature each spring.
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What did ancient people consider the rabbit a symbol of?
bad luck
fertility
The rabbit was considered to be a symbol of fertility.
happiness
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How do rabbits and hares differ?
Rabbits birth their young in fur-lined nests.
Hares birth their young on the ground.
Both answers are correct.
Among several other differences, rabbits birth their young in fur-lined nests, but hares birth their young on the ground.
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How do hares live?
alone
Hares are not social like rabbits, and they usually live alone.
pairs
groups
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How can you tell a rabbit feels endangered?
ears press back
A rabbit communicates with its ears. Many types of rabbits press their ears back when feeling endangered.
ears turn red
ears are raised up
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How may a rabbit communicate that danger is near?
thump the ground
The rabbit may thump the ground with a back foot to alert the other rabbits.
raise its ears
run and jump
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How can you tell your pet rabbit is content?
purr
Just like a cat, your rabbit may purr.
press its ears back
scream
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How long do developing cottontail kits stay in their mother's body?
10 days
28 days
After about 28 days, the kits are born into a nest lined with hay, leaves and fur.
56 days
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Why don't cottontails need haircuts?
shed their fur
The animals are lagomorphs, and shed their fur every year.
fur breaks off
neither answer
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Why do wild cottontails have a short survival time?
disease
short lifespan
enemies
Wild cottontails survive for about a year, only because they have many enemies.
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How long can pet cottontails survive?
one year
two years
five years
Pet cottontails live safe from predators and can survive for more than five years.
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What is the name for baby cottontails?
pups
joeys
kits
The babies are called kits, and a cottontail may have 25 kits in one year.
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Which hare can travel at speeds up to 45 mph (72 kph)?
jackrabbit
The jackrabbit is one speedy hare.
snowshoe
Belgian
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What rabbit has the most beautiful fur?
Rex
The Rex rabbit has fur like velvet.
Holland Lops
Netherland Dwarfs
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What is a rabbit warren?
series of underground nests
connected by tunnels
both animals
A warren is a series of underground nests that are connected by tunnels.
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